Just in Time for Christmas

If you order one, remember that I'd like one too. :)

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WWJVF in 2008?

So who would Jesus vote for? The question was asked a LOT during the 2000 and 2004 race since one of the frontrunners was said to be a born again Christian. This time around, although religion is certainly important, the candidates aren't (yet) being held up to this litmus test.

Assuming the four candidates were Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Mike Huckabee (in alphabetical order by first name, BTW), Who Would Jesus Vote For in 2008?

What makes up the Christian Bible?

Are we just talking about the books in today's New Testament? What about the The Book of Splendor or The Gospel of Judas? Someone wrote all that stuff down a long time ago, but someone since decided it was heretical. Why?

It seems that early Christianity was a very segmented and heterogeneous collection of interpretations of Christ's teachings - many of which didn't agree with each other. The oldest original surviving manuscripts are translated copies of texts originally written down and copied by hand over and over many years after Christ and His disciples left this planet. We're so used to the Bible as it stands today that it's easy to understand why books previously expurgated seem odd, fanciful, or even downright bizarre.

But what if the Book of Revelations was a new find? Wouldn't it seem completely odd when compared to other books of the New Testament? To me, it seems more comparable to some of the removed texts than much of the rest of what was deemed acceptable. It almost seems, dare I say, more like a gnostic tract than comparable to Matthew or Mark.

So what makes up the real Christian Bible? That's a question to which I don't have an answer, but I have lots of incomplete opinions. I would love to hear your thoughts on this subject.

Simple Question #004a: What is a Church?

Is it the building? Is it the leader? Is it the people? Is it the community efforts? What really is a Church?

I know that Christ said, For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them. So what about when I'm all alone? Why isn't that a Church too. What if I'm standing alone at the altar of a well-known cathedral and praying earnestly? I guess that's not really a Church... but why?

Simple Question #003a: Holy Trinity: Science, Math, & Art?

I'm not coming to any conclusions here. I'm just expounding publicly on a concept that hit me the other day. Maybe you can tell me where I'm wrong or reshape/reinforce the concept a bit...

Maybe, just maybe, as manifestations of measurable phenomenon, the following can be equated regarding the Holy Trinity:

God is Science
Jesus is Math
Holy Spirit is Art

Consider me unconvinced, but intrigued. What do you think?