Wow - a relatively lucid viewpoint published in the mainstream press. Again, wow.
Judas: "I was framed!"
Everyone who touches it becomes a Democrat.
"I should stress that not everyone has the means to escape. That is because not everyone has the spark of the divine within them. Only some of us do. The other people are the creations of the inferior god of this world. They, like other creatures here (dogs, turtles, mosquitoes, and so on), will die and that will be the end of their story. But some of us are trapped divinities. And we need to learn how to return to our heavenly home."
So if you are religious leader, like the Pope, how do you explain to prospective converts that they might not have a chance at life beyond this existance because they might not have the "divine spark" within them? How does a religious leader reconcile with his flock that Jesus considered the god that created the earth as an inferior god, and mocked him, and that he - Jesus - derives from the one true God? In this book Jesus is saying that some people have the spirit of life, but not the divine spark. Some people die and that's the end of them, others die and escape to the eternal realm.
Wow - there's going to be a whole lotta shaking goin on if this debate gets started!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1616236/posts
But playing up these old heretical documents can make you wealthy these days.
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