Importance of God in the World

[Paul Mackin]

On Apr 7, 2006, at 12:11 PM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

> I've heard that the book "King Jesus," by Robert Graves discusses  
> this whole Judas-Jesus plot.  Haven't read it, though -- a mental  
> block usually sets in at the mention of Jesus.
>
> Laura

Karen Armstrong said something to that  effect I seem to remember.

But what if Dan Brown had thought Jesus boring?

Love him or hate him he'll always draw a crowd. (both Jesus AND Dan)

P.


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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
>> Sent: Apr 7, 2006 8:15 AM
>> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>> Subject: Re: Importance of God in the World
>>
>>
>> On Apr 7, 2006, at 4:07 AM, Anville Azote wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/6/06, jd <wescac at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> "An early Christian manuscript, including the only known text of  
>>>> what
>>>> is known as the Gospel of Judas, has surfaced after 1,700 years.  
>>>> The
>>>> text gives new insights into the relationship of Jesus and the
>>>> disciple who betrayed him, scholars reported today. In this  
>>>> version,
>>>> Jesus asked Judas, as a close friend, to sell him out to the
>>>> authorities, telling Judas he will "exceed" the other disciples by
>>>> doing so."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Reminds me of the Borges story "Three Versions of Judas".
>>>
>>
>> Reminds me of something else.
>>
>> "Go ahead and betray me, Judas,  you'll be doing me a favor.
>>
>> Apologies to Rick and Illsa.
>>
>