Right now I am listening to the standard American version of the Bible as I type. I must say, Jesus had a profound philosophy. I admire his thinking very much. It makes me wonder, assuming that he did exist, whether or not his message was perverted or lost when communicated by the parasitical clergy. His references to Heaven could quite easily be representative of our own inner peace. He was preaching the gospel of love, not fear and damnation.
To quote the Dali Llama, "There can never be world peace until we have achieved inner peace."
I have a theory that Jesus was an atheist, or at least a believer in the divinity of all things. E.g. we are all of God, because we are all of the Earth. Heaven can be found in each of our hearts if we look at his teachings. He taught people how to live a more peaceful existence, and yet the message that most Christians take away from the Bible is that there is a real Heaven and a real Hell, and they are rewards and punishments for not behaving correctly. I guess the whole critical thinking and self-reflective song and dance is a bit too subtle for most believers. It certainly doesn't make as good of a story as fire and brimstone and the like. And it certainly doesn't necessitate the need for clergy and organized religion as much as sin.
My point?
Philosophy is more profound than divinity. This I know because the Bible tells me so.
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Seeing you mention Jesus is such synchronicity, because I was thinking about this just this morning. Ok, about Jesus: there is still debate as to whether or not he actually existed. If he did, how in the world did he get everyone to believe he was the son of God sent down to save humanity from themselves? Either people back then were really gullible or they were on some pretty powerful hallucinogens and he existed only in their imaginations. I can't imagine a person today getting the same sort of following if they were to tell people they were a descendant of a non-physical entity no matter how righteous his teachings may be. I like your theory about him being an atheist, though. Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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