From: Ian Gregory on
On 2010-04-04, John Wolf <jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote:

> I see. To you who is Jesus?

A mythical entity that Christians believe in? A character in "The Big
Lebowski"? If you had asked who *was* Jesus then I would have said a
charismatic Jewish guru about whom his followers concocted many wacky
stories - and possibly the most misrepresented man in history.

> If you were to die today where would you go,

Probably Garston crematorium just outside Watford.

> and if you met Jesus on the other side, as well as every major
> religious figure, who would you believe and why?

There is no "other side", a fact which many people find too disturbing
to contemplate but one which I long ago accepted as the self-evident
truth. So if I am to meet any religious figures it will have to be
before I die. The only one I can think of who I might like to meet is
the Dalai Lama (not that I would necessarily believe anything he said).

Ian

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From: Mike Rosenberg on
John Wolf <jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote:

> On 4/4/10 4:49 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
> > In article<9b5un.31881$u62.31395(a)newsfe10.iad>,
> > John Wolf<jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Want to wish everyone a happy Easter.
> >
> > Happy Passover to you, John.
> >
> Thank you.
>
> What do you mean by Passover?

You seriously don't know what Passover is? How can you claim to know
anything about the Bible or Christianity without knowing about Passover?
Passover is central to the Easter parable!

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From: Mike Rosenberg on
John Wolf <jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote:

> I see. To you who is Jesus? If you were to die today where would you go,
> and if you met Jesus on the other side, as well as every major religious
> figure, who would you believe and why?

You know damn well this is all off-topic for any of the newsgroups you
crossposted to.

Anyway, to me Jesus is the name commonly used for Yeshua, the name of
the central character in that little supplement that Christians appended
to the Holy Scriptures and called The New Testament while renaming the
Holy Scriptures themselves The Old Testament.

If I were to die today, I'd go exactly where everyone else goes, just
like you. And, just like you and every other living human being, having
not died yet I have know idea where that is or what it's like, or ever
if there's a "there" there. It's all explained by the parable of the
blind men and the elephant.

When I die, there won't be anything to "believe" since whatever I
encounter (assuming there's anything to encounter) will be exactly what
it is. As for meeting Jesus, if I get to meet characters from books
after I die, I have to say I'd be much more interested in talking to
Yossarian or Holden Caulfeld. Or perhaps Dorothy and Toto.

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From: Jeffrey Golderg on
Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote:
> In article <9b5un.31881$u62.31395(a)newsfe10.iad>,
> John Wolf <jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Want to wish everyone a happy Easter.
>
> Happy Passover to you, John.
>

Just remember, if He is risen then He is not kosher for Passover.