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For behold I set before you life and death; meaning that death would result from disobedience of the spiritual law, that is of the commandment; and from obedience to the carnal law, that is the counsel of the serpent; for by such a choice I am sold to the devil, fallen under sin. Hence evil, as though besieging me, cleaves to me and dwells in me, justice giving me up to be sold to the Evil One, in consequence of having violated the law. Therefore also the expressions: That which I do, I allow not, and what I hate, that do I, [Romans 7:15] are not to be understood of doing evil, but of only thinking it. For it is not in our power to think or not to think of improper things, but to act or not to act upon our thoughts. For we cannot hinder thoughts from coming into our minds, since we receive them when they are inspired into us from without; but we are able to abstain from obeying them and acting upon them. Therefore it is in our power to will not to think these things; but not to bring it about that they shall pass away, so as not to come into the mind again; for this does not lie in our power, as I said; which is the meaning of that statement, The good that I would, I do not; [Romans 7:19] for I do not will to think the things which injure me; for this good is altogether innocent. But the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do; not willing to think, and yet thinking what I do not will.
~ Methodius (815–885), Discourse on the Resurrection , Book II
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[Posted on Face Book]
"How will we explain to the children?" they whine and moan. (Oh, but there's no mental illness in neo-Hollywood. God forbid!)
"Ask not what the movies can do for you, but what you can do for the movies!"
(gulp, but we can't do anything!)
["Nobody - Official Trailer (HD)" - from 2020]
["Marvel's The Punisher Season 1 Trailer #1 (2017) | TV Trailer | Movieclips Trailers"]
["Killer Elite - Movie Trailer #2 (2011) HD"]
But the devil, whom he calls sin, because he is the author of sin, taking occasion by the commandment to deceive me to disobedience, deceived and slew me, thus rendering me subject to the condemnation, In the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die. [Genesis 2:17] Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just and good; [Romans 7:12] because it was given, not for injury, but for safety; for let us not suppose that God makes anything useless or hurtful. What thou? Was then that which is good made death unto me? [Romans 7:13] namely, that which was given as a law, that it might be the cause of the greatest good? God forbid. For it was not the law of God that became the cause of my being brought into subjection to corruption, but the devil; that he might be made manifested who, through that which is good, wrought evil; that the inventor of evil might become and be proved the greatest of all sinners. For we know that the law is spiritual; [Romans 7:14] and therefore it can in no respect be injurious to any one; for spiritual things are far removed from irrational lust and sin. But I am carnal, sold under sin; [Romans 7:14] which means: But I being carnal, and being placed between good and evil as a voluntary agent, am so that I may have it in my power to choose what I will.
~ Methodius (815–885), Discourse on the Resurrection , Book II
...so also when He says that the saints shall in the resurrection be like the angels, we do not understand Him to assert that they will then be actually angels, but approaching to the condition of angels. So that it is most unreasonable to say, Since Christ declared that the saints in the resurrection appear as angels, therefore their bodies do not rise, although the very words employed give a clear proof of the real state of the case. For the term resurrection is not applied to that which has not fallen, but to that which has fallen and rises again; as when the prophet says, I will also raise up again the tabernacle of David which has fallen down. [Amos 9:11] Now the much-desired tabernacle of the soul is fallen, and sunk down into the dust of the earth. [Daniel 12:2] For it is not that which is not dead, but that which is dead, that is laid down. But it is the flesh which dies; the soul is immortal. So, then, if the soul be immortal, and the body be the corpse, those who say that there is a resurrection, but not of the flesh, deny any resurrection; because it is not that which remains standing, but that which has fallen and been laid down, that is set up; according to that which is written, Does not he who fills rise again, and he who turns aside return? [Jeremiah 8:4]
~ Methodius (815–885) , Discourse on the Resurrection , Book II
That is correct. The con-artist convict fools and sweeps the dumb woman prison guard off her feet and she comes to see him as a Lord. Using then this analogy, see the convict as a criminal spirit person, especially one that is also an adept magician, and the woman prison guard as the dumb person or dumb persons who come to view him as divinity or a spokes-person for divinity.
[Posted on Face Book]
"You're not supposed to talk to Mark Lane!"
My vote for one of the best people of all time. And what a big thrill for me to have had him as a FaceBook "friend" when he was still around. He is still and much sorely missed.
Although I routinely receive notices of uploads from Vince Palamara's YouTube channel (to which I subscribe), the notification for this particular video, for some reason, did not go thru, and I only learned of it by accident. The interview is admittedly too brief and some parts (i.e., those not with Lane) might just as well have been edited out, yet this chat otherwise is soberly and eloquently speaking truth too power as few have ever been able to successfully effect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCezP1lpirg
["The Making of Rush To Judgment: Mark Lane & Robert Primes (recorded by Randy Benson) 2013"]
For any that haven't seen the documentary "Rush to Judgment" itself, you can catch that at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEdjql8g5_8
["Rush to Judgment by Emile de Antonio and Mark Lane c.1964-66"]
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Later Note. This is even better than the first of these videos from 2013.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylIJupiHWh4
["11/20/2021 JFK assassination conference, Dallas, TX (DAY 2 of 3)"]
IX. But if our opponents say, How then is it, if the universe be not destroyed, that the Lord says that heaven and earth shall pass away; [Matthew 24:35] and the prophet, that the heaven shall perish as smoke, and the earth shall grow old as a garment; [Isaiah 51:6] we answer, because it is usual for the Scriptures to call the change of the world from its present condition to a better and more glorious one, destruction; as its earlier form is lost in the change of all things to a state of greater splendour; for there is no contradiction nor absurdity in the Holy Scriptures. For not the world but the fashion of this world passes away,1 [Corinthians 7:31] it is said; so it is usual for the Scriptures to call the change from an earlier form to a better and more comely state, destruction; just as when one calls by the name of destruction the change from a childish form into a perfect man, as the stature of the child is turned into manly size and beauty. We may expect that the creation will pass away, as if it were to perish in the burning, in order that it may be renewed, not however that it will be destroyed, that we who are renewed may dwell in a renewed world without taste of sorrow; according as it is said, When You let Your breath go forth, they shall be made, and You shall renew the face of the earth; God henceforth providing for the due temperature of that which surrounds it. For as the earth is to exist after the present age, there must be by all means inhabitants for it, who shall no longer be liable to death, nor shall marry, nor beget children, but live in all happiness, like the angels, without change or decay. Wherefore it is silly to discuss in what way of life our bodies will then exist, if there is no longer air, nor earth, nor anything else.
~ Methodius (815–885), Discourse on the Resurrection , Book II
[Posted on Face Book]
[...From a post-comment I made elsewhere to Ben Turpin biographer Steve Rydzewski]
Say Steve since I have you on the line (so to speak), are you familiar with the Ray Cooke, Franklin Pangborn, Edmund Breese "Torchy" films from the very early 30s? While some of the scripts and gags are often not well done (or even annoying bad), these three comedians together make an outstanding and sometimes even perfect team. You can see the full list of these films at Ray Cooke's imdb page, and then from there you can find individual titles on YouTube. Here is one of the better shorts (and which also includes Dot Farley):
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVdLGXh2Z0E
["Torchy Raises The Auntie (1932)"]
[Part I]
VIII. But it is not satisfactory to say that the universe will be utterly destroyed, and sea and air and sky will be no longer. For the whole world will be deluged with fire from heaven, and burnt for the purpose of purification and renewal; it will not, however, come to complete ruin and corruption. For if it were better for the world not to be than to be, why did God, in making the world, take the worse course? But God did not work in vain, or do that which was worst. God therefore ordered the creation with a view to its existence and continuance, as also the Book of Wisdom confirms, saying, For God created all things that they might have their being; and the generations of the world were healthful, and there is no poison of destruction in them. [Wisdom 1:14] And Paul clearly testifies this, saying, For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him that subjected the same in hope: because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God...
~ Methodius (815–885), Discourse on the Resurrection , Book II
