It seems that in the West the striving to perfect one’s soul through knowledge, understanding and love has nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity or any religion (certainly not Judaism) and everything to do with intuition, critical thinking and self-responsibility. Thank you for your work dismantling religious dogma and opening the way toward possible real enlightenment. Although the hypocrisy and ugliness of religion was obvious to me as a child, scholarly historical evidence is likely to help more people onto the philosopher’s path.
Have a great summer, Monsieur Guyénot. Thanks for the summary.
I find it interesting that Jesus (or words put into the mouth of a non-historical, created legendary hero named “Jesus”) referred to himself and his Abba Father as “one” and “if you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father”. How is this “Father” wholly separate from YHWH, I wonder, considering that YHWH is “a genocidal maniac”. Questions and concerns to ponder, eh?
When I took an informal Bible course 30 years ago in Adelaide Australia, the teacher said "No serious biblical scholar thinks Moses was a historic person."
After all the work you've done I am open to your view.... (I may be wrong in my recollection; he may have said No one believes the 'tablets'). The teacher was from the Rome college, Vatican.
It seems that in the West the striving to perfect one’s soul through knowledge, understanding and love has nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity or any religion (certainly not Judaism) and everything to do with intuition, critical thinking and self-responsibility. Thank you for your work dismantling religious dogma and opening the way toward possible real enlightenment. Although the hypocrisy and ugliness of religion was obvious to me as a child, scholarly historical evidence is likely to help more people onto the philosopher’s path.
Have a great summer, Monsieur Guyénot. Thanks for the summary.
I find it interesting that Jesus (or words put into the mouth of a non-historical, created legendary hero named “Jesus”) referred to himself and his Abba Father as “one” and “if you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father”. How is this “Father” wholly separate from YHWH, I wonder, considering that YHWH is “a genocidal maniac”. Questions and concerns to ponder, eh?
When I took an informal Bible course 30 years ago in Adelaide Australia, the teacher said "No serious biblical scholar thinks Moses was a historic person."
After all the work you've done I am open to your view.... (I may be wrong in my recollection; he may have said No one believes the 'tablets'). The teacher was from the Rome college, Vatican.
BONNES VACANCES !
Joe Fallisi