[extropy-chat] Re: John Wright Finds God

[Samantha Atkins]

In "I am the way" much depends on the sense of what is translated as
"I".   It could be the personal dude form of "I".  On the other hand
it could refer to a type of consciousness some call the "Christ
consciousness".    The latter is a lot more universal as an
interpretation and a lot more inclusive.

- samantha


On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 01:33:28 +0000, Dirk Bruere <dirk at neopax.com> wrote:
> Mike Lorrey wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >--- Dirk Bruere <dirk at neopax.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Again, you seem to be lacking a great deal of theological knowledge.
> >>Just to give one example, is Jesus still Jesus if his name was really
> >>Yashua? And can we call upon Jesus even if we do not know his name
> >>(any of them) at all? Can we call upon him even if we do not know he
> >>existed/exists? In fact, *what* is Jesus?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Jesus is a domain name. The real trick is finding out his/her/its IP
> >address... ;)
> >
> >The IP of the true server of the Jesus domain could very easily be
> >serving other domain names, for different websites, each with their own
> >content and structure. They might be the same site, but presenting
> >different structure and language based on the web browser and
> >language/culture of the browsing individual.
> >
> >Penetrating this graphical interface, and getting to the command
> >prompt, not to mention root level access, is the same quest as Neo
> >seeking to find out what is the Matrix.
> >
> >
> >
> That's not really the answer to the question.
> It refers to the statement 'I am the Way' - not *a* Way.
> If we accept Xian theology then JC is the name given to the link between
> man and god. There's only one link, but there are any number of methods
> to access it. Accessing it does not mean having to know the detailed
> history of JC as any kind of historical person. One only has to know
> that it exists and be willing to use it.
> 
> It comes down to this: What is the absolute minimum one has to
> know/believe in order to be an Xian?
> Clearly the name is irrelevent (since we don't actually use his likely
> historical name).
> A full bio is also not required, since we don't have one.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Dirk
> 
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