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Good point, I think. Yes, Paul says some things he writes are "from the Lord," and others are his own suggestions (like celibacy). At least, Paul is frank about this. But may there be other cases in which we have to make a similar distinction? I'm not a Biblical literalist, so I think...

Thanks, Dondi. Yes, it's Lev 19:18. Leviticus also says in Ch 19: Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard. YOu shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger... You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired man...

Good question, Ruby. Here's my take: IS THE WORLD REDEEMED? Not yet, anyway. In CONSTANTINE’S SWORD, James Carroll writes, “What if Constantine and Anselm and all those who, following them, have gilded the cross, turning it into a symbol of triumphalism, are in understandable...

Maybe we should call you Brunhilde:)

I think you have a point, but at the same time, I don't think you can separate the person from his teachings.

Bump. I think this whole thread deserves renewed attention.

I dunno if it's relevant or not, but William Blake said "Opposition is true friendship."

Hi, Aletheia. Yes, Chesterton said something like that. It's also been said that the last Christian died on the cross. (which doesn't quite work, since Jesus wasn't a Christian)

Some of the questons I think are unanswerable. As for the Romans, they weren't overly concerned about sectarian quarrels within Judaism.

I just bought a book, WE DON'T DIE, by Joel Martin about the medium George Anderson. Haven't read it yet, but the reviews on Amazon sound promising: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425114511/ref=pd_rvi_gw_1/002-8545877-7188827?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155

As someone said, "You can't say that Christianity has failed. It's just that it's never really been tried."

Doesn't sound like Jesus was very big on family values, does it?;)

Side issue: The Mennonites have often co-operated with the Catholic Worker Movement. The CW is rather radical and counter-cultural. It was started by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin (as in the movie ENTERTAINING ANGELS, where Martin Sheen played Maurin) BTW, the Mennonite church a few miles from...

To complete the thought: "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you." When Jesus sent out the Twelve, then the Seventy, that's what they were doing. They were not to take anything with them, but when they got back, they reported that they lacked nothing. The...

Penguin, I would say that if you've already been baptized (Christened), then you don't have to be baptized again. Baptism is baptism. Also, the title "Son of God" is not what presents difficulty with Jesus. It's the claim that he was God. Different humans were called the Son of God, w'o any...

I think many people feel more or less the same way. I would add that as far as "upper" and "lower" go, maybe better terms would be "inner" and "outer."

Indeed!

THE PATH The original disciples of Jesus did not call themselves Christians, but followers of the Way, or the Path. (Greek, hodos). After Jesus restores sight to Bartimaeus in Mark 10:52, he tells him, "’Go. Your trust (or belief) has saved you.’ And Bartimaeus followed...

I do too. They may not be the path to enlightenment, but enlightenment may occur while you're doing these things, and focussing on doing them well. St Benedict, who laid the foundations of Christian monasticism, made the fundamental principle ORA ET LABORA, Pray and Work. This is carried out...

"Inasmuch as you have done it to the least of these by brethren, you have done it to me."