[lbo-talk] Gnostic Gospels and Conspiracy Theory

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Joanna wrote:
<blockquote>It was Neitzche who said that the death of Socrates and
Jesus were the
two best disguised suicides in history. I always thought he was right;
now, there's evidence

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_1669766,0015002500000000.htm</blockquote>

But if Judas didn't betray Jesus, there would be no real conflict and
no human drama!

The structure of gnostic gospels resembles that of conspiracy theory,
or rather conspiracy theory may have taken its narrative structure
from gnostic gospels.

Also, the idea of secret teaching in gnostic gospels makes the story
less democratic than the story in the four gospels in the New
Testament.

Yoshie