240 DATE WITH THE GODS"Once we get away from the religious programming,
and go a little deeper into the real meaning of these
things, you11 co me up with a different outlook."
"Really? Do you think that Jude could be a spiritual
guide? Whenever I'm in a tight spot, I always say, 'St.
Jude, help me,' or 'Oi vey,' like my Jewish grandmother.
Whether I believe it or not, I say it anyway."
"Do you know who St. Jude was?"
There were two Judes, you know, one good, the other,
Judas Iscariot, sold Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.
The other, whose name was Jude Thaddeus, was a
brother of James and cousin to Christ. After the
crucifixion, he was taken prisoner."
"Cousin to Christ! You mean Jesus actually had a
family in this world?"
"Why not? He was only a man, born out of a woman,
just like anybody else."
"I take it we're going to be talking about this Jesus
Christ Superstar today."
"We certainly are. And I hope you give it a fair chance.
I'm not going to be selling you on the man. We're just
going to make simple sense out of whatever is said here
today. You know you will go and research and come to
your own conclusions anyway. Did you read what I
asked you to?"
"I sure did. It was tedious, because this Bible I have is
an old one and the language in it is really archaic. This
book omits thirty years of the life of Christ, except for
the incident when he was twelve years old and his
parents found him with the high priests of the temple
discussing the holy books."
"Now with what you've read, it shouldn't be difficult
for you to come to an easy understanding of his origins.
Let's start with the Book of Matthew. Skip the genea
logical tree, and start with verse 18 of the first chapter.