Both of these two claimed to have some mysticism about them and both compelled people to follow them. In Charles Manson's case, one should be able to see that murdering someone is wrong, but then again what would those following Jesus have done if he told them to murder those in power. He too thought he had some unique link with the sacred, yet look where he led people. Jesus was an ordinary man who had an ability to captivate people with his speaking and his actions, but I know lots of people like that now. Is there anything that is done well, and inclusive of the Jesus Seminar thought.
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I desperately want to avoid the more conservative slant. Ten years ago I arrived at the intuitive impression that while on earth Jesus of Nazareth was what we call a mystic. Since then my Christian Faith has talen on a completely new and wonderful dimension. Now Jesus is someone who I can truly understand and relate to. This had changed my life forever, and I will never be the same.