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" IF YOU&amp;#039;RE WEARING A W. W. J. D. BRACELET RIGHT NOW, you just might be a misguided soul, because, according to Garry Wills&amp;#039;s provocative new book, What Jesus Meant (Viking, $25), the very question--What would Jesus do?--is the wrong one. You shouldn&amp;#039;t try to be Christlike: Jesus was not human; he was a god, and his actions were as arbitrary and inscrutable as God&amp;#039;s in the Book of Job. In fact, according to Wills, much of his behavior was in precise contradiction to what family-values Christians would want you to do. Witness: &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; What Jesus would do as a preteen: run away from home.  As a 12-year-old in Jerusalem, Jesus slipped away from his mother and father, leaving them terrified and searching for three days. &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; What Jesus would do if someone&amp;#039;s dad died: tell him to skip the funeral. In the gospels, Jesus tells a grieving son to &amp;quot;let the dead bury their dead.&amp;quot; &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; What Jesus would do when the collection plates are passed around at church: chase the staff out.  Jesus whipped and chastised the merchants at the temple, saying, &amp;quot;Make not my Father&amp;#039;s house a traders&amp;#039; mart.&amp;quot; &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; What Jesus would do if he saw a tree that wasn&amp;#039;t in bloom:kill it. When Jesus couldn&amp;#039;t find any figs on a fig tree, he said, &amp;quot;May no fruit ever come from you again,&amp;quot; and the fig tree withered. &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; What Jesus would do to his loyal fans: give them the slip.  At one point--in Mark 7:24--Jesus tries to hide from his flock, but he is quickly found.   --HARRY FENSTER "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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