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To: Grainne who wrote (34265)	4/10/1999 3:15:00 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Jesus, continued: "As a work of fiction, it has been a bestseller. The Jesus story has inspired billions of acts of extraordinary generosity, selfless devotion, mercy to the poor, solidarity with the dispossessed. It has also provided the justification for persecution, torture, race hatred and mass execution. It is a haunting reminder of the danger of religious mythology that more people have died in the name of this pious and prayerful man than even the Nazis murdered. Christians, like communists, tend to blame the disciples for distorting the message. 'Oh, that's not really what Jesus/Marx believed in, that's something else, a deviation from the path.' But that's the whole point. When you talk about Jesus, there is no path. His message is a maze and you find your own way through. Of course, much of what he said is beautiful, wise and profoundly truthful, from any perspective, including the humanist. Do unto others as you would be done by. Show compassion to the poor. Forgive your enemies. Any good psychiatrist would agree that forgiveness leads to emotional freedom and loving relationships are deeply nurturing. But people had been saying all this for centuries before Jesus did. (In Luke 6: 27-9, we read 'Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you.' The earlier philosopher Diogenes had written: 'How shall I defend myself against my enemy? By being good and kind towards him.') The literary creation that is the Jesus we know is actually a repository for pre-existing wisdom."