The historical memory the Gospel of Mary gave us was the idea to there being different perspectives. This was one of the only texts to be written down at the time since most of the communication was carried out through speaking: teaching and preaching.
It started off with ugh I can’t believe the savior told a woman such in depth information and it became it’s obviously not true because it came from a woman and it’s too confusing.
I understand the confusion or anger that can come from learning about a new perspective that changes your world view. Treating it as something that certainly must not be true because I don’t understand it, is one of the ways other people’s perspectives get erased. The concept of this is the way I learn so it’s the only way that leads you into having tunnel vision.
When cultures were developing independently, they were taking Christianity and making it their own. Religion itself isn’t a monolith and has many different aspects that fall into an umbrella.
I’m curious about the class’ interpretation of this line from the reading:
“ People sin because they don’t recognize their own spiritual nature and instead, love the lower nature that deceives them and leads to disease and death”
- I interpreted this phrase from a class structure and it being, “I won’t ever stoop that low to a peasant.”
