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Toto · 05-20-2012, 01:02 AM

Walter Wink, Theologian and Author, Dies at 76

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Dr. Wink compared Jesus to the community organizer Saul Alinsky in the clever ways Jesus advised nonviolence to get the upper hand. For his own part, Dr. Wink visited South Africa, East Germany, Central America and Chile to support nonviolent resistance there.

More broadly, Dr. Wink asserted that because Jesus had defined himself almost exclusively as “son of man,” he saw his task as not so much helping people to prepare for the next life but as helping them to be more human in this one.

stephan huller · 05-20-2012, 10:51 AM

Those horrible Christians. I came across his name researching government archives related to Morton Smith. Apparently he did a search of whatever the US government had on,Smith

Toto · 05-20-2012, 12:06 PM

He was quoted in an article "Was Jesus Gay?" on Salon.com in 1998 (dead link <http://www.salon.com/feature/1998/04/cov_10feature.html> Wink also discredited Morton Smith's fragment, describing him as "a closeted gay -- due to his time period -- who became a bitter atheist...

stephan huller · 05-20-2012, 12:34 PM

Hence my frequent discussions of related topics here. It all comes down is the letter to theodore a reflection of ancient or modern "gayness"

Diogenes the Cynic · 05-21-2012, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by stephan huller

Hence my frequent discussions of related topics here. It all comes down is the letter to theodore a reflection of ancient or modern "gayness"

What's your opinion on Bar Saba? Do you think Smith forged it?

stephan huller · 05-21-2012, 10:34 AM

Of course not. I subscribe to more than enough unfounded theories. Don't need another

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05-20-2012, 10:51 AM	#2
stephan huller Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: seattle, wa Posts: 9,337	Those horrible Christians. I came across his name researching government archives related to Morton Smith. Apparently he did a search of whatever the US government had on,Smith

05-20-2012, 12:06 PM	#3
Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	He was quoted in an article "Was Jesus Gay?" on Salon.com in 1998 (dead link <http://www.salon.com/feature/1998/04/cov_10feature.html> Wink also discredited Morton Smith's fragment, describing him as "a closeted gay -- due to his time period -- who became a bitter atheist...

05-20-2012, 12:34 PM	#4
stephan huller Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: seattle, wa Posts: 9,337	Hence my frequent discussions of related topics here. It all comes down is the letter to theodore a reflection of ancient or modern "gayness"

05-21-2012, 10:34 AM	#6
stephan huller Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: seattle, wa Posts: 9,337	Of course not. I subscribe to more than enough unfounded theories. Don't need another

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