(Nancy): fully divine and fully human

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Hello, Nancy!

At 08:59 PM 2/18/98 -0500, Greg, Nancy, and James Todd wrote:

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>.... Jesus, unique?  Heck, even Buddha's disciples could walk on water:

>"One of the stories told by Buddhist missionaries, who were in Syria and

>Egypt as early as the second century B.C., similarly concerns the power of

>faith granted to a disciple of Buddha: A disciple who wanted

>

>'to visit Buddha one evening . . . found that the ferry boat was missing

>from the bank of the river Aciravati. In faithful trust in Buddha he stepped

>onto the water and went as if on dry land to the very middle of the stream.

>Then he came out of his contented meditation on Buddha in which he had lost

>himself, and saw the waves and was frightened, and his feet began to sink.

>But he forced himself to become wrapt in his meditation again and by its

>power he reached the far bank safely and reached his master.'" [Randal

>Helms, _Gospel Fictions_, p. 81

>

>Sounds a lot like MT 14:28-33, doesn't it.


CREA
    And if you're ever pressed for a source, tell them it's from the
Jaataka, #190, found in volume ii, 111-113 (Pali Text Society edition).
That's my only gripe with Helms' work -- not enough references!


With Mettaa,

Joseph Crea
<Joseph.Crea@worldnet.att.net>

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