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From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Essay
Message-ID: <281@cybvax0.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 10:10:38 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 18 10:10:38 1984
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Reply-To: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
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In article <11900026@uiucdcsb.UUCP> wsmith@uiucdcsb.UUCP writes:
> 
> 			The Seven Spirits of God

I read this stuff and roared with laughter.  It's like something right out
of "The Life of Brian".

> I don't believe the statement that God is seven-in-one contradicts the 
> scriptures.  Of course, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit must be among the
> seven though.  For the idea of a heptinity to be supported, there should be
> a reasonable list of seven that is complete at seven.  After thinking and
> praying about the question, this answer came to me.  The seven spirits are
> the Father, the Mother, the Son, the Daughter, the Brother, the Sister, and
> the Holy Spirit.  The relationships in a nuclear family form a complete
> list of seven when the Holy Spirit is included.  The Holy Spirit is to the
> heptinity as God is to a human family....

Ooo, can I play too?  Your idea has merit, except for the abstraction of the
holy spirit.  A much more meaningful idea is to call the holy spirit
"the bastard".  No family is complete without one.  And it makes sense too,
in that the erstwhile holy spirit cuckolded Joseph, resulting in the birth of
the late JC.

> One of the first things I did when I though of the idea of a heptinity was to
> find a graphic symbol for it.  The symbol I found was the star of David in
> blue with a yellow or orange flame in the center of it.  Each point represents
> one of the persona--Father, Mother, Son, Daughter, Brother, and Sister.  The
> flame in the middle is a symbol for the Holy Spirit.
> 
> This symbol stands for God in his complete glory and entirety.  Along with
> the symbol go the words, "Not Yahweh."  These words emphasize that it is
> a symbol for God and not God in actuality.  The Old Testament is full of
> warnings about idolatry and such warnings should be heeded.

I have a better idea-- the seven pointed star.  It's a progression, you see,
from the pagan magic five-pointed star, to the Jewish six-pointed star, to our
new seven-pointed symbol.  The interconnections between the vertices can
stand for the modes of incest (some sodomous.)  Along with the symbol go the
words "Kosher for Easter", to provide a source of income for the priests of
our new heresy.
-- 

Mike Huybensz		...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh