--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@...> wrote: > > You should consider that gospel as fiction and for entertainment > use only.
Finally, someone who agrees with me. The only difference between JohnR and myself is that I extend his advice to ALL scripture, no matter what its supposed "pedigree" or claim to authenticity. > There's a reason why the Christian Church excluded this writing Results sectionfrom the official church canon. If you had actually read the Gospel Of Judas, you would know what that reason is. The language he uses clearly identifies him as a Gnostic, thus raising the question, "Was his spiritual teacher (Jesus) one, too." The Church couldn't have that, since they had designated Gnosticism, Catharism, and other forms of Dualist thought to be heresy. > More likely, the source of that writing is questionable. You > should do more research on this matter to satisfy your own > curiousity. As <ahem> should you. It's an interesting text, more so for me than for you, probably, because I can easily recognize the Dualist elements in it. Were they there in Christ's teaching, or did Judas project his own Gnostic "baggage" onto a different teaching? We'll never know. All that we do know is that -- FOR PURELY POLITICAL REASONS -- the Church felt that it had to stick to the Party Line it had developed in the first century after Christ's death. Once the Party Line was in place, no "gospel" could be earmarked as authoritative if it deviated from that Party Line. To try to imagine the scenario, visualize the scene if each of Maharishi's skin boys wrote a book about their time with him, and each did so completely honestly. Half of them would cling to the Party Line, and support the myth that he was a life celibate. The other half would be able to present conversations and details about the number of female students he had sex with. Which half do you think would make it into the published "Gospels Of Maharishi?" Duh. Imagine the consternation of the Committee Of Dweebs if they found that one of the "Maharishi made out like a bandit" authors *also* included one of the best -- and one of the *only* -- stories claiming to have witnessed him performing an actual miracle or demonstrating a siddhi. The Committee's function is to perpetuate and grow the myth of Maharishi. So does a good "miracle story" trump another story by the same author about the times he had some woman he'd grown tired of shipped off to another country to keep her out of sight, and silent? It's a veritable koan. :-) > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shainm307" <shainm307@> wrote: > > > > Hello, I recently watched the Gospel of Judas on Netflix(you can also look > > at it online). The 3rd-4th century text was apparently found a few years > > back and about 85% of it is still readable. I personally found it to be one > > of the most interesting of all the Gospels. Apparently Jesus wanted Judas > > to turn him in and also Jesus said "You will be greater than the others > > Judas. Your star will shine brighter than the rest." I personally found it > > interesting because that morning I was wondering what Satan's role was and > > wondering whether or not he should be ignored. Anyways, what do you guys > > think? > > >
