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: credmond@watmath.waterloo.edu (Chris Redmond) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Christian view of homosexuality Message-ID: Date: 13 Jul 90 08:36:01 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 13 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu As you say, much of the difference, if not all of it, is "formulations". Very importantly, I would NOT argue that Jesus was "primarily an ethical teacher". For one thing, most of his ethical teachings have been found in other religions, and in the non-religious philosophers as well. The core of Jesus's teaching has to do with the relationship between people and God: "faith" -- and that's not "ethics". Have you read Tom Harpur's book FOR CHRIST'S SAKE? Or did that book even make it outside the borders of Canada? CAR