I think you mean ascetic cult (as in a cult that believed in denying the physcial). An aesthetic cult would be a cult that worshipped interior design! <g>
Actually, the history of that period is amazing -- there were all these little sects that popped up in Judaism and a lot of mystery religions that were popular in Israel (the dying god thing) and Jewish and early Christian thought contained within them a reaction to this multi-sect atmosphere. A very good book on the period: _From Text to Tradition_ (I will try to get the exact Amazon URL for you. I apologize for the very simplistic analysis; it's all I really have time for tonight. Judith >elevangelist ilk are mostly >Southern Baptist. They are also extremist in thier beliefs. I'm not going >to be saved and I like to mess with them when they give me the line that I >must be saved. > >I also point out to them that Jesus was Jewish, not Christian. From the >Catholic teachings I got in the seminary, Jesus was also a Rabbi. Looking >at the history of the area, He was probably a member of an aesthetic sect. ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
