In <37a95903.38994641 at news.demon.co.uk> malcolm at pigsty.demon.co.uk
(Malcolm McMahon) writes:
>>On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 13:11:45 -0400, "Ken Collins"
<KPaulC at email.msn.com>
>wrote:
>>>i'm sorry, too, that it's not obvious to you, and, aparently, not
anyone
>>else, but there's a deep, and concise, rationale for the
communication
>>'style' i use publicly... it's the same reason Jesus spoke in
'parables'.
>>>>Jesus spoke in parallels because it made things _clearer_, not as a
form
>of concealment, or of speaking only to the elect. He taught by giving
>examples, rather than by using obscure terminology. (And he seems to
>have had no interest in conveying any information he might have had
>about spiritual matters).
>>For deliberately obscure language you have to go to, say, the
alchemists
>or other exponents of magic.
>>People, in fact, who wanted to be part of a secret elect.
>
