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[Victor]

Originally Posted by Halcyon

Really? It's not like any Gnostic concept of Christ i've ever come across - if anything we tend to play down Christ's humanity and link to Judaism.

To me it seems more like something i'd expect from the Jesus Seminar.

Who is "we"?

BTW, you asked for opinions and usually when you ask someone for their opinion I would think it wouldn't be responded with negative facial expressions.

[Halcyon]

Originally Posted by Victor

Who is "we"?

BTW, you asked for opinions and usually when you ask someone for their opinion I would think it wouldn't be responded with negative facial expressions.

We = gnostics.

I apologise, i honestly didn't think was a negative face, i always thought of it as confused/quizzical.
If you wouldn't mind though, could you expand on why you think it's a common Gnostic depiction of Jesus?

There was something else in your post i would like to discuss, but i'll start a debate thread about that.

[Willamena]

Originally Posted by Halcyon

Interesting observations. And what do you think of the description of Jesus they offer?

I read the description of Jesus. I think the desription in general, and the literal interpretation it employs of Jesus' words in particular, fails to address the teachings that he offered. Furthermore, taking them as spoken history instead of commentary is a bit frightening, but that's just me. As Doppleganger pointed out, it fails to separate the literal from the nonliteral metaphor, or even recognize the metaphor at all. It doesn't seem a very gnostic approach to Jesus at all.

[Victor]

Originally Posted by Halcyon

We = gnostics.

I apologise, i honestly didn't think was a negative face, i always thought of it as confused/quizzical.
If you wouldn't mind though, could you expand on why you think it's a common Gnostic depiction of Jesus?

There was something else in your post i would like to discuss, but i'll start a debate thread about that.

Actually the apology should come from me. When I opened up your link I usually have a good 6 or more windows open and immediately start to do research on a article/topic. In the chaos I must have opened the wrong window (thinking it was your link) and it was actually an article from one of my search results.

I should have caught on when I read that Willamena found the background color attrocious and mine was just white.

Sorry about that. Continue on....

[Halcyon]

Originally Posted by Willamena

I read the description of Jesus. I think the desription in general, and the literal interpretation it employs of Jesus' words in particular, fails to address the teachings that he offered. Furthermore, taking them as spoken history instead of commentary is a bit frightening, but that's just me. As Doppleganger pointed out, it fails to separate the literal from the nonliteral metaphor, or even recognize the metaphor at all. It doesn't seem a very gnostic approach to Jesus at all.

It's not a Gnostic approach, i just came across it and was interested in general Christian opinion on it.

Originally Posted by Victor

Actually the apology should come from me. When I opened up your link I usually have a good 6 or more windows open and immediately start to do research on a article/topic. In the chaos I must have opened the wrong window (thinking it was your link) and it was actually an article from one of my search results.

I should have caught on when I read that Willamena found the background color attrocious and mine was just white.

Sorry about that. Continue on....

Lol, no problem. Did you have any comments you wanted to give on the actual site i posted?

[Willamena]

Originally Posted by Halcyon

It's not a Gnostic approach, i just came across it and was interested in general Christian opinion on it.

Oops! sorry... I'm not a Christian. Should have kept my mouth shut.

[Halcyon]

Originally Posted by Willamena

Oops! sorry... I'm not a Christian. Should have kept my mouth shut.

No no, i don't mind non-Christians commenting - i was just hoping that more Christians would have by now.