Pope Francis To Send Out Priests To Forgive The 'Sin' Of Women Who Have Had Abortions

[malthaussen]

141. Oh, but even the Gospels are full of that.

And I won't even throw in the Gnostic ones. It is pretty hard to reconcile sayings such as "If the eye offends you, pluck it out" with "love one another." As you say, Simon and they boyez (and some of the girlez, although the boyez were good at writing out their contribution) were prostituting the words of Mr ben-Joseph before the body was cold. You ever read the Gospel of Mary Magdalene? Incomplete, but the ending is worth the price of admission as far as the Ring of Truth is concerned. Simon (Peter) is ragging on Mary Magdalene, who has claimed to have received a vision from the Man. Levi (Matthew, always the level-headed one) says, basically, "Simon, you're a woman-hating hothead. Put a sock in it." Love it, just love it.

Speaking of Peter, his wife is thought to have founded her own sect of fellow-travellers based on her interpretations of JC's teachings. (which might explain his being a woman-hating hothead, although whether the chicken or the egg came first is a question) I think if we could have a reliable history of those times, it would make for great soap opera. Shame so much has been lost.

-- Mal