What If? (A post in progress)
I just finished reading an incredibly shitty novel. It was one of those ones with great potential, but it felt like the author got bored with the premise about half way thru. I suppose we all have days like that at the office. Anyway, I bought the book a while back at the airport and had been reading it while I traveled. It was just to pass the time, so I suppose I got my monies worth.
So here's how I operate. During normal life, I barely have time to read anything longer than the playboy letters column, so when I travel I tend to pick up one of those best seller page turners. I call them airplane books. And they usually get me through a trip. Anyway, the last several "airplane" books I have read have in some way or another been in the theme of the DaVinci code. You know, Christianity is a scheme, the Templars know the truth and its one of the worlds great conspiracies. I'm an easy target. I don't believe that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I've never been able to take the bible literally. I don't believe Barry Bonds. I tend to think that the new owners of the Seattle Supersonics only ever wanted to move the team to Oklahoma City.
But I digress. Since finally finishing this latest crap of Templar shit - I'd say the name here, but I don't want to encourage the endorsement. I know that if I mention a book here, people will read it- That's just the kind of power this little blog wields-- I'd rather that you read something worthwhile like the latest Tucker Max book.
Anyway this one, and a few of the others I read the past year or so while traveling have got me thinking.
What if...
What if one day, we woke up and there was irrefutable evidence that the basic fundamental principles of christianity were in fact a great hoax? What if there was a gospel according to Jesus Christ, written in his own hand? What if in it, he proclaimed to be a normal man, a prophet? What if he talked about his family, his wife, his children?
How would the world change? How many people would suddenly feel like they had nothing to live for? Would we have tons of whack-o's coming out of the woodwork? Would anyone believe it? Would it matter?
There's more questions, but I'm tired of thinking at the moment - maybe I'll come back to this someday.
Gin Hahn,
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I think about this sometimes. I debate the idea with others as well. It is too touchy of a subject to address in a comment box, but a lot of the debate, or what have you, in my mind, comes down to thinking for one's self. Religiosity or faith or whatever, has to be an independent thing. One should not rely on another's thoughts/interpretations/guidance to come to his or her own conclusions. I'd like to write a lot more, but, like you, I am tired...maybe another day.
Glad you're posting again. I missed ya.
What if he not only proclaimed to be a normal man, and a prophet, but also said, "I will be misunderstood. I came to illustrate that we are all sons and daughters of God, and that we all have access to gnosis, if we combine our reason with faith. The powers that would be will become the powers that be when they eradicate this piece, and make the masses dependent on their official interpretations, and all the accompanying, extra-Biblical laws."
The Gospel of Thomas was discounted largely because it had the audacity to blatantly state, "The Kingdom of God is within." Silly editors, that message is contained within the Lord's Prayer. 'Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done.' When we say "will be done," in modern English, it suggests the future, but in King James English, 'Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done" translates into, 'Your kingdom has come, Your will is done, on earth as it is in heaven.' This would eliminate any need for a human power structure, now wouldn't it?"
I think that if in the Gospel of Jesus, if he theoretically, of course, procalaimed something to this effect, maybe it would have th opposite of giving people the feeling they had nothing to live for. Maybe we would all realize we've had those silly slippers on all along?
It's fun to think about, anyhow:)
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