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-Caveat Lector- From: c. >so why the hell was he hanging around with whores >if he told us not to associate with "sinners"? >are you calling Jesus a hypocrite? she "washed his >feet"... if you know whati mean *snigger* Two points: 1.  there is a growing body of research to show that Mary Magdalene was never a whore/prostitute, but was branded as such a century or so after her death by the growing Roman-centered church (which eventually became THE centralized Christian power), which was intent on suppressing the role of women in the church; while some argue that the Magdalene was actually Jesus' wife and bore him at least one child, conservative contemporary evidence suggests that her role was more that of being another apostle, on at least an equal footing with the male apostles and perhaps enjoying a favored status (not necessarily sexual)...in other words, she only became a 'sinner' long after her death, and only because the Roman church branded her as such... 2.  Jesus was constantly criticized by His contemporary 'powers that be' for associating with 'sinners'; Jesus' response was basically to ask "who most needs to be saved, those who are already righteous, or those who are sinners?"... >what is a sin to you may be not a sin to someone else. True, but in this case what is being discussed is what has been defined as a sin by the Christian doctrine.  But what I find interesting is that homophobes who utilize one flavor of superstition to justify their prejudice and paranoia don't invest the same amount of emotional energy into any of the other types of sins delineated in the Bible.  In fact they usually conveniently ignore other Levitical prohibitions by eating pork or cheeseburgers, by wearing clothes of mixed fibers, nor do they go into seclusion and take ritual baths after each emission of semen or after each menstrual cycle; neither are their privies built outside the city walls... The thieves who have ripped off billions of dollars, ruining the lives of thousands of people, ala Enron et al, have done a much greater harm to a much greater number of people than any two people of the same sex who happen to love each other have ever done; yet we don't have these 'defenders of public morality' decrying this blatant sin of thievery in the way that they constantly obsess about homosexuality... >as long as people don't fuck with your life or your >way of thinking- then they are not sinning and you >should leave them alone to get on with it. Well, the thing is that these obsessives DO claim that homosexuals ARE sinning, according to the obsessives' brand of superstition... And that's fine; the obsessives have a right to believe in whatever superstition they choose; what they do NOT have the right to do is IMPOSE their superstition on the rest of society as a matter of official policy.      June            __________________________________________ Created and best viewed with IncrediMail! Get your free copy at: www.incredimail.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om