STEPHEN HARPER wrote:
> Jesus got tired of working as a Carpenter so he decided to form a cult so
> he could live off their avails and get free food and wine. And don't
> forget the Hooker. What do you expect? He didn't even know any white
> people.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Written before the passages in the Old Testament were even conceived, this
> origin story comes from some of the earliest Greek writings that have
> survived.
>
>
>
> In the beginning there was Chaos, a yawning nothingness. Out of the
> void emerged Gaia (the Earth) and other divine beings — Eros (love), the
> Abyss (part of the underworld), and the Erebus (the unknowable place where
> death dwells). Without male assistance, Gaia gave birth to Uranus (the
> Sky), who then fertilized her.
>
> From that union the first Titans were born — six males: Coeus, Crius,
> Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus, and six females: Mnemosyne,
> Phoebe, Rhea, Theia, Themis, and Tethys. After Cronus (time) was born,
> Gaia and Uranus decreed no more Titans were to be born.
>
> Cronus castrated his father and threw the severed genitals into the
> sea, from which arose Aphrodite, goddess of love, beauty and sexuality.
> Cronus became the ruler of the gods with his sister-wife, Rhea, as his
> consort. The other Titans became his court. Because Cronus had betrayed
> his father, he feared that his offspring would do the same. So each time
> Rhea gave birth, Cronus snatched up the child and ate it. Rhea hated this
> and tricked him by hiding one child, Zeus, and wrapping a stone in a
> baby’s blanket so that Cronus ate the stone instead of the baby.
>
> When Zeus was grown, he fed his father a drugged drink, which caused
> Cronus to vomit, throwing up Rhea’s other children and the stone. Zeus
> then challenged Cronus to war for the kingship of the gods. At last Zeus
> and his siblings, the Olympians, were victorious, and the Titans were
> hurled down to imprisonment in the Abyss.
>
> Zeus was plagued by the same concern as his father had been and, after
> a prophecy that his first wife, Metis, would give birth to a god greater
> than he, he swallowed Metis. But she was already pregnant with Athena, and
> they both made him miserable until Athena, the goddess of wisdom,
> civilization and justice, burst from his head — fully grown and dressed
> for war. Zeus was able to fight off all challenges to his power and to
> remain the ruler of Mt. Olympus, the home of the gods.
>
> One son of Titans, Prometheus, did not fight with fellow Titans
> against Zeus and was spared imprisonment; he was given the task of
> creating man. Prometheus shaped man out of mud, and Athena breathed life
> into the clay figure. Prometheus made man stand upright as the gods did
> and gave him fire. Prometheus tricked Zeus, and to punish him, Zeus
> created Pandora, the first woman, of stunning beauty, wealth, and a
> deceptive heart and lying tongue. He also gave Pandora a box she was
> commanded never to open, but eventually her curiosity got the best of her,
> and she opened the box to release all kinds of evil, plagues, sorrows, and
> misfortunes, and also hope, which lay at the bottom of the box.
>
so

In article <EB-dnRLi1Pj4_Qn4nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com>, pursent100
@gmail.com says...
>
> STEPHEN HARPER wrote:
> > Jesus got tired of working as a Carpenter so he decided to form a cult so
> > he could live off their avails and get free food and wine. And don't
> > forget the Hooker. What do you expect? He didn't even know any white
> > people.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Written before the passages in the Old Testament were even conceived, this
> > origin story comes from some of the earliest Greek writings that have
> > survived.
> >
> >
> >
> > In the beginning there was Chaos, a yawning nothingness. Out of the
> > void emerged Gaia (the Earth) and other divine beings ? Eros (love), the
> > Abyss (part of the underworld), and the Erebus (the unknowable place where
> > death dwells). Without male assistance, Gaia gave birth to Uranus (the
> > Sky), who then fertilized her.
> >
> > From that union the first Titans were born ? six males: Coeus, Crius,
> > Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus, and six females: Mnemosyne,
> > Phoebe, Rhea, Theia, Themis, and Tethys. After Cronus (time) was born,
> > Gaia and Uranus decreed no more Titans were to be born.
> >
> > Cronus castrated his father and threw the severed genitals into the
> > sea, from which arose Aphrodite, goddess of love, beauty and sexuality.
> > Cronus became the ruler of the gods with his sister-wife, Rhea, as his
> > consort. The other Titans became his court. Because Cronus had betrayed
> > his father, he feared that his offspring would do the same. So each time
> > Rhea gave birth, Cronus snatched up the child and ate it. Rhea hated this
> > and tricked him by hiding one child, Zeus, and wrapping a stone in a
> > baby?s blanket so that Cronus ate the stone instead of the baby.
> >
> > When Zeus was grown, he fed his father a drugged drink, which caused
> > Cronus to vomit, throwing up Rhea?s other children and the stone. Zeus
> > then challenged Cronus to war for the kingship of the gods. At last Zeus
> > and his siblings, the Olympians, were victorious, and the Titans were
> > hurled down to imprisonment in the Abyss.
> >
> > Zeus was plagued by the same concern as his father had been and, after
> > a prophecy that his first wife, Metis, would give birth to a god greater
> > than he, he swallowed Metis. But she was already pregnant with Athena, and
> > they both made him miserable until Athena, the goddess of wisdom,
> > civilization and justice, burst from his head ? fully grown and dressed
> > for war. Zeus was able to fight off all challenges to his power and to
> > remain the ruler of Mt. Olympus, the home of the gods.
> >
> > One son of Titans, Prometheus, did not fight with fellow Titans
> > against Zeus and was spared imprisonment; he was given the task of
> > creating man. Prometheus shaped man out of mud, and Athena breathed life
> > into the clay figure. Prometheus made man stand upright as the gods did
> > and gave him fire. Prometheus tricked Zeus, and to punish him, Zeus
> > created Pandora, the first woman, of stunning beauty, wealth, and a
> > deceptive heart and lying tongue. He also gave Pandora a box she was
> > commanded never to open, but eventually her curiosity got the best of her,
> > and she opened the box to release all kinds of evil, plagues, sorrows, and
> > misfortunes, and also hope, which lay at the bottom of the box.
> >
> so

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