Pre-Easter Jesus was kind and humanistic. Post-Easter Jesus keeps getting crucified by Christianity, from Paul and Augustine, made a phantom made to trade this-world love for afterlife hope.
I just finished Gary Wills' excellent "What Jesus Meant." He reminds us of the radical humanism of the person Jesus, but then twists that, along with Paul and Augustine, into mystical churchiness.
I like to believe Jesus survived the shortened execution and was revived by his mother and lover, thence to show his wounds to his guys and leave town with Mary of Magdeline. Too bad what they did to his story since.
Pre-Easter Jesus was kind and humanistic. Post-Easter Jesus keeps getting crucified by Christianity, from Paul and Augustine, made a phantom made to trade this-world love for afterlife hope.
I just finished Gary Wills' excellent "What Jesus Meant." He reminds us of the radical humanism of the person Jesus, but then twists that, along with Paul and Augustine, into mystical churchiness.
I like to believe Jesus survived the shortened execution and was revived by his mother and lover, thence to show his wounds to his guys and leave town with Mary of Magdeline. Too bad what they did to his story since.