--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The following phrase of Jesus' is used by many fundamentalist > Christians as a justification for telling people that if they don't > accept Jesus as their personal savior that they will burn in hell for > all eternity: > > "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the > Father, but through me. If you had known me, you would have known My > Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him." > > But is this phrase an instruction of Jesus' to get to enlightenment -- > as per the Fundamentalists I cite above -- or is it a description of > the goal? That is, once you are having the experience of > enlightenment within a Christian context that this quote of Jesus > makes sense? > > If it is the latter -- which is a view I subscribe to -- I believe it > relieves the Christians of the horrible burden -- and karma -- of > being Talibanesque and condemning everyone who isn't a Christian to an > eternity of hell. >
Jesus also, said.."I am in the Father, and ye in me, and I in you". He also said, "Before Abraham was, I AM" Take these phrases together and you are talking about a fundamental transcendental entity that embodies Truth, and is within everyone, and is eternal. Hmmm...sounds familiar. (but don't bother trying to explain that to a fundie christian.) OffWorld ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
