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I watched the "Frontline"series and was completely
fascinated. It's a pleasant change to hear people talk
about the social and historical aspects of the Jesus
story.. It's a pleasure to hear a professor speak plainly
about the fact that Jesus died and his followers were
left feeling bereft ... which is what I am sure happened.
I talked to another person (ah the heck with it, she's a
good friend, my late husband's first wife), as agnostic as
I, and she too was enthralled. She said if the transportation
weren't so difficult, she'd go up to SUNY Buffalo and audit
a course in the history of early Xnty.

I enjoyed Elaine Pagels especially. There was an article
about her in the New Yorker last year. I started reading it,
then decided I was too dumb to understand it & gave up.
It might still be around here somewhere [rustle rustle].
Guess not. I too have looked at the web page, but there's
just so much in there, you can't absorb it all.
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"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you.
If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth
will destroy you."   Jesus -The Gospel of Thomas --found in 1945 at Nag
Hammadi, Egypt
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This is a beautiful quote. It seems Buddhist to me.
Didn't Joseph Campbell suggest that Thomas had
traveled to the Far East & come in contact with
Buddhist thought?