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Originally Posted by Og The virgin birth is a metaphor for his life. The death and resurrection is the metaphor for his teachings 
It's not animal passions. It's fears and desires and good and evil. You must die to these forces in the world in order to truly live. That's the metaphor of christ's teachings. |
Again. Dear Og, What is THE metphor/s of these Jesus teachings ?
Really.
Tell me.
"5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also." Matt 5:40
Or this
"15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread." Matt 15:1-2. |
Yes, this is one of the reasons for the schism with modern culture and christianity. It's based on rules that are completely out of date.. pharisees, elders, goat farmers and shepards...
The elementary idea is lost when it is not communicated in terms of the modern culture. This is the job of the artist. It's why star wars and similar films speak to us. They also speak to this elementary idea. Luke in the trenches attacking the death star with vader on his tail is the same as christ on the cross... etc... It's letting go to the fears and desires and finding truth in the divine ground of being (i.e. the force).
It's an elementary idea that has been around long since before christ.. Particularly in the east. It's not a surprise that christ rose up at the time he did given the integration of east/west cultures that started with the persian incursion into the west followed by alexander's response, the roman silk road, and the missionaries of ashoka the great of india.
Things like your hand washing quote above are part of the expression of the elementary idea of transcendence in terms of the folk forms of the time in which it was written.