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Quote by: shawmutt  At this point we are pretty much in agreement with everything but minor quibbles--isn't that nice 
I just wanted to point out that it's not impossible to lift Jesus out of the muddle, and in fact it has been done, by one of our founding fathers no less. Thomas Jefferson wrote his own version of the NT, called Jefferson's Bible. It goes through the life of Jesus while leaving out all the mumbo jumbo.] |
Great! - But we'll have to start disagreeing again soon, shawmut, there's only so much concord and harmony that I can stand !!
I was, however, interested in your link to the Jefferson bible, and mean to follow it up in detail, thanks... I'd heard of it, of course, but given it very little thought, even though I've always had a big regard for Jefferson in many ways.
In return, I wonder if you might find another book of interest, one that influenced me quite a lot when I was in my late teens. It's name,
The Wisdom of Insecurity (Alan Watts) tells you what the theme is, and I think it has relevance for this debate.
The Wisdom of Insecurity (Alan Watts) Alan Watts: The Wisdom of Insecurity [Tesugen]
Brian.