> I'm just going by what Jesus called them. Huh? Jesus never used the word "Christian" at all.
> Both Thomas and John were apostles and thus both "Christian". Judas was also an apostle but I don't think you would call him a Christian. > I don't believe that, Thomas didn't believe it, and neither did > Jesus; That's quite a statement. I certainly wouldn't claim to know with such certainty what he believed....I can only go by the writings of other authors about what he said. > at least he certainly supported Thomas' view that "the light" was > within us all and that Thomas' questioning and search for personal > truth was glorifying him. Frankly, I just don't find as much to support this view, and much more that says it is wrong. > My contention is that most everything you've learned in Christian > church - the "religion" - comes from John's interpretation of a > proper Christian life. Actually it comes much more from the teachings of Paul than from John. But it is supported by John, as well as Luke, James, Peter, etc. You basically have to throw out the entire Bible if gnostism is what you want to believe. > Because in Thomas' view, the physics classroom IS church, and they > can't make money selling THAT search for truth. I've never found science and religion to be in conflict myself. A lot of people seem to lump all Christians in with the fundamentalist, right-wing nuts. There are many sects that are a bit more progressive than that. But nor will I ever find everything I need to know about God in a science classroom. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306309 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
