yes : the waiting for the messiah..ha ha ha...joe...the jews who wait..to be taken to the promised land..ha ha..yes what a joke...there were more than just jews that became christians there were gentiles too....thanks for the quote by gandhi..good bloke..yet did you know he did not give his wife antibiotics...she died..but apparently took some himself..is it a true story?... liked to be surrounded by young lasses..mmm always a dark side to every "saint"..wonder where jesus fell short and was buddha squeaky clean?...as for ma thatcher a ripe case of nasty nasty through and through..merle Merle,
Taking a few points of yours in turn, and in my stride: I'll badger no more. I know we don't need no "steenking Badges!" (company and comradery is what I would seek in practice, though, just because I know it can be wonderful and efficacious. Especially if a leader or teacher is helpful. I think you probably taught your art classes in a group situation? Maybe a little like that. Private lessons are just too, well, personal, often. The Jewish faith felt the need for, or looked for, a messiah. Not all the Jews agreed on which one -- Who -- it was, or was to be. The ones who went with Jesus -- or, later, Paul -- call themselves Christians. They call the new arrangement "The New Covenant": It's not the Law that's in charge anymore; it's Grace. The other ones are still waiting. And telling pretty great jokes. Gandhi taught that, "There is no path to Peace. Peace is the way". That's where peace is, I'd say. --Joe > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > interesting..food for thought... > > jesus said i am god's son..god said he was his son yet god and jesus are > one.. > > interesting that jesus moved away from jewish faith to eventually create by > others christianity... > > quite a story... > are you telling me then that the jewish faith has holes in it that god was >not pleased..? > > and as for buddha..well what was his gripe with hindu faith?... > > surely there must have been good dudes in all the faiths that they left > behind... > > as they say the caravan moves on.. > > will it move on in the zen buddhism story too..?... > > and joe your constant "badgering" me about going to group zen hangouts is > like telling me i can't be a true zen buddhist > > is liken to saying cos i do not go to a church i am not a true christian... > > false some of the most enlightened folk do not enter monasteries or churches.. > > as we see in history.. > > jesus was fed up with all the "bullshit " that went on in the temples.. > > and joe did he not throw the money changing tables to the ground?... > > this is why i always have a spack attack when you go on about money...you you > the big capitalist.. > > to my mind jesus was the first socialist..witness the sharing of the bread > and fish... > > those folk who meditate in quiet places, deserts and forests alone are they >not in tune with the very music of the spheres...? > > noisy churches and dusty halls are they not distractions? > > where is peace? > > where is it? > > merle
