tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12218227.post114442018459892460..comments2024-02-12T05:46:36.595-05:00Comments on talk talk talk: Gospel of Judas: Some Thoughtstalk talk talk / Shireenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10453931641034885060noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12218227.post-1145203014415894192006-04-16T11:56:00.000-04:002006-04-16T11:56:00.000-04:00Like the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi disc...Like the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi discoveries, this latest 'gospel' increases the amount of new scriptural material only available this century, making the concept of 'canonical scriptures' untenable and any claims of understanding founded upon them both incomplete and even less credible.<BR/><BR/>What might 'Christianity' look like if all these resources were available from the beginning? Check this link: www.energon.uklinux.netgoliahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09484401523720233875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12218227.post-1144452925962544582006-04-07T19:35:00.000-04:002006-04-07T19:35:00.000-04:00The Apostle Thomas somehow travelled all the way t...The Apostle Thomas somehow travelled all the way to the southern part of India. The people there still know Aramaic (the language of Jesus), and their Christian faith is probably as close to the original as one can get.<BR/><BR/>Advanced civilizations were centred around and extending east and south of the Mediterranean Sea for millennia, with the exception of the Inca (I think it's them, not the Maya, and I wouldn't want Inca theology to be widespread!) Most of us around the world are descended from those civilzations, and so we are unlikely to know about figures similar to Abraham, Moses, Jesus, or Mohammed in areas of the world where our ancestors either eliminated civilizations (like the Inca) or decimated them. Most of these civilizations had oral traditions too. Eliminate the people, eliminiate their stories.<BR/><BR/>But taking Christianity as an example, why would Jesus need to appear to many civilizations when by appearing to just one and by appointing 12 apostles to carry on his message, he was able to spread his teachings throughout the world and through time? It is far more effective for a prophet to have many spread his word, than to travel all over the world, especially on foot, boat, and donkey. Also, you forget that the British were orginally not Christian; they were evangelized like most of the rest of world.<BR/><BR/>I have talked about Zoroastrianism in previous posts on religious topics (use the Technorati search box for Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrian, or Religion). I'm not exactly sure which geographic area Zarathustra was from, but my ancestors came from somewhere near where Georgia is now. The Persian (Zoroastrian) empire covered most of what is now Asia. Zoroastrianism is the first monotheistic faith.talk talk talk / Shireenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453931641034885060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12218227.post-1144449708456205532006-04-07T18:41:00.000-04:002006-04-07T18:41:00.000-04:00_One aspect of the Christianity - Judaism - Islam ..._One aspect of the Christianity - Judaism - Islam connected faith lines I have misgivings about is their mutual exclusivity.<BR/>_Just once, I'd like to hear about 'inter-related religious instructions' also visited upon other far flung geo-regions, ie; Ancient Australia, East Asia, South, Central, & North America(s), etc. Even an uncovered "shoutout" gospel passage would do.<BR/>_It's something I noticed while watching yet another such C-J-I only "world religions" panel on Larry King Live.CQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14812751573047844045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12218227.post-1144427840536824072006-04-07T12:37:00.000-04:002006-04-07T12:37:00.000-04:00This is also a criticism levelled at the accepted ...This is also a criticism levelled at the accepted Gospels by present-day critics, including some Christian leaders. Yet many don't bat an eye about historians and/or university professors writing today about events or people who lived decades if not centuries ago, like Charles Dickens or Shakespeare or WWII.<BR/><BR/>If I'm not mistaken, I think the Church leaders of the time disagreed with the philosophy of the gnostics and therefore considered those gospels as heretical.talk talk talk / Shireenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453931641034885060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12218227.post-1144425906844160112006-04-07T12:05:00.000-04:002006-04-07T12:05:00.000-04:00The problem with all the so-called gnostic gospels...The problem with all the so-called gnostic gospels (of which the gospel of Judas belongs) is this: they were not viewed as authentic by Christian leaders at the time. The accounts were written long after any witnesses could confirm or deny the stories (late 2nd to 4th century).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com