Gospel of Thomas

[Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt]

john m confesses:

> Actually, I kind of adhere to the thesis that Christ was the magic mushroom all 
> those Essenes spent their days munching on, for that groovy kind of Jaysus feeling 
> (there is such a thesis).  You remain trapped in the systems you deplore, hag old 
> fellow peasant.  You think there is an empirical question here that will actually 
> decide something in somebody's favor, yes or no, was he *real* or not.  

Not quite, oh john. I was heaping humble comments on those who would 
talk about what Christ _really_ meant and what he _really_ said and 
what he _really_ did. Like you. So who's the empiricist, then?

>                               But, if you 
> had had more uplifting exposure to American television commercials, you might 
> recall the profound theological debate of a decade or so ago, where one angel 
> screams: Certs is a candy mint!!! and the other angel screams: Certs is a breath 
> mint!!!  But then god the father, appearing in voiceover as he often does, smooths 
> things out:  Stop, stop: you're both right.

As long as I'm right, I don't care whether you're right, too. So 
there!

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