Theos-Talk Archives (October 2000 Message tt00241)

Bart Lidofsky wrote: I believe that Jesus was a one of a number of

> Essene leaders of the time, and the stories about
> him got amalgamated
> with the stories of many teachers,
No doubt Jesus appreciated all words of wisdom and promoted them, regardless
of what the source was.. The deed is more important than who does it. I
strongly believe, even John the Baptist was a philosopher who inspired
Jesus into deepr digging. And many other concepts like that, but John the
Baptist was the only living being Jesus was took seriously as an example
for learning from. The stories of Jesus make nice
> myths, but when people are running around claiming
> to be Jesus reborn
> (or the new vehicle for the "Christ"), my fraud radar comes on
> full
> power.
There is a misunderstanding, Jesus or any such great teachers are not reborn
in the same soul or whatever.. But someone with similar understandings
can be born and start following Jesus, which Jesus himself might have done
in regards to great teachers before him. And there are fools always who
get misled, I do not exclude myself. We are all fools in different ways.

 

      Some born again Christians use the saying (even if far too many don't
follow it), "What would Jesus do?"

Good point, the ones who utter "offer the other cheek", usually do the
slapping and the fools usually follow and offer the other cheek to them,
so who is more CHRIST-ian in that cotext? makes me grief.

Gandhi once said, "I love Jesus but I hate christians", Tagore said to Gandhi his show of "placidity" was too politically motivated to be pure.

Thankfully
Sham