Raul-7: This thread is supposed to be about Jesus and the Nixonian Question "What did he know and when did he know it?" which is about as ridiculous an inquiry as I can imagine.
Yet, I need to say something when you say this:
Quote:This has more to do with respect than with anything else; God's Prophets shouldn't be protrayed at all, especially not for humor or satire.
I ask "Why not?" I will also tell you.
It's to make sure that no one looks too carefully at just what ideas those prophets, gurus, priests, pastors, bishops, immans are trying to foist on innocent people. There is no more truth to the idea that a superior being has a particular and peculiar interest in you than there is to the idea that the number 13 is bad luck. Right?
But there is something else here too. If we take the notion that holymen are somehow beyond examination, then we become reticent about making any criticism about them even when they are clearly in the wrong. And that's is wrong, my friend, and dishonest.
It allows people like Khomeini to actually threaten a writer with death and Khomeini stilll remains uncriticized by his Muslim brethren. It allows Osama bin Laden to operate his death squads and his Muslim brethren speak not against him. It allows Catholic Archbishops to shelter sex-abusers in their parsonages and to attempt to silence any criticism of such holymen. It allows people like Pat Robertson to attempt to blame the attacks of 9-11 on homosexuals and to ignore the brief outcry that followed those remarks and go on his merry way stuffing his pockets with donations of his followers.
What person is beyond criticism? None. What idea is beyond examination? None.
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We now return to the discussion as to whether Jesus knew that his followers would perform despicable acts in his name.
He is apparently an all-powerful god who has his hands tied.
Joe(Should I be afraid of meeting 13 triskaidekaphobiacs?)Nation
