DB> KK> I'm going to leave Paul aside (for one thing, the more I learn about
DB> KK> him the less I like him).  Scholars in the Jesus Seminar have noted
DB> KK> that Jesus's early missionary work was remarkably Stoical in
DB> KK> character.
DB>Well, I give credit to Paul for setting up a religion that would
DB>work with the Roman power structure; Jesus wouldda been crucified
DB>no matter where in the empire he had been, and his message woulda
DB>got nowhere.
Yeah, Elaine Pagels makes that point.  If it had been only the
Gnostics (who I personally think were carrying on the true
esoteric tradition), the whole thing would have slowly vanished.
 * SLMR 2.1a * .Descartes of Borg: Borgus sumus. Resistancus futilo est.
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