In a message dated 6/4/06 7:50:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
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the Gnostic Gospels.. Right, Pagels has the "truth" correct, in
terms of
Gnostism,(IMO); but it's debatable whether Jesus Himself
taught any form
of Gnosticism. Various experts, Pagels included, are
well aware that
various "Scriptures" that have come down to us may
have been written by
ghost writers using a recognized name of another
person. This may
even be true of some of Paul's letters. Thus, it's
not surprising
that due to the passage of time since the death of
Jesus, say 60-100
years, and the different location (most of the
Gnostic Gospels have a
Coptic Egyptian origin); somebody just suited
their fancy by dreaming up
various Scriptures, placing words in the
mouth of Jesus. The
question of whether Jesus actually did preach a
form of Gnosticism,
secretly or otherwise, is open to debate.
Personally, it makes
little difference to me in terms of personal
practice, since I'm fully in
the "Gnostic" camp, (being a Buddhist);
which is closer to Gnostism by far
than to the orthodox Christianity
preached by
Paul.
A lot of the programming I've been seeing lately concerning
the Gnostic Gospels claims that most, if not all, were written between 100 and
200 A.D. And as you have said, by writers that claim to have been the Apostles,
long after they would have been dead. How did Judas write a Gospel when it is
said he committed suicide after Jesus was arrested and condemned? The gospels of
Mathew , Mark, Luke and John are historically believed to have been
written between 30 and 64 A.D., during their life
times.
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