Audrey, Jesus is the son of God. From different perspectives you explain, it is part of Christianity. However, the Gospel of Thomas that Bill mentions, is a Christian renegade. If you went to Rome with that view some hundreds of years ago, you would probably face Inquisition. Anthony
--- On Wed, 20/7/11, audreydc1983 <[email protected]> wrote: From: audreydc1983 <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: Zen elements? To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 20 July, 2011, 11:59 PM Anthony, When I was taught that Jesus was the son of God, I did a little logical thinking: WHAT IF the bible didn't mean that Jesus HIMSELF was literal 'Son of God? What if he meant something to the effect of: "I am the son of God, you are the son of god, we are all god's children?" To me, this makes much more sense. Sounds pretty inclusive, and not dualistic to me. Although, religions of the book have to be interpreted by each reader. It really depends on if one decides to interpret the "words of Jesus" literally, or not. It's up to the reader. ~Audrey --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > Bill, > Â > Gospel of Thomas is considered heretical in Christianity, so Whether or not > you try to prove there are zen elements (it looks that way) does not > represent the religion that often quotes Jesus as saying he is the son of > God, who must be obeyed without question. That is not zen. > Â > Regards, > Anthony >
