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So of course I am wondering if my second attempt to communicate what I meant helped? That post is here:
Originally posted by adjensen
reply to post by bb23108
Sorry, I've read through your post several times and I can't make heads or tails of it. I have little to no interest in eastern philosophy, which is what you seem to be equating that passage to, so maybe you want to "dumb it down" a little for the likes of me.
Or that is the nature of discussion forums in general.
. . . often times no firm conclusions are reached - perhaps due to the nature of the topic . . .
Originally posted by Akragon
Originally posted by felonius
Originally posted by Akragon
reply to post by felonius
Show me ONE place where J.C. used fear to gain deciples. You cant do it.
Actually I can...
Though im getting the impression you don't know who you're speaking to... So lets just agree to "crap can" paul and his writing
Fair enough?
obviously I dont know who this is. I guess were on a similiar page about paul.
honestly you dont require the bible at all to be "xtian". gnostics for example.
btw where did jc use fear to wrangle in the converts? u have me curious.
Matthew 10:28
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell
Now personally I don't believe in "hell"... I believe he was talking about an entirely different thing then Christians will tell you...
but there it is...
My guess would be all that "virgin birth" stuff.
What is your issue with matthew?
Originally posted by jmdewey60
reply to post by Akragon
My guess would be all that "virgin birth" stuff.
What is your issue with matthew?
He seems to not like the idea of Jesus being in some way considered 'god'.
Originally posted by Akragon
What is your issue with matthew?
The Gospel of Matthew does not name its author. The tradition that this was the disciple Matthew begins with the early Christian bishop Papias of Hierapolis (about 100–140 AD)
Papias does not identify his Matthew, but by the end of the 2nd century the tradition of Matthew the tax-collector had become widely accepted, and the line "The Gospel According to Matthew" began to be added to manuscripts. For many reasons scholars today believe otherwise—for example, the gospel is based on Mark, and "it seems unlikely that an eyewitness of Jesus's ministry, such as Matthew, would need to rely on others for information about it"—and believe instead that it was written between about 80–90 AD by a highly educated Jew (an "Israelite", in the language of the gospel itself), intimately familiar with the technical aspects of Jewish law, standing on the boundary between traditional and non-traditional Jewish values.
reply to post by AllGloryIsGods
AllGloryIsGods
As I said in another thread. When something doesn't feel right or contradicts another part of the Bible I go and find out where it came from.
You do not need to accept every book in the Bible. Man himself chose which books became the canon.
I will even look at books outside of the Bible to see if they have anything of worth. I explained a little more in detail on the other thread. Hope this helps and God bless.