JCT: Thanks to Jay Hanson for passing on an interesting
opportunity for those who see the link between LETS and Christ's
differential equation in Paul Corr II 8:14:
>Date: Wed Dec 2 14:39:37 1998
>From: j@qmail.com ("Jay Hanson")
>Subject: [JunkEconomics] Science to displace economics as secular
religion?
[Is this an opportunity for science to displace economics in the
field of secular religion?]
Billy Grassie wrote:
Below is a Request-for-Proposals to compete for seven(!) $100,000
Grants for Research, Writing, and Publication Exploring the
Constructive Interaction of Science and Religion. This announcement
was first posted in Meta 164 on September 21, 1998. At this time
I
am please to announce that there will be an additional $100,000 grant
awarded as part of this competition.
Our benefactor, Sir John Templeton, has expressed a desire to
increase the number of grants and add a fourth category to the three
already listed in the original RFP. The specific focus of this
seventh award will be on "Expanding Concepts of God." The award will
promote scholarly research and writing on how our understanding of
the Divine is expanding and evolving in the modern world. In
particular, the theme will focus on how increasing understanding in
science, technology and commerce can be fruitful as a source of
inspiration and insight relevant for refining and expanding concepts
of God. You will note that there is significant overlapped with the
three categories already listed in the original RFP.
Thanks to the generosity and vision of Sir John Templeton, there are
seven extraordinary opportunities for individuals or groups to do
significant research and writing for popular and scholarly audiences
on the constructive interaction of science and religion in the 21st
Century. Please note that the deadline for letters-of-inquiry is
January 4, 1999. The full application procedure is detailed below.
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Subject: Seven $100,000 Grants on Science and Religion
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SEVEN $100,000 GRANTS FOR RESEARCH, WRITING, AND PUBLICATION
EXPLORING THE CONSTRUCTIVE INTERACTION OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION
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JCT: Fascinating opportunity for anyone interested
in both
science and religion. Considering the LETS design is based on Christ's
differential equation in Paul CorrII 8:14, I'd think LETSers would
have a much greater chance at these prizes than most uninitiated.
I think I'll give it a try considering I've
raised the previously
unknown argument that that Christ's mission on Earth was explained
in
his differential equations and the unaltered version of the Lord's
Prayer where he told us to pray to: "Forgive us our debts as we
forgive our debtors," not "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive
those who have sinned against us." I hope the judges in this "science
and religion" panel will see the differential equation that I and a
U
of Texas student both derived?
So, I'll raise the argument that like al the
greatest saints in
the Bible and the Koran, Jesus he was an Abolitionist of Interest rate
debt slavery and the differential equation for LETS was given to us
by
Jesus in Paul Corr II, 8:14.
I'll also suggest that Christ was exactly
what the Romans and the
Syrian neighbor Mara Bar Serapion called him, "King of the Jews."
I will further argue that contrary to the
belief that he was a
poor carpenter, he was actually a rich "tekton," an engineer, working
with blueprints rather than a poor carpenter working with a hammer
after the gold of the Magis provided him with riches beyond belief
which explained why Paul said he had been rich but became poor.