The Cool Thing About Jesus

[smcder]

Exactly! That's what's so cool about the J-Man. He is open-standards, non-proprietary, crowd-sourced, and infinitely adaptable.

> I've never met anyone who didn't think their accepted version of Jesus was the guy.

No longer true because now you've met me brother, a southern gothic Ulysses.

you're probably familiar with Elaine Pagels? the Jesus Seminar? I'm pretty sure Pagels is mentioned on GnosticBytesRadio

 

[boomerang]

One of those blondish haired Anglo-Saxon looking Jesus pics popped up on my homepage screen the other day and by gosh--It was almost identical to the pictures of Jesus from my quasi-Methodist upbringing. No wonder I'm theologically challenged.

 

[smcder]

One of those blondish haired Anglo-Saxon looking Jesus pics popped up on my homepage screen the other day and by gosh--It was almost identical to the pictures of Jesus from my quasi-Methodist upbringing. No wonder No wonder I'm theologically challenged.

The Real Face Of Jesus - What Did Jesus Look Like? - Popular Mechanics

 

[MaestroCrowley]

Let me know if that works it's called the human experience.

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[Charlie Prime]

you're probably familiar with Elaine Pagels?

I'm not. Which of her books do you recommend?

I found some here.

 

[trainedobserver]

Let me know if that works it's called the human experience.

I think it would more properly called the human imagination.

More energy/frequency/density/vibration mumbo-jumbo, or uh ... pseud0-spritual-science (ouch).

 

[Burnt State]

Sorry C Prime, but Jesus' entire love, understanding, compassion and forgiveness can be summed up like this:

You can argue til the sun burns out, but that's the bottom line.

I dunno. I always thought it was his dad that was the hardass. I still side with the compassionate, non-judgmental, anti-slut shaming, social justice side of the J-man.

Though, as Beckett says near the start of Waiting for Godot, 3 out of 4 gospel writers don't even mention the potential for full forgiveness for those thieves at Golgotha. So maybe it's not Jesus that's the problem but his biographers?

 

[smcder]

I'm not. Which of her books do you recommend?

I found some here.

The Gnostic Gospels (1979)
Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas (2003)

you might find John Shelby Spong and Marcus Borg interesting too . . . and Jeffrey Kripal's The Serpent's Gift ... well, pretty much anything Kripal writes is excellent:

Amazon.com: The Serpent's Gift: Gnostic Reflections on the Study of Religion (9780226453811): Jeffrey J. Kripal: Books
Amazon.com: Books

 

[smcder]

@Charlie Prime

I'm just listening to this now - but it may be of some interest to you:

Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature)
kearney.html

 

[manxman]

god eh, what a guy, fiddles with some virgin chick whilst she is asleep, gets her pregnant, and yall worship him.
me i shag ONE sheep [conscious], and they all point at me and call me 'sheepshagger'.

 

[Charlie Prime]

Thanks smcder! I added these things to my study list.