RE: such ignorance you confirm about yourself. Let me guess
Posted on: April 14, 2017 at 11:41:17 CT
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You really don't want to get into this with me friend. Nothing I said there was fundamentally incorrect. Pharisees and Sadducees were high-powered positions going back a hundred years or so. They were family connections. They vowed to a relatively strict interpretation of Judaic Law though they were lightweights in this regard in comparison to the Essenes or Sons of Light. It is thought by some scholars that the Baptist had been a former Essene before striking out on his one ministry. It is further surmised by some that Jesus served as an acolyte of sorts to the Baptist prior to striking out on his own ministry.
Pharisees and Sadducees both conspired with the Romans to keep the peace as it were.
And FYI, I spent 12 years in Catholic Schooling. I did apply at Fordham of all things. My study of the Christ goes back about 20 years now on trying to figure what HAPPENED then, how did a poor Jewish Preacher change the world. I am fascinated. I am Dualist though so this Son of a God stuff doesn't hold too much water with me. I think 3 years ago, I went to Mass every day in Lent except interestingly Ash Wednesday and Easter.