Hi Alan,


You know that quote:
"My Kingdom is not of this world"

Yet ever since, in his name, they tried to make
the Kingdom on this world. Church and government were synonymous. Was this against his wishes? Or was Jesus evading the question when it was asked whether he was claiming to be a king (with whom the other king of the Jews, Herod, would have felt required to deal."

Reminds me of a joke about Churchill.

He had said something like:
"Who shall we blame this impertinence on?" and a correspondent corrected his grammar,
saying he must never end the sentence that way, but "On whom shall we place the blame for this impertinence?"
Churchill's response was something like: "This is precisely the kind of mischief up with which I will not put!"

What a bore I am...oh well, it was a funny joke when I heard it.

Sincerely,
Mike

• On the contrary - yanniru - March 8, 2002 - 14:51 UTC
  • On the contrary, part two... - occupant - March 8, 2002 - 23:37 UTC
    • All religions are valid - yanniru - March 9, 2002 - 16:59 UTC
      • but I am not very harsh with you - quiet - March 9, 2002 - 22:38 UTC
        • To begin with - yanniru - March 11, 2002 - 14:53 UTC
• Churchill - willow - March 9, 2002 - 05:40 UTC
  • Gladstone - quiet - March 9, 2002 - 06:20 UTC
    • Oops, I didn't mean to invoke his name as a big serious point - quiet - March 9, 2002 - 06:22 UTC
      • chemical names? - willow - March 9, 2002 - 14:26 UTC
        • suffixes and prefixes and stuff? - quiet - March 9, 2002 - 17:56 UTC
          • Kathy, my notes meant "welcome" - quiet - March 10, 2002 - 14:53 UTC
            • Since I'm new, I'll refrain from comment - willow - March 10, 2002 - 15:11 UTC
              • Some of my best friends are "refrains" ! - quiet - March 10, 2002 - 21:21 UTC
                • Ooops, this one doesn't really have a refrain. - quiet - March 10, 2002 - 21:23 UTC