--- In [email protected], "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (SniP) > > > > Of course you can't deny that Christ (a realized Master) was actually > > crucified by the Romans at the behest of the then 'scripture bent' > Jews. > > > > As the Catholic church has degenerated dramatically from Christ's > > original teachings it still retains in seed form some of Christ's > > teachings, and as such offers hope to many in need. > > > > To wear a memory of the agony and sacrifice of Christ's death is > > hardly aberrant if you know the context, did he not die and live as > an > > example to us all and did he not actually show how a man can overcome > > even death by his resurrection? > > > Yes, Jesus is the ultimate example of the eternity of life; > And the dignity of human life; > > An example for the Romans, Greeks, Jews, and anyone else, in any > culture, can see the example he taught... > It is a shame, the a billion Muslims, although they consider Jesus a > prprophet, do not regard his teaching as profound, rather they would > follow a warrior king. > This is what the Jews at the time, toward the end, wanted Jesus to be > the warrior king they knew in King David, to throw off the yoke of the > Romans...and King Herod, the killer of John the Baptist. > Now, this idea of Jesus dieing for our sins, has been used and abused > by the church elders, through the ages. > Jesus' teaching is pure love, and since he overcame all temptations of > the 'evil one'. > He is hated most by the various demons, and demonic forms, and his > vibration can be used to expell evil, as well as Archangel Michael, as > the most powerful and opposite force of the evil one's intentions...
You might like Swami Yogananda's two volume book "The Second Coming of Christ". Christ from an Eastern perspective...
