{"id":493364,"date":"2023-04-09T10:33:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T14:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=493364"},"modified":"2023-04-09T11:22:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T15:22:30","slug":"the-cult-of-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/09\/the-cult-of-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cult of Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Cult of Jesus: Cult Followers of Jesus, The Philosophy of Jesus, Moral, Ethical, Jefferson Bible\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M-qqhBzC8iY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Cult of Jesus: Cult Followers of Jesus, The Philosophy of Jesus, Moral, Ethical, Jefferson Bible<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Technically if you think about it, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a Christian, Catholic, protestant, etc., technically we are cult followers of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/uuhouston.org\/files\/The_Jefferson_Bible.pdf\">Jefferson Bible<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d literally by Thomas Jefferson \u00e2\u20ac\u201d yes, the US president. He called it \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The philosophy of Jesus of nazareth\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. This is super interesting to me, because, how come no one has ever talked about Jesus as a philosopher, or even talking about the <em>philosophy<\/em> of Jesus?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1254\" height=\"1810\" data-attachment-id=\"493384\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/09\/the-cult-of-jesus\/img_0802-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0802.jpeg?fit=1254%2C1810&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1254,1810\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0802\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0802.jpeg?fit=1254%2C1810&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0802.jpeg?resize=1254%2C1810&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-493384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0802.jpeg?w=1254&amp;ssl=1 1254w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0802.jpeg?resize=768%2C1109&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0802.jpeg?resize=1064%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1064w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0802.jpeg?resize=920%2C1328&amp;ssl=1 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Essentially what the Jefferson Bible is Thomas Jefferson seeing the ethics and morals of Jesus being so perfect and sublime, he compiled what he believed to be the non-hocus-pocus teachings, and putting them together. I think it is very interesting, because any scholar, non-religious person, etc., can read it well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Didache<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legacyicons.com\/content\/didache.pdf\">Didache<\/a> (did-a-key), \u00ce\u201d\u00ce\u00b9\u00ce\u00b4\u00ce\u00b1\u00cf\u2021\u00ce\u00ae, or The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles\u00e2\u20ac\u201d essentially a compilation of the early disciples, and followers. 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