Is it...

Ladies and Gentlemen.......

Mr. Conway Twittyyyyyyyy?

you ain't essene nothin' yet!

/not giving fox a click

Dave Coulier?

It was that Stephanie Meyer chick, wasn't it? I'm pretty sure there were sparkly vampires in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Interesting, but can I trust it from Fox News?

Dan Brown?

Miss Manners?

Dave Eggers?

Joss Whedon?

The person who wrote Ramayana?

Sarah Vowell?

This About That: Interesting, but can I trust it from Fox News?

Didn't say any more than we already knew, as the headline points out.

I was looking for that Teacher of Righteousness dude or something more specific.

Diogenes: This About That: Interesting, but can I trust it from Fox News?

Didn't say any more than we already knew, as the headline points out.

I was looking for that Teacher of Righteousness dude or something more specific.

If you want an interesting read sometime, Google Mandeanism, It's gnostic Mystery religion that seems to have a LOT in common with the Essenes. As a gnostic sect, they hadlevels of priesthood, each tuaght more and higher mysteries thant he one below. they called, the most enlightened and greatest of their teachers, the most enlightened were called "Nasoreans" (look like another word you've read in the bible to describe Jesus?) and in fact they believe that their two greatest Nasoreans were Jesus and John the Baptist. But here's the kicker, they revere John the Baptist, but despise Jesus because he basically broke his vow of secrecy and shared the sect's most sacred teachings with the unintiated.

The whole thing is generally regarded as a 2nd century creation but It makes you wonder what kernels of truth may be hiding in this legend

Magorn: Diogenes: This About That: Interesting, but can I trust it from Fox News?

Didn't say any more than we already knew, as the headline points out.

I was looking for that Teacher of Righteousness dude or something more specific.

If you want an interesting read sometime, Google Mandeanism, It's gnostic Mystery religion that seems to have a LOT in common with the Essenes. As a gnostic sect, they hadlevels of priesthood, each tuaght more and higher mysteries thant he one below. they called, the most enlightened and greatest of their teachers, the most enlightened were called "Nasoreans" (look like another word you've read in the bible to describe Jesus?) and in fact they believe that their two greatest Nasoreans were Jesus and John the Baptist. But here's the kicker, they revere John the Baptist, but despise Jesus because he basically broke his vow of secrecy and shared the sect's most sacred teachings with the unintiated.

The whole thing is generally regarded as a 2nd century creation but It makes you wonder what kernels of truth may be hiding in this legend

Cool! I'll have to look them up.

I haven't read much on the scrolls, and my knowledge of the Essenes comes mostly from Durant. But after reading this I was strongly persuaded that the texts were the foundation for the New Testament. Very Jungian.

..That's right.. I solved it..

The Emperor of Mankind?.

Yeah I studie..........discover..........I wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls.....yeah that's the ticket.

Fark Me Runnin: They is who we thought they was.

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Came for Dennis Green. Leaving satisfied.

Dr. Seuss? He has a great imagination.

Stephen King? He likes long, long books.

A million monkeys with a million typewriters? That would explain the many references to the Apostles throwing their feces.

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I want to vote for this SO HARD!!!