Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jarthur!ucivax!ucla-cs!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: tp0x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Thomas Carl Price) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Christian view of homosexuality Message-ID: Date: 13 Jul 90 08:33:56 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 16 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Well --- I don't suppose it is possible over the net to find out if there is real disagreement here or simply formulations. My complaint against the statement that "the teachings of Jesus are the core of Christianity" is that it implies that Jesus of Nazareth was primarily an ethical teacher, and that the only important part of the Bible is the quotations and parables attributed to him. I consider the phrase "the teachings of Jesus" to be misleading through implying that his teachings were somehow unique to him, when in fact they are contained in the whole of the Scriptures and in the lives of each of the righteous characters in the Old Testament, in the Law in allegory, etc. We can agree, I am sure, that the ethical teachings are the necessary means of placing oneself in relation to the -- what was the phrase used? Rest of Christianity, the theological superstructure (which is simpler than it sounds). TP