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Beliefnet Community > Thread - Jesuism: "Jesuism in the West is an atheistic worldview based on the teachings of Jesus as documented in the Gospels including the recently discovered Gnostic Gospels of Thomas and Judas. A Jesuist rejects the supernatural accretions to the stories about Jesus as mnemonic and marketing devices typical of the age, and rejects all theistic references including self-references by Jesus as metaphorical devices to communicate with the prevailing Jewish and Pagan religions.



To understand Jesuism one must understand the concept of radical respect for all people taught by Jesus in the Beatitudes, the Good Samaritan, the Adulteress, and indeed in all the stories involving Jesus directly. While Jesus believed in the eventual judgment by his God to help formulate and sell the radical concept that all people are to be accepted as brothers and sisters, the Jesuist will accept this as part of the religious culture Jesus dedicated his life to changing. Jesus was a Jew who believed in the Abrahamic God concept, but his rebellion was as much against his own God as the religion of the Jews he was immersed in.


The Jefferson Bible is a useful condensation of the traditional teachings of Jesus and could be considered the Holy Book of the Jesuist. And part of the traditional Unitarian �Affirmation�

Unitarians believe in

the brotherhood of man,
the leadership of Jesus,
and the progress of mankind

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Aside from the ridiculous idea that Jesuism is atheistic, I would sign up yesterday. Jesus believed in God and from a careful reading of his discussions of God one can make a pretty good guess as to the kind of God he believed in. I think today he would be a reformed Jew who is not an atheist.

A note on the Unitarian Affirmation:
Did anyone but me notice the omission of the "Fatherhood of God?"
Those atheists think they can warp anything to fit their odd beliefs.