Re: CHAT: Religions (was: Visible planets)

Staving J Y S Czhang:
>In a message dated 2003:11:13 04:21:55 AM, Peter.Bleackley@RD.BBC.CO.UK
>writes:
>
> >One interesting consequence of angels being purely spiritual beings,
> >according to Aquinas, is that every angel is a unique species. This is
> >because in Aquinas' theories, form defines a species and matter the
> >individual within that species. Therefore, if angels do not possess matter,
> >in order to be individuals each must have a unique form. This, of course,
> >explains why the descriptions of angels in Ezekiel are so weird, which
> >in turn explains why the first thing an angel says on manifesting itself to
> >a human is "Fear not."
>
>     Space aliens 0_o?
This theory has been suggested by the sort of people who tend to overlook
the fact that a pyramid is a fairly easy way of building a large monument
that won't fall over for a few thousand years, even if you live in an
earthquake zone.

Pete