Blicero / christ myth

rj rjackson at mail.usyd.edu.au
Tue Dec 21 12:03:42 CST 1999


?> Equal in
> importance to the naturalistic, blood sacrifice and expiation part of the
> myth is the SUPERnatural, salvational part, namely the resurrection of the
> body for us all at the end of time as signified by Christ's arising from
> the dead and bodily ascension into Heaven.

Not denying this, emphasised it myself in fact. The Rocket's trajectory
seems to be an earthly grasp after this type of numinous transcendence
also. Questions re. God's apparent omnipotence and the sacrifice of His
son/Son remain, however.



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