A couple of Jesus Seminar scholars have recently
publicly  insisted their  group is definitely not
throwing out parts of scripture or Christian doctrine.

I beg to differ.

I'm reminded of a visit many years ago to the home
of Dutch-Canadians in eastern Ontario, Canada.
As I was leaving I noticed a plaque on the wall
with some words in Dutch.  I asked my friend the
translation and he said "Guests always give pleasure
here either by their coming or their going!?

The radical Jesus Seminar should not pretend
their studies  will leave the New Testament intact
as if "It was good enough for Paul (Mark or Luke),
It's good enough for us (21st Century Christians)"
In fact, several New Testament verses and ideas will
" give great pleasure in their going."

I could cite several verses and ideas but one thing that
has to go is anything in the New Testament that incites or
encourages anti-semitism.  In this connection I quote
a recent post to the internet.
 
 

From lloyd@bournemouth-net.co.uk Mon Sep 22 06:23:28 1997
Newsgroups: alt.christnet

>Actually, Hitler was a follower of Eastern meditational mysticism.
>I'll follow up with the reference when I can dig up the book.

Anyway, if it were not for the demonization of the Jews by the Church
laying the foundation of prejudice, the Shoah (Holocaust) would not
have happened.  Not only that but the Church in Nazi Germany played
a crucial role in Hitler's plans for the Jews by co-operating with state
officials.

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 "It is dishonest henceforth to refuse to face the fact
  that the basic root of modern antisemitism lies squarely
  in the Gospels  and the rest of the New Testament."
 
           Rev. James Parkes in Davies A.T. (ed)
     "Antisemitism  and the Foundations of Christianity",
                 Paulist Press, New York, 1979, p. xi.

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So long and adios, says QBaal.