Comments on: Discover Jesus

by: The Mahablog » The Wisdom of Doubt: The Series

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:42:35 +0000

[…] “Discover Jesus” […]

by: pluky

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:16:09 +0000

Oops! Funk, not Fund.

by: pluky

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:14:55 +0000

If this stuff really gets you going I suggest getting a copy of:
“The Five Gospels: What Did Jesus Really Say?”
Robert Fund, Roy Hoover, and The Jesus Seminar.
This is a variation of the ‘red letter’ convention in that in their new translation of the canonical 4 gospels plus Thomas, statements that the Seminar voted most likely to have been uttered by Jesus are in bright red. Those statements considered less certain, but consistent with his message are pale red. Not likely statements are in gray. Finally, statements highly unlikely to have been made by Jesus are in bold black.

by: D.R. Marvel

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:53:49 +0000

Poor Ol’ Mary Magdalene had to put her Beaver to work…

I’d imagine it got petted some, though…

by: Swami

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:26:33 +0000

I’m not sure what Jesus’s “diety” was,

That was when he fasted for forty days in the wilderness. Sheesh, doesn’t anybody read the bible anymore?

by: )O( Hecate's Childe

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:47:49 +0000

Beautiful Post. I’m so glad to see that some people (like yourself) are taking the iconography of the classic Easter Scene (the bunny) back to its pagan roots. Many christians even today are taught about how dangerous paganism and witchcraft are, especially on Easter. and then the church sponsors “Easter Egg Hunts” like it was their flippin idea in the first place, the usurpers. But Christianity differs from religions like Buddhism, Shintao, and the Pagan Religions in that it is purely transcendental — you can only achieve heaven/enlightenment from their nasty wafers and plastic white-skinned, blue-eyed Heston-esque jeebus. The Jesus I was raised on in my early days as a Catholic was a beautiful example of giving light to the world through peace and forgiveness; and that is why I am no longer Catholic. Well, that and finding out the answers to my questions about santa claus and the ‘Easter’ Bunny. Jesus and I were left behind in their plans years ago, it seems. :-/

by: mamameow

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:59:25 +0000

maha, wait a minute, laura keeps a pet racoon, except it is sort of yellow.

one this bush administration did for me was give me tyhe courage to say i am an atheist. have always been and always will be. i was the nuns worst nightmare in religion class. i was the priest’s worst nightmare in socialogy class (it was really a religion class but the report card called it social studies)

my grandfather believed that you had to treat every living thing with respect and dignity just because they were life. if there was a god/heaven then you would be judged by your behavior. if there was’nt god/heaven then nothing was lost. he was the best. of course my catholic grandmother had fits and waited until he was unconscious on his death bed to baptize him. i hope he gave her a good word licking when she got to where he was, the other side.

by: No More Mr. Nice Guy!

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:32:16 +0000

Put another way, did religion cause our species to (mostly) transcend barbarism, or did we transcend barbarism through other means and then drag religion along after us?

Religion doesn't make people better. People make religion better. BTW Maha are you aware of the "Blog Against Theocracy" blogswarm going on this weekend? Lots of wicked atheists like moi are posting, but I would love to see more participation from thoughtful non-atheists like yourself (I don't know whether you would want to be called a theist, believer or whatever)

by: apocalipstick

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:54:28 +0000

I’m not sure what Jesus’s “diety” was, but give Pat Robertson a minute and he’ll market a cookbook about it.

by: felicity

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:19:26 +0000

I’m reminded of something I recently read which was, according to the article’s author, an example of neocon philosophy - the ‘apology’ delivered by Robespierre to justify the Reign of Terror, “Out of pity and love of humanity, you must be inhuman.”

That would seem to excuse inflicting pain and suffering on others so long as you pitied and loved humanity. Rather like being licensed to commit atrocities. Is this the fault of any religion that teaches we must love others as we love ourselves, or does the fault have nothing to do with religion. I hold to the latter.

The question might be would Robespierre be able to justify the Reign of Terror if there was no such thing as religion which is more often than not cited as the cause of most of the world’s suffering through the ages? I don’t know.