[Uucf-bible] Parables in Pentecost: two from Thomas

[RevRonRobinson at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/1/04 10:25:55 AM Central Daylight Time, RobLK6 at aol.com 
writes:

> Ron apparently considers the Gospel of Thomas to be valid on a par with the 
> 
> books of the Bible.  Two questions arise for me:
> 1. Are there other books of the Nag Hamadi library that you consider to have 
> 
> the same credibility as the Gospel of Thomas (perhaps the Gospel of Mary)?
> 2. Are there books of the Bible that you consider to have less validity than 
> 
> others?
> Rob Kimes

Rob, good questions. I tend to spend most of my time in the canonical 
scriptures, but certainly feel free to gleam from the writings of other communities 
that were moved to witness of Jesus; it is rather like the Bible being central 
in my faith but I am moved as well by the stories of freedom found in other 
religious scriptures, in stories of science, arts and philosophy, and people's 
lives as well. I have a home but am not spiritually agoraphobic. At different 
times in my life, maybe within a day !!, I will find different parts of the 
Bible to be more meaningful to me than others, like certain friends I will turn 
to for different reasons---I tend to think of it in those terms rather than 
"validity." I haven't found any book of the Bible that hasn't moved me in some 
way. blessings, Ron