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Sinister Ji:

 

I have not forgotten "Christian Existentialism" I was not aware what you were talking about until you mentioned gnostics and Nestorians. Let me tell you a little story.

 

My family lives in a compound of sorts the street bears my last name and my mother, one sister, two brothers, my two sons, and nephews all have their homes there. They are all fundamentalist Christians, my mother Southern Baptist, definitely the religious right. Anyhow for Christmas one year I gave my daughter in law a copy of "The Gospel of Saint Thomas" and my sister Shirley said I was a "most dangerous man". That was the last year I gave Christmas presents to my family.

 

So sure there is much I like about them as there is much I like about all religions. However their believing that the kingdom of God is here and God is to be found everywhere is something special in Christianity. Would it have been included in the Bible if available I think maybe not because it would be a threat to intercesion by priests, but perhaps St Thomas would have been a real heavy weight I don't know.

 

Peace

Satyaban