From: gav (gav_gc@yahoo.com.au)
Date: Fri Sep 09 2005 - 04:03:09 BST
hey kev,
--- Kevin Perez <juan825diego@yahoo.com> wrote:
> gav wrote,
>
> <snip>
>
> > jesus wasn't advocating a personal god at all.
> rather
> > he was espousing that perennial mystic flavoured
> > philosophy that holds that we are divinity itself
> > expressing itself through our creative evolution.
> > he certainly didn't advocate organised religion,
> > sexism or obedience to any law, save that of your
> own
> > innermost being.
>
> Not exactly. In John chapter 17 Jesus models a very
> personal relationship with
> God. And in Matthew 5:19-21, Jesus clearly
> advocates organized religion and
> obedience to laws.
i prefer the gospel of thomas since it simply records
jesus' own words, and thomas was his best and closest
disciple. oh and the emerging church cut it out of the
bible in the 2nd century ad. i wonder why?.......
>
> <snip>
>
> > if we are talking about the central mystic
> elements
> > to both schools of thought then we have the common
> > high ground: which is what they both aspire to: a
> > mystic is a mystic is a mystic i guess.
>
> I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "central
> mystic elements." Are you
> saying that mysticism is philosophy?
central mystic element means that at the centre of the
philosophy (the point from which the whole
philosophical system hangs, refers to, aspires
to...)there is the mystical. the ultimate truth is a
mystic truth, beyond conceptualisation. jesus said as
much, so did lao tse, so did bob, so am i : we all
rock!!!
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