Theos-Talk Archives (June 1998 Message tt00325)

Dr. A.M.Bain wrote:
> This has always been a difficult one for theologians.  As a former
> theologian, I can only offer the explanation that the story of the Judas
> betrayal is a fiction, a myth to tell a story by.  As received, the entire
> account is anachronistic vis a vis the life of a Palestian Israelite at the
> time of Jesus.

	I consider the entire New Testament to be myth, and believe Jesus to be
a melding of the legends of several teachers of the time one of whom may
have actually been called "Jesus". When I state that I consider
religions like Wicca to be equally valid to religions like Christianity,
I am not complimenting Wicca...

	In any case, however, even if the stories are false does not mean that
they don't convey lessons.

	Bart Lidofsky