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Nov 07, 2020

The Gospel of Thomas claims to be the secret sayings of Jesus. There are 114 of them, so it says many things, but the central message is that Jesus is the one who reveals the divine light that brought the universe into being, and that you and I also reveal that light.

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Nov 07, 2020

What survived as orthodox Christianity did so by suppressing and forcibly eliminating a lot of other material.

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Nov 07, 2020

We don't actually know if the person who wrote the Gospel of John had a written copy of Thomas because we don't know exactly when it was written.

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Nov 07, 2020

People who are comfortable with very clear boundaries and group definitions don't like the instability and ambiguity of people who say they are more advanced Christians, or they don't have to do what the bishop says.

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Nov 07, 2020

Fundamentalism does mean reading quite conservatively and literally, saying 'the Bible is the word of God and we have to follow it. What it says is this.'

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Nov 07, 2020

Christianity becomes just a set of things you believe in. It's almost an intellectual kind of abstract issue.

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Nov 07, 2020

I just have a sense that, you know, I'm curious about what is religion about, you know? Why do some of us still engage it? It's not because it's a set of old beliefs or old ideas. Or even, particularly, the view that this is the only true religion. Many of us no longer accept those views.

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Nov 07, 2020

These ancient stories in religion speak to our desire. But they move us toward hope.

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