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Down the ancient lanes of old Jerusalem last Saturday, thousands of Christian worshipers surged toward the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where Jesus Christ is said to have risen bodily from his tomb. Many of the devout carried candles for the "Holy Fire Ritual," in which Orthodox priests descend to Christ's tomb and emerge with a flame that they say appears spontaneously - miraculous proof, believers say, that Christ has not forgotten his followers...
...convinced that human beings in general are looking for the good things in life, or looking to help each other. I mean I think in general there's a lot of egotism and a lack of altruism. I'm a big fan of the Parables of Jesus about the merciful Samaritan and the Prodigal Son. I think that's the essence of my humanity. But I have the feeling that the reality of life is nearly a caricature of the attitudes phrased by the historical Jesus...
Great article, great idea. Teaching about the Bible might help exorcise some of the ignorance of the Fundamentalist right. Anti-Catholics would learn that it was Catholic bishops who put the New Testament together. Anti-gays would learn that Jesus had nothing to say about homosexuality. And those who want the U.S. to be a nation governed by Christian laws would learn that our enemies are to be loved, not smashed, and that divorce is tantamount to adultery. No divorce, no war, no gay bashing, no anti-Catholicism--how downright un-American...
Chocolate Jesus exhibit nixed...
...accept the historical existence of Jesus? "Unquestionably! No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life...