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...essence of Christian belief is based on what is in the Bible, not on what is not in the Bible. Therefore, what isn't there about Christ's life is irrelevant. The New Testament Scriptures, particularly the Gospels, are the most analyzed documents in history, and their authenticity has long been proved from an archaeological, historical and theological perspective. The Jesus Seminar discussions may create interesting, self-indulgent intellectual debate for its handpicked participants, but so what? ROBERT E. WILLIAMSON Vernon, British Columbia...
...Jesus Seminar said in its Santa Rosa, California, meeting, "Belief in the Resurrection of Jesus does not depend upon what may or may not have happened to his corpse." But your report noted that in the eyes of a Lutheran layman, the group "said the Resurrection of Jesus Christ was not essential to the faith; and that, in fact, the Resurrection may not have occurred at all." In my view, your readership is ill served by the inability to understand the difference between these statements. I find that most readers do grasp this distinction quite easily, and many appreciate...
...straight. fifty panelists, one of whom directed Showgirls, have determined that 1.5 billion misguided Christians have an erroneous impression of who Jesus was. A more accurate version of the life of Christ was created by a vote that involved dropping plastic beads into a bucket. Did I miss something? O ye of little faith! ELEANOR MCKEE Honolulu
That's not far from the wisdom Clinton offered at Ron Brown's funeral, when he read aloud from St. Paul's letter to the Galatians. "Let us not grow weary in doing good," Christ's disciple wrote. "For in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." Paul, of course, was referring to a heavenly reward. But another kind of harvest must have crossed Clinton's mind...
...fools for Christ's sake...We must pray for the courage to endure the scorn of the sophisticated world." --Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at a Baptist prayer breakfast in Mississippi...