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To: Jamey who wrote (33307)	12/11/2001 5:23:02 AM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. You understand this ---> utter nonsense supposedly from the pen of the simple scribe Mathew ? To my intuitive sense Santiago , along with the knowledge reading Mathew and finding him barely intelligible to the nature of "Christ" in his ramblings and scriblings ....that passage above has to be one of the least perfect descriptions into the nature of your teacher you could have quoted . It is almost as preposterous as Mathew most always was; was not Jesus supposed to be infinitely kind? Even if he was only just ordinarily kind, he certainly would never have wished to turn daughter against mother. But Mathew was just a simple scribe and not a very enlightened fellow , to say the least . Seems more probable that Mathew was once again trying to put former known writings of the Old Testement into Jesus's mouth , because very little of what Jesus had to say ever really reached the central core of Mathew's brain. It all was just mostly really over Mathew's head, Santiago...Mathew really never did "get" most of what Jesus was trying to say.<g> Perhaps Mathew was trying to sneek this former passage in from Micha 7:2-6 , as a way of creating a self-fullfilling prophesy ? The godly have been swept from the land…For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law – a man's enemies are the members of his own household. (Micah 7:2-6) you do see a similarity between the passages I'll trust ? regards Mars

To: Jamey who wrote (33307)	12/11/2001 6:09:52 AM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

To you it may seem foolish that we celebrate the risen Christ by partaking of wine and bread as a token of his blood and flesh. To me, it is honoring Christ's life and resurrection. Not at all . By all means celebrate and honor your teacher with as many lovely rituals , fasts, pilgrimages as you like . Every morning, noon and night would be fine. They celebrate God in Hinduism everyday like this ...usually by lighting candles , burning incense , offering up prayers flowers and things sweet and beautiful. Every morning, noon and night . But you know I was only responding to your former statement of the many superstitions of all these other false religions you've studied , and only responded with the "eating of the flesh and drinking the blood" as a gentle reminder that one looking from without Christianity just might get the wrong impression.<g> It is not as though , through the many Centuries , Christianity has not had it's share of beliefs in demons, witches , devils , satans , angels and assorted what-nots. To think that Christianity has been without these fables and terribly fantasic stories, is to remain blind . To me the greatest teacher has been experience. Saying that, I understand the meaning of Matthew 10. There are those of the world, even in our own households, who will deny Christ. Well , you know what I think already of that simple scribe Mathew.. More appropriately , Santiago , it is in the 4 natural cycles of our lives ...from birth/childhood and first nurturing , then older as a youth & student , and later as a householder and participant in the community , and later still as hopefully an older wiser person completing the tasks of living and fulfilling enough of mortal curiosity , naturally we are drawn to God , give up the attachments of the world and become a little more renunciate...and look deeper behind the veils. To understand Jesus , you must understand that he was a renunciate/ascetic most probably . One who spent much time fasting & self-denial...and meditating in caves and seclusion. This is made obvious by the many statements Jesus made regarding his views on finding perfection while living : ' If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor. " Which is a very good maxim , if not very much practiced in today's world . But if God did make one commandment to men it would prolly be along the lines of living slightly more practically and simply, tolerantly & treasure life , not waste resources or be overly indulgent ,and other deeper observances and reverant ways of living ... JMO. regards Mars PS: Yet if one has been drawn to the " calling " , I doubt whether bringing the sword of Jesus down on one's family members is really a good option....Mathew was such a simpleton.