Hi allan and others! Allan, your post could be very interesting for me and I am going to follow it very closely, I know I am not very learned like some of you; but I have got my own ideas or religious beliefs which need to be tuned in before I can express them more openly. I am sure that if one takes away parts of the stories which only embellish the gospels it may have very different meanings; but you have to be very careful about that if you believe in anything at all; you see you have to defy your own religious beliefs and be strong enough to change the gospel. Please, read the very end of the Bible, where there is a sort of curse if anyone changes anything. Are you willing to chance that? Send you all my regards Manfraco
On Oct 24, 4:57 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > I have often wondered what the new testament of the bible would be like if > you removed the parts that are in reality are made up short stories used to > sell a bill of goods. An example(s) being the nativity stories, the > resurrection (misunderstood,) the writings of Saul Of Tarsus the book of > revelations. to name a few > > I wonder if a book (it would probably be very short) getting rid of the > exact interpretation but rather trying to expressed express the ideas that > Jesus the man best wanted to express. I look at our group and the atheists > and agnostics have a very valuable role in working out that validity of what > is being said. There is a definite need to counter balance my own beliefs > and those of other fanatics. > > To tell the truth this would be a total dream for me. There is an event > astronomically that can be dated like a total solar eclipse over Jerusalem > in 33 CE. I do know that there are religious fanatics in the Philippines > that are crucified (literally) and they regularly survive it. I think these > things need to be taken into account, from what I understand it actually > takes several days to die that way. > > Here I have to admit I am jealous of the sheer enlightenment of spiritual > knowledge Francis and other members of this group possess. I am hoping they > will take to this idea. > Allan > > ( > ) > I_D Allan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
