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"I'm assuming the fall is represented in the Bible by the (IMO) allegorical story of Adam and Eve. And Eve (blame it on the woman!) takes of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. And wham!"

 

Original sin. What a pain in the butt concept. (Thank you Paul.) 

 

The words "original sin" don't exist in the Bible or in Jewish writings.

 

A quote from Ben Zion Bokser that I like is: "The story of the fall of Adam expresses in allegorical form the constant necessity that man be vigilant against temptation."

My reading of the second narrative is one about advancement of the human race, one that is growing up - and the question of mere temptations or wrong choices pales in significance to the issues that maturing minds have to grasp with. I'm going to link this to piece I wrote in my blog Heh shameless advertising here Do comment.

Jesus' second coming is, unfortunately, a mistaken belief of the early Christians'. However, it is interesting to note the theological meanings that this event (which has turned symbolic) continues to accumulate.

'Jesus is God' is a proclamation of faith, not a statement of belief. Even is Jesus is not God, Jesus is still God, because I choose to see Jesus as the Icon of God; and this is still true even if God is proven not to exist.

At the Methodist School where I work the faculty raves about the movie. My mother thinks her life will never be the same again. I am contemplating hosting a BDSM party at a theatre

Thank goodness my bishop is more cautious towards it, noting that it is theologically deficient in his Maundy Thursday homily.

It is no doubt anti-semitic, just as all the canonical gospels are anti-semitic. The problem lies with Christians who cannot accept that sacred writings are contextual to societies - warts and all, that the anti-semitism in the bible is bad.