Re: The Gospel of Thomas says nudity is essential for spiritual advancement

From: Morphy's ghost (ghost_of_morphy_at_stewiecensorscomicbooks.edu)
Date: 07/05/04 

Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 05:17:49 GMT

In the year of our Lord 4 Jul 2004 10:22:02 -0700,
cantueso@dieznet.com (cantueso) wrote:

>ghost_of_morphy@stewiecensorscomicbooks.edu (Morphy's ghost) wrote in message news:<40e58af3.56478131@newsgroups.bellsouth.net>...
>> In the year of our Lord 2 Jul 2004 07:20:53 -0700,
>> cantueso@dieznet.com (cantueso) wrote:
>>
>> >answers1007@lycos.com (answers_here) wrote in message news:<860a2c8.0407012103.33b4b97a@posting.google.com>...
>> >> (37) His disciples said, "When will you become revealed to us and when
>> >> shall we see you?"
>> >> Jesus said, "When you disrobe without being ashamed and take up your
>> >> garments and place them under your feet like little children and tread
>> >> on them, then will you see the son of the living one, and you will not
>> >> be afraid"
>> >
>> >"...place them under your feet as little children do..."
>> >
>> >but where did you find this gospel of Thomas?
>>
>> It was discovered in fthe first half of the twentieth century at Nag
>> Hammadi, wasn't it? Before then, all we knew about it were the parts
>> of it that the church fathers discussed to prove it heretical.
>>
>>
>> Morphy's ghost
>>
>
>
>funny. now where did the churchfathers get the passages that they
>needed to prove it heretical?

Obviously, existing copies were destroyed after being determined
heretical. The Nag Hammadi site held several gnostic manuscripts that
did not otherwise survive.
>
>it is funny because I am a Catholic, sort of nilly willy, but anyway,
>and I grew up in a small Swiss village. I would never have heard of
>Nietzsche if the priest had not mentioned him so often in his Sunday
>sermon.

Morphy's ghost

What is now prov'd was once, only imagin'd -- William Blake

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