djdaneh@pacbell.com (Dan'l DanehyOakes) (01/03/91)
In article <Dec.24.17.28.15.1990.26769@athos.rutgers.edu> mtxinu!sybase!alf!maas@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (Mike Maas) writes: >In article <Thu Dec 20 22:18:04 PST 1990> Okeefe writes: >>In article <Dec.11.00.55.17.1990.7476@athos.rutgers.edu>, >>spock@maths.tcd.ie (Tommy Hayes (Thanks Dr.W.)) writes: >>Because He _wasn't_ ahead of His time. I am assured by a Jewish friend ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >He wasn't? It would seem to me that he both was and remains ahead of his >time in some very meaningful sense. How about this: He was not of the first Century A.D., nor of the Twentieth: Jesus was for _all_ time, and so could not be _of_ any time; so He will always in some sense be "ahead of His time," but really is _beyond_ any time. This way of looking at it brought to you courtesy of Fulton Sheen's excellent "Life of Christ," btw. >The lessons he teaches are still every >bit as applicable today as they were when he taught them. Likewise, for just >that reason we can also say that his lessons are always timely. Please don't slip into the mistake the original poster made of thinking of Jesus as 'just' a Teacher! Jesus' life wasn't about what He taught; rather, what He said was always about His life. Welcome to 1984! Are you ready for the Third World War? You too will meet the Secret Police -- We'll draft you and jail your niece, so come quietly to Boot Camp. We'll shoot you dead, make you a man, but don't worry, it's for a _cause_... --Dead Kennedys "We've Got A Bigger Problem Now" The Roach