http://punctum-saliens.org/2007/03/09/more-on-christianity%e2%80%99s-evolution/ Leaping Point: Take a flying leap and see where you land Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:48:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://punctum-saliens.org/2007/03/09/more-on-christianity%e2%80%99s-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-1001 Valerie Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:18:42 +0000 http://ifyouregonnadothatyougotta.org/2007/03/09/more-on-christianity%e2%80%99s-evolution/#comment-1001 One of the authors (non-physical, but that’s another story) I read said that Jesus was one of three (along with Paul and John the Baptist) who came "to tell the God-story in our little corner of the universe". John the Baptist did his job in foretelling the coming of Jesus, Jesus did his job (didn’t come to die nor did he); but Paul, who was to continue telling the story, tried to protect it from all the heresies at the time and so created an institution and took Christianity down the path of exclusion/exclusivity(?) [rules, admonitions, don’ts, etc.] Jesus represented the inner self of man, all men, that which is in everyone; and his apostles represented 12 aspects or facets of man’s personality. So when Jesus would say I am the Way, the Light and the Truth, the Son of God…he was referring to that which we all could say. People of the time could only understand the concepts of father, child etc. By the way, it’s Paul who will come back as the second coming to correct the error that he made. The message was to look within ourselves for answers. (This is also how I interpret the concept that we are 'made in the image and likeness of God'. God is not separate from, or other than, us.) One of the authors (non-physical, but that’s another story) I read said that Jesus was one of three (along with Paul and John the Baptist) who came “to tell the God-story in our little corner of the universe”. John the Baptist did his job in foretelling the coming of Jesus, Jesus did his job (didn’t come to die nor did he); but Paul, who was to continue telling the story, tried to protect it from all the heresies at the time and so created an institution and took Christianity down the path of exclusion/exclusivity(?) [rules, admonitions, don’ts, etc.] Jesus represented the inner self of man, all men, that which is in everyone; and his apostles represented 12 aspects or facets of man’s personality. So when Jesus would say I am the Way, the Light and the Truth, the Son of God…he was referring to that which we all could say. People of the time could only understand the concepts of father, child etc. By the way, it’s Paul who will come back as the second coming to correct the error that he made. The message was to look within ourselves for answers. (This is also how I interpret the concept that we are ‘made in the image and likeness of God’. God is not separate from, or other than, us.)

]]>