{Fundamental Points of View [continued (5)]}[14th March 1988]

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All this,* of course, is rank heresy to such a man – in which if I should persist, I should no doubt be identified as a follower of the Anti-Christ. Is the Christ I perceive, discovered as +C†I~, the Anti-Christ?** If not, and if he differs from the Born-again's Jesus Christ, why not?

First, I think he does differ. I should expect a man who had adopted an Archetype to the extent of consciously living with and modelling himself on him, to show the characteristics of that Archetype. My impression of the historical Jesus Christ is that he showed qualities (among others) of compassion, perception, responsiveness and intelligence. This particular man shows a degree of compassion, but not (in my opinion) a great deal of perception, responsiveness or intelligence.*** He is obviously greatly drawn to the figure of Jesus Christ.****

I think I can place him – my fundamentalist friend, I mean – at a particular point on the Circles which I had not really considered before. In terms of his religious outlook, I believe he is the man who passes round the Outer Circle (through Outer Action, 'forcing' through drugs etc.), through A~ (wizardry, etc.), through a Revolution and Simplification (he has recently# lost his job – probably after being 'born again', however, which was about 15 years ago), to the point of Attraction on the Outer Circle: where, poised perhaps between the competing Outer and Inner influences, he stops.#* Attraction, to Christ, but not Unity: the belief that there is only one valid perception is more specialist than generalist#** {and is} hardly unifying (although there is another way of looking at this).

A genuinely small concern with worldly possessions other than on a relatively modest scale suggests the +C†I~ point not rolling over at once towards Ordination; but (I suspect) a similarly small concern with Individuals who are neither born-again [n]or likely candidates suggests similarly not returning through Love.

*[See last previous entry.]

**[& see [Redbook5:59][19880314:1115i]{Fundamental Points of View [continued (9)]}[14th March 1988]]

***[Note that of these four, arguably compassion is the easiest deliberately to adopt, and intelligence the most difficult. <21012018>]

****{(however he perceives that figure)}

#{not that recently?}

#*Is this possible? <891006>

{If not, then probably U~ (See [[Redbook5:57][19880314:1115g]{Fundamental Points of View [continued (7)]}[14th March 1988],] 57 [next entry but one].}

I should now place him with Evangelicism generally as passing round the O[uter] C[ircle] – yes, probably now at c.U~. <900916>

#**(As to which, see below [next entry but one, [Redbook5:57][19880314:1115g]{Fundamental Points of View [continued (7)]}[14th March 1988]].)

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