> From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > No, it's not. That's moral vanity again. The hungry > > don't care why you feed them, they care about getting > > fed. That's what hunger does to someone. Worrying > > about the motives that cause people to do something > > like feeding the hungry is the luxury of someone who > > does not need to be fed. > > But the person who is the founder of this teaching (in Nick's tradition at > least) was a marginalized Jewish peasant who's family and friends, in all > likelihood, often went hungry.
You're right. This mythical yeshua was *very* concerned about motives, and other reasons for doing things (and racial purity). Indeed consider what he says to some people who would follow him when he turns them away. Their motives aren't pure enough for him. Or when a foreigner comes to him for help. Or when he has crowds following him and he deceives them through complicated parables in order that they _Not_ understand what he was teaching, because their motives were not pure enough. This Yeshua was ALL about motives.
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