On Sat, 31 Mar 2001 07:39:06 -0800, Ken Stuart <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>"nothing of this world matters except preparing the >> soul for the afterlife....." <- that's exactly what the >>Kingdom of God 'radical' sect believed, and this became Christianity >>(remember the Q document). The other stuff was made up later, it is >>thought. > >I'm not sure which sci fi novel you are quoting from... For them, the end was near. They were disappointed. http://www.bookreviews.org/Reviews/156563246X.html Tuckett, Christopher M. Q and the History of Early Christianity: Studies on Q Philip Thrift http://www.paleofitness.com