On 18 Dec 96, Kit Ballantyne wrote to John Giannini:
 ->> I agree.  What's funniest of all is the attack was from an ultra
 ->> conservative Christian perspective, but the guy forgot that even
 ->> Jesus himself wasn't Christian, he was devoutly jewish.  If God
 ->> judges by works of humanity or that benefit humanity, Walt will be
 ->> one of his brightest stars.
 KB> Jesus was a Jew by BIRTH and kept the Jewish law (including the
 KB> ceremonies and rituals), but He formed a new religion by teaching and
 KB> living a new way of life. That most certainly means he was Christian.
Actually, Jesus proclaimed a mixture of Buddhism and Hinduism, not to mention 
many platitudes of certain Persian sects.  The combination was new, but the 
message had been preached for thousands of years in other lands.  There is 
good evidence that between the ages of 15 and 28, Jesus traveled to the far 
east, to Persia, to China, to India and to Egypt and studied under some of 
the great Buddhist and Hindu teachers of his time.  Read "The Lost Years of 
Jesus Christ" and "The Lost Teachings of Jesus Christ by Mark L. Prophet, and 
"The Jesus Mystery" by Janet Boek.  Collectively, there's some 1200 pages in 
these books, and they are well written.  They would form a good introduction 
to the subject of the true life of the historical Jesus.  They are "popular" 
books not hardcore research materials, (such as the Apocryphal raw scriptures 
are), but believe me, after these 3 books, you would know much more about the 
subject than the average person.  From there on, you could get into more 
serious research if you were interested.
(I shouldn't get into this.  Theology and Histo-theology is one of my 
favorite subjects; I have read hundreds of books on the subject over the last 
25 years. I also have virtually memorized certain PBS programs like the 8 
part "Testament" series on the evolution and development of the book we now 
know as the Bible.  I have also studied, in depth, what collectively is 
called "Comparative Religions", and I have read everything from The Bible to 
the Talmud to all the Apocryphas, (old testament and new) - even books like 
the Gospel of Thomas - to the Tibetan Book of the Dead, to books on WICCA, 
spiritual magic and even satanism.  SO:  don't get me into histo-theology! 
)
 KB> I think that if Jesus was reviewing the various offerings of today's
 KB> Hollywood studios He would be likely to give Walt high marks for the
 KB> studio and theme parks that he started. He would also be likely to agree
 KB> that there are a few parts of the current company that should be shed in
 KB> the interest of decency.
I'd have to agree on this.  I don't think Jesus would consider the 
institution of the R-rated movie to be a good thing.  Actually, he might, if 
the R-Rated movie dealt with adult themes in an intelligent way.  But the 
predilection for R-Rated movies to be sex and violence compositions - and 
glorification of subject matter thereof, would probably be considered 
idolatry by Jesus, and he would not be happy with it.  And thus, the parts of 
Disney that deal with such media, he probably wouldn't be too happy with 
either.
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