Oh yeah "language is a bitch with an ice pick"lkit's not like Buddhism, Zen or any other religion, or even any philosophy was created into words after the mind thought of them, eh?
I pretty much agree everything you wrote except this:
"Jesus wasn't a Christian ... and after his enlightenment am pretty sure he was no longer a practicing Jew either."
you expressed my heretical faith so eloquently. But Quakers are also very careful with their religious opinions. I wish Joel or mingo or jimboloco was on this thread they know more about—the New Testament™ bible than I do. I have never read it myself. But I sat in on some online classes about it at Yale University Religious Studies
They are very scholarly about their sources.
The reason I say that is because I am wondering what is the source is of your opinion of " Jesus not being a practicing Jew"?
I know very little about the New Testament other than what I learned of the internet
on a personal note:
I have changed my religious affiliation to the Religious Society of Friends, but to the day the last maggot eats the last bit of this big sad ape body of mine, I will be a practicing Jew because I honor my mothers and fathers before me. I don't know why a doctor's office would want to know my religious affiliation? Maybe something to do with dying?
I would like to make some final preparations, I got some information from the Neptune Society about cremation maybe I should shift my affiliation to Pagan?
I never had much affiliation with Judaism either. Not even a Bar Mitzvah. Yep today I did not become a man
Have you ever read Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth? You can listen to the audio book for free on Youtube.
Have you ever read Nietzsche the Antichrist, sorry about the pop quiz just wondering
well I have wasted enough of your time and mine for now.
thank you for being a pen pal that I can forget about words with
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