06-27-2007, 12:00 AM
"The Bible, to me is mostly useless."
That is true, but only because you approach it with the same attitude as those you (as did Jesus, by the way) dissapprove of.
Where Don Juan said be impeccable, Jesus said be ye perfect.
Where Don Juan said look at the spaces between the leaves, Jesus said turn the other cheek. And consider the ravens who neither sow nor reap yet God provides for them.
It is not a book of rules and regulations. It is a book of expanding awareness.
Where Don Genero appeared to Carlos in the form of his double, he was not able to eat.
When Jesus appeared in a locked room among his disciples, he ate fish. A higher order of magic being that he manifested a completely physical body.
Paul and Phillip also did the same thing. Dissapearing in one place and manifesting in another. Jesus did the same thing with a boatload of disciples, boat and all.
The Catholics did not appear on the scene as a full blown organisation until 400 AD. But there were plenty of "bad guys" in Jesus time. The Romans, the Pharisses, Saducees, Lawyers, etc.
Jesus never had a good thing to say to those religious leaders. He showed them for what they were. That is about as contemporary as you can get.
We are surrounded by their contemporaries. The Catholic church being one of them, which has a lot in common with the Roman Empire AND the religious leaders.
Nothing has changed in that regard. Everyone has an agenda.
To use a Holy Book to control the masses is not a new trick. I see it at work here in some of the other forums, using Don Juan's teachings to gain a following in order to control people. Or as the Jesus put it; "Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, Hypocrites! For you compass sea and land to make one proselyte, (convert) and when he is made you make him two-fold more the child of hell than yourselves."
Don't blame the Book for informing us of the dangers of the fliers. They have been around forever and they only have so many tricks. Jesus points out those tricks so that we will recognise the enemy when the enemy is there.
Don't kill the messenger.
Don't blame the book because some use it for evil ends.
Bob
That is true, but only because you approach it with the same attitude as those you (as did Jesus, by the way) dissapprove of.
Where Don Juan said be impeccable, Jesus said be ye perfect.
Where Don Juan said look at the spaces between the leaves, Jesus said turn the other cheek. And consider the ravens who neither sow nor reap yet God provides for them.
It is not a book of rules and regulations. It is a book of expanding awareness.
Where Don Genero appeared to Carlos in the form of his double, he was not able to eat.
When Jesus appeared in a locked room among his disciples, he ate fish. A higher order of magic being that he manifested a completely physical body.
Paul and Phillip also did the same thing. Dissapearing in one place and manifesting in another. Jesus did the same thing with a boatload of disciples, boat and all.
The Catholics did not appear on the scene as a full blown organisation until 400 AD. But there were plenty of "bad guys" in Jesus time. The Romans, the Pharisses, Saducees, Lawyers, etc.
Jesus never had a good thing to say to those religious leaders. He showed them for what they were. That is about as contemporary as you can get.
We are surrounded by their contemporaries. The Catholic church being one of them, which has a lot in common with the Roman Empire AND the religious leaders.
Nothing has changed in that regard. Everyone has an agenda.
To use a Holy Book to control the masses is not a new trick. I see it at work here in some of the other forums, using Don Juan's teachings to gain a following in order to control people. Or as the Jesus put it; "Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, Hypocrites! For you compass sea and land to make one proselyte, (convert) and when he is made you make him two-fold more the child of hell than yourselves."
Don't blame the Book for informing us of the dangers of the fliers. They have been around forever and they only have so many tricks. Jesus points out those tricks so that we will recognise the enemy when the enemy is there.
Don't kill the messenger.
Don't blame the book because some use it for evil ends.
Bob