As you well know, all these documents were written many years after the life of Jesus, in some cases up to two centuries later (if I remember rightly). They express different ideological agendas. Whatever "lost" book you are referring to is no more of a guide to the historical Jesus than the canonical gospels. It just shows that there were people then, as there are now, who wished to claim Jesus as one of their own.
--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Feb 25, 2006, at 12:21 PM, feste37 wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > >> > >> It would make some gays more accepted and less marginalized. That's a > >> good thing, no? > > > > Not if you're just making it up, no. People who say Jesus may have > > been a > > homosexual are simply trying to spin non-existent historical facts > > to make > > them fit what they think is desirable. Doesn't sound very scholarly > > to me. I > > thought you were supposed to be a scholar, in which case I would have > > thought you would value truth, where it can be known, over pointless > > speculation. > > Is it "pointless speculation" to ask: > > Can an open heart *exclude*? > > Did Jesus have an open heart? > > ---- > > Well, no, I'm not "making it up". The "gospels" have been edited, and > the potentially homosexual parts were removed from Mark. We know > because we found an old copy before the church got it's hands on it. > > Maybe Jesus was an androgyne, I don't know. It's the open hearted > revolutionary that I liked. I have little interest in bending knee to > a guy on a torture device. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
