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Faith is very personal. Belief, by definition, is whatever an individual chooses to believe. The book “In Search of Jesus of Nazareth and His Original Teaching” chronicles the research and analysis leading to the formulation of my personal understanding of the Historical Jesus and his Teaching.
This book discusses the two completely different accounts of the creation of “Jesus the Christ”, contained in the four canonical Gospels of the “New Testament”. Mark, the earliest Gospel, in its original form, asserts that a human Jesus received the Devine Spirit at his Baptism by John (his cousin the Baptizer). The later Gospel authors added/reiterated the description of Mary’s “Virgin Conception” to create a Devine Jesus “Son of God” at birth and the “Resurrection” to return that Devine being to the Father. It is interesting to note, that the later Gospel writers chose to retain Mark’s Baptism event, even though it would seem to be unnecessary, if Jesus had a spotless soul and already possessed the Divine Spirit from birth. With Mark’s version, Resurrection is not required, since it allows for the Devine Spirit to return to God at Jesus’ death and his human remains to be interred in a tomb.
Organized Religion, according to sociologist G. Lenski , is "a shared system of associated beliefs and practices, which are articulated around the nature of the forces that shape the destiny of human beings." Any religion that promotes peace, harmony, charity, morality, ethical behavior, compassion, and the betterment of humanity is to be condoned and supported. However, religions/sects that preach violence and prejudice or practice discrimination must be condemned/reformed. Ideally, through education and enlightenment rather than by armed conflict.
This book discusses the two completely different accounts of the creation of “Jesus the Christ”, contained in the four canonical Gospels of the “New Testament”. Mark, the earliest Gospel, in its original form, asserts that a human Jesus received the Devine Spirit at his Baptism by John (his cousin the Baptizer). The later Gospel authors added/reiterated the description of Mary’s “Virgin Conception” to create a Devine Jesus “Son of God” at birth and the “Resurrection” to return that Devine being to the Father. It is interesting to note, that the later Gospel writers chose to retain Mark’s Baptism event, even though it would seem to be unnecessary, if Jesus had a spotless soul and already possessed the Divine Spirit from birth. With Mark’s version, Resurrection is not required, since it allows for the Devine Spirit to return to God at Jesus’ death and his human remains to be interred in a tomb.
Organized Religion, according to sociologist G. Lenski , is "a shared system of associated beliefs and practices, which are articulated around the nature of the forces that shape the destiny of human beings." Any religion that promotes peace, harmony, charity, morality, ethical behavior, compassion, and the betterment of humanity is to be condoned and supported. However, religions/sects that preach violence and prejudice or practice discrimination must be condemned/reformed. Ideally, through education and enlightenment rather than by armed conflict.
