Hi, does anyone knows the personal background of Master Hamid Bey, founder of The Coptic Fellowship?
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, when on a certain March 15th, a little boy named Hamid Bey was born in Cairo, Egypt. Hamid's family belonged to the Coptic Christian Church, and the reason for this has an interesting history. Hamid's grandfather was a devote Muslim. While a young man, he was stricken with crippling rheumatoid arthritis. His condition was so bad that he would scream in pain if moved even slightly. He despaired of life and prayed for death to release him. One day, a Master from an Egyptian Coptic Temple, traveling incognito, came into the grandfather's village. He convinced Hamid's grandfather to be secretly carried to the temple for healing. The temple was only eighteen miles from the village, yet no one in the village even knew it existed. Hamid's grandfather was completely cured. He walked home and was converted to Christianity. From that time on, his family was raised in the Christian faith.\nWhen Hamid was five years old, he had a remarkable experience. He was playing in an Egyptian street, when a strange man walked up to him and smiled down at him. Hamid felt something wonderful was happening, and felt a very strong bond with this man he had never seen before. They talked together for a few minutes, and then the man left, promising that he would return soon. This man was actually a Master from a Coptic Temple, and after much discussion with Hamid's parents upon the Master's return, it was agreed that Hamid was to go into temple training. In Coptic temple training, Hamid was taught spiritual disciplines in emotional and mental control, meditation, and the futility of fear. One lesson that made a great impression on him occurred when he was sent by his Master out in the countryside to beg for food for the temple. His Master had told him to thank the people whether or not they gave him anything. One day, young Hamid came upon a rather grouchy old man outside his farmhouse. When Hamid timidly asked him for food, the man bellowed and tried to give Hamid a swift kick in the rear. In response, Hamid merely bowed courteously and said humbly, "You have offered me more than I get most places, so thank you kind father, for your contribution." At these words, the old man was so surprised, he started laughing and took Hamid into his house and filled his baskets to the top with food. Hamid that day learned that the quality of a person's emotional attitude determines largely how the world receives him.\nAs Hamid grew in years, so did the advanced pace of his training. He was taught to place his body at the complete command of his will and to enter into a state of suspended animation. There were six preparatory Temples of learning that Hamid passed through before he could enter the final temple, the Temple of Divine Wisdom. In order to get to this temple, it is necessary to swim the Nile and enter through a tunnel. The big test here is that the Nile is infested in this area with vast numbers of crocodiles. The only way to know whether crocodiles are in the murky water, is to locate them by mind power. This is something Hamid and his classmates were taught in their previous years of intensive training. Out of Hamid's classmates, only one did not make it across the river to the temple.\nIn this temple, Hamid passed through the greatest and final test. In the temple a flower is cultivated which does not grow anywhere in the world except deepest central Africa. It is a beautiful white flower that gradually opens and closes. When open, the perfume of the flower is very pleasant, but is a deadly poison to humans. It is used to prove an initiate's physical and mental control. The flower is placed in the center of a series of concentric circles. There are eleven circles in all; the eleventh one closest to the flower. The initiate must keep his body independent of the poison, and sit for one hour in a circle, beginning with the outermost circle. Each circle moves the initiate closer to the flower, gives him one
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I went to TSC for 12 years but that does not ring a bell, try the link below to contact the tape ministry... many of his sermons are onlined now too.
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Couldn't find it for you but sent a few interesting links and one where you can look further. Are you sure of the title?\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Vincent_Peale
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would have to say no.  However I think a therough study of the Nephilim subject will answer some of your other questions I would suggest getting ahold of some of Bullengers works.  Not sure of the spelling of his name, but it's not like you are not smart enough to figure that out.
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Being a devote Christian myself, this source comes from a friend of mine.  I believe this is along the lines of what you are looking for and if not, it is something that may interest you.  My friend was explaining the Gnostic beliefs/ideas to me and let me this web address (see sources)
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I definately recommend you reading the Nag Hammadi Library.  It will give you a different persective on Jesus and the people surrounding him.  I think the idea is probable as you make a good point that her Gospel was left out. (as was so many others)  Here are some links that might interest you.
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I'm a Muslim From african coutres\n\nXfadu@yahoo.com\nxfady@hotmail.com
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Long time ago there was someone by the name of M.U. Ahmed. Sorry I don't know his address... or I even don't know if he is still alive. He used to write for Shaptahik Bichitra.
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Here you go! Enjoy!\n\nwww.gayarab.org/home.htm\nwww.kelma.org/arab_gay/arab_gay.php\nwww.al-bab.com/arab/background/gay.htm
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As many members of the diocese who can. If you've never been before, make this year a first.\n\nUnless of course, you happen to be a member of the Coptic Church.  That's a whooooooooole different ball game....
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There's an old email address available online for the society he co-founded.  Their website is offline, so it may not be functional:\n\nghuk@btinternet.com
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Contact Muslimah.\n\nHere is a link to her 360:\n\nhttp://360.yahoo.com/profile-Gbugcj8kaKUOWLuNVYyPQnw-?cq=1
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I'm a member of Anaheim vineyrd Christtian Fellowship\nI'm Arab christian from palestine.\nPlease send further information to my private e-mail to\nmudzaqir@hotmail.com\n\nالرب قوّتي ونشيدي . وقد صار خلاصي . هذا الهي فامجّده . اله ابي فارفعه\nThe Lord is my Strength and Song, and He is became my Salvation ( Exodus 5:2 )\n\nGod Bless You
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Well, there was David Friedrich Strauss, but as far as I can find he only claimed that Jesus was not divine. I'll keep searching and see if there was another who went further.
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Hi Yousif,\nI met the AyedaAlHakimi once, a few weekends ago. I was walking to the corner market for a loaf of bread when I had to pass by a neighborhood church. I was somewhat acquainted with the structure as it was always mentioned in the newspaper's community section. Known as "The loft," folks would gather there on Thursday evenings for poetry readings.\nHowever, this day happened to be a Saturday afternoon and a pair of gentlemen greeted me as I walked by. They invited me inside to sample an hour of their presentation. Ok, I went inside and found myself to be a prospective new recruit for their brand of religion.\n\nMost of the pews were filled with hooded monks chanting a haunting rhythm. There were others who like me, were wearing their regular denims. The service began like most others that church-goers would be familiar with. A grand master of ceremonies led the group through some songs and gave a sermon. Near the end of the hour it was time for their ritual of "laying on of the hands." Some of the parishioners would come forward and ask for prayers for their ailments or for a sick grand mum who fell down in the tub. All the hooded dudes whose faces could not readily be seen would all place a hand on the person and their combined energies were presumed to have a strength and expedite a solution to the problem.\n\nOK now, there was another new guy in the pews who was watching eagerly. I recognized AyedaAlHakimi from a wanted poster viewed earlier at the post office. When he saw a chance, he approached the ring of conspirators and described how he was always moving around and never able to settle down. The hooded goons closed in upon him, all to make a physical connection. The master of ceremonies began a prayer, a dogmatic mix of logic and pure hocus-pocus. I immediately saw the effects of the procedure as the tension went out of AyedaAlHakimi's body. When the beseeching was near an end, the master asked, "Are the brothers ready?"\n\nA suspenseful few moments passed until he almost shouted, "NOW!"\n\nOn that cue, the brothers began to pummel their hapless victim. Continually delivering blows over head and to the solar plexus until AyedaAlHakimi was down on the floor getting stomped. After another minute, the grand Pooh-Bah decided the treatment administered was sufficient to induce a relaxing calm that would assuage the nervousness of AyedaAlHakimi for a long, long time.\n\nI can't say for certain if AyedaAlHakimi got the comeuppance he deserved as I had a loaf of bread to buy and some other errands to do that day. I hope for you Yousif, that you do find a sense of closure to this difficult episode of life.\n\n-Justin
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not i dont believe that there are any, but there is a little bit of information on Zepaneth Panea, not completely sure how to spell it. I did research on this about 2 years ago. remember after pharoh died came another phaorh who knew not joseph and etc. that is what the bible says. i dont have the information anymore because my pc was killed in hurricane katrina and all the info was in there. just start a yahoo search and look up the correct spelling of his egyptian name and his wifes name too and i promise you will find some even though it is very little.......
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Well, that would require a 100 page essay to list all the differences, and a major history language.\n\nBoth would be preferred , at least by me, over Roman Orthodox, but I would say Coptic would be closer to what the church was like after Jesus' death/Resurrection.