Re: Last Supper and Jesus's wa****ng of the disciples' feet --- what

David wrote:
> On May 9, 11:13 am, Rod <icom...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> David wrote:
>> ...
>>> For me the bottom line is the practical admonition from Jesus's
>>> wa****ng of the disciples' feet to practise servanthood with others in
>>> a Christian way.
>> ...
>>    I can agree with this statement to a point. The idea of being a
>> servant has always been repulsive to me.
> 
> I confess I was probing how far the surface meaning of servanthood
> can be pressed on the average person such as yourself.  Your
> reply shows a healthy skepticism.

   Perhaps I should have chosen my wording with more care. I see
   being a servant in the biblical sense as slavery, thats not to say
   that donating my time and resources to further a righteous cause
   is revolting in my eyes as it isn't.


> 
> Because I am trained in Thiering pesher, I myself take an
> exhaustive look at (let's say) John 13:4 on her Pesher of
> Christ website.  In this demanding discipline the verse is
> translated carefully from the Greek, as opposed to any ordinary
> English Bible for average laypeople, to mean ‘Himself’ was girded
> for the footwa****ng.
> 
> At this point the scholar pulls a rabbit out of a hat.  She says
> "footwa****ng" means the purification of the jars used for the village
> common property and identifies Himself as Simon Magus.
> 
> Now I must break off because I remember my reply
> to Yowie and Ian Davis about my policy not to do Thiering
> on SRQ anymore.

   Okay, but this thing with Simon Magus is interesting. Another group 
then, perhaps ? I'd like to get back to this topic though, as I can see 
how it would relate to quaker philosophy as well as christianity. Magus
has appeared to be a sore spot in christian history, and thats really 
what quaker ideas are based on, is it not ?

> 
> Howsoever, you can now understand how (well-meaning)
> propaganda is spread in church circles that is not true
> to the deeper meaning of the text.
> 
> Caveat - only those SRQers who are interested should
> probe into deeper meaning.  I do not mean to push it
> on people, only to expose them to an unfamiliar but
> better informed perspective.

   Well I want to know all the truth. I've a restless spirit in many 
regards....

> 
> d.c.
> 
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