Jesus was a literal being who probably UNDERSTOOD the whole 'god'
concept. As far as religion goes he is a SYMBOL. He was not the
'only son of God' nor was he born by immaculate conception.
When folk turn symbology into literal historicity is when religion
goes bad. You want to believe he was bald? Fine. You want to
believe he had blond hair? Fine. He's a S-Y-M-B-O-L!
Religion will unfortunately be a part of human future, but at least
extropians should know the difference between historicity and
symbology.
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A rose by any name would smell as sweet.
-or-
Call it art if you wish, it is still junk.
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David R. Laws <david.laws@nih.gov>
Systems Alchemist
DarkMatter is out there...
NIH/CIT/NSB/SDSS-NT
> -----Original Message-----
> At 14:35 4/30/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Yes, Asian Christs do exist! I've seen them.
> >Thom
> >
>
> Anyway, ALL depictions of holy men (other than some of those born
since
> photography was developed) are artist's conceptions...only the most
slow
> of
> believers would consider them to be literally what that personage
> actually
> looked like..
>
> Chuck Kuecker
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