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If I have understood Jim Farmelant correctly, then he certainly has in mind Jesus' birthday on December 25 who, in his view, is 'one of the greatest men, whose teachings continue to benefit the entire human race'. Such a postulation is based on two premises. But we don't know when that historic person, Jesus, was born. To ascribe the 25th December as his date of birth belongs to the later history of the Church. The assertion that his teachings continue to benefit the entire human race is without any historical foundation. In fact, what people assume to be the teachings of Jesus is in fact the version of Pauline theology: Jesus has nothing to do what Paul preached. Paul's teachings become known as Christianity. Whatever Jesus stood for and preached was followed in the Jerusalem Church. But with the defeat of the the Jewish revolt and the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D. the Jerusalem Church came to an end. That also meant the end of the Jesus movement. But the end of Jerusalem Church was the victory of Paul and his cult of 'divine Jesus'. Jesus was replaced with Pauline theology and this subsequently became known as Christianity. It has very little to do with the apocalyptic Jewish teacher, Joshua (Jesus). I leave the discussion of the point whether the so-called teachings of Jesus benefit the entire human race. Anyone with any understanding of world history will be surprised to hear that. On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Jim Farmelant <farmela...@juno.com> wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > > Today, as the world pauses on the birthday of one of history's greatest > men, whose teachings continue to benefit the entire human race, > let us join in toasting the memory of Sir Isaac Newton, and of all > the giants on whose shoulders he stood. > > Jim Farmelant > ____________________________________________________________ > Diet Help > Cheap Diet Help Tips. Click here. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=ebxJW8tgEy7tFtQ3G1s-0AAAJ1BRugI4sJACAWmXIev8NAFPAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYQAAAAAA= > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu > Set your options at: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/naskha3%40gmail.com > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
