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. She answered in Alan's place, as if she were Alan, as if her answer was Alan's. Would you remind her to respect others who participate here? Thanks
It's the "interpretation" bit that invokes contempt. A famous objection to university courses in English literature was "so much bad English has been written about good English". Much the same with Christianity. How much would you pay for a bowdlerised sketch of a third-hand copy of a painting by an unknown artist of an event that he did not witness? Not a lot, I suspect. So why write pages of nonsense about a wholly unjustified interpretation of an edited collection of quasi-historical and bizarrely mystical texts? At face value the bible contains some interesting snippets of the history and poetry of the Jews up to about 2000 years ago, with possibly too much emphasis (much of it tediously repeated and over-embellished) about Rabbi Jesus of Nazareth. There's plenty more, some in the Dead Sea Scrolls and more recently in the Encyclopaedia Judaica. Little point in anyone else reading it as we don't accept converts easily, nor do we require a detailed knowledge of it - just a broad understanding of the underlying philosophy and acceptance of the rules of behavior. And don't kneel.
Joseph Klausner wrote, “It is universally admitted … that Christ taught the purest and sublimest ethics."
Christian rubbish about witch-burning
It has also been suggested that the word "witch" might be a mistranslation of "poisoner."
Quote from: duffyd on 20/04/2020 07:38:45Joseph Klausner wrote, “It is universally admitted … that Christ taught the purest and sublimest ethics." Not sure about "universal" - a lot of muslims would disagree, but it was pretty mainstream Judaism. None of that Christian rubbish about witch-burning and forgiveness.
Exactly my point, or at least parallel to it. Christians ignore Christ's teaching (forgiveness), invent or ignore some selfcongratulatory drivel, then say they are doing it in Jesus' name. QuoteIt has also been suggested that the word "witch" might be a mistranslation of "poisoner." which makes more sense in terms of practical law.
Quote from: alancalverd on 20/04/2020 13:03:39Exactly my point, or at least parallel to it. Christians ignore Christ's teaching (forgiveness), invent or ignore some selfcongratulatory drivel, then say they are doing it in Jesus' name. QuoteIt has also been suggested that the word "witch" might be a mistranslation of "poisoner." which makes more sense in terms of practical law.I've got a million bucks. all yours for the taking! Come and get it!Money is filthy and disgusting. Look around a little and see what money did to people. It financed wars, created poison and chemicals for weapons, polluted our earth with gasoline purchases, drives the porn industry, the mafia, all the rotten churches and ministers who demanded donations, caused people to hate each other over who had more of it, bribed people to do all kinds of horrible things. No. You keep your filthy lucre. It's not going to ruin me. But, it's just money. You don't have to make it ruin you. You don't have any money. You have no evidence that you have 2 dimes.Well, go to the bank. It is in an envelope with your name on it. LOL. Sure it is. Your imaginary money is just gonna have to wait. I'm not falling for that crap.But, go see. The bank is right where you are and all you have to do is ask for it.LOL. Yea, I know FSM is just dying for me to ask for it. You fool. Go play with your skydaddy, I've got important things to do, like tell everyone that money sucks, cause 1. It doesn't exist2. It destroys everybody who thinks he has it. They wear upside down funnels on their heads and abuse children with all their so-called cash. Having money has nothing to do with that stuffSure! That's why everybody who pretends to have money is a filthy, dirty, rotten jerk who rips off everybody.What about people who give to charity?Don't lie to me. Show me the evidence where people give away money and don't demand favors in return. Go ahead. I dare you.But, it's your money. You can help tons of people with it. Just go pick it up! LOL. I tried that bank and they charged me a million bucks in overdraft fees and I got nothing! Who do you think you're messing with, right fellas?
Science cannot deny the overwhelming value found in the testimonies of hundreds of millions of people when they declare that JESUS CHRIST became real to them personally and that HE Himself changed their lives. No other figure in world history can attest to influencing people like this. No dead person has risen from the grave and convinced others of His resurrection as the Son of GOD. It hasn't happened. But, He rose from the dead and promises to all who would seek HIM, that HE will be found. No one has sought HIM with their whole being and not met HIM personally.
Testimonies from Christians are powerful scientific forms of evidence for GOD's existence.
Dad imprisoned when he was 9 years old and GOD didn't answer his prayer to return him home
The odds that so many people, from such diverse backgrounds, for over two thousand years, state unequivocally that HE HIMSELF, risen from the dead and live in their hearts, are infinite
It is so mind boggling.
Proof positive lies within the souls of all who choose to seek HIM and no one can deny that fact with any evidence.
Testimonies from Christians are powerful scientific forms of evidence for GOD's existence. Millions testify to the same kinds of personal, life transforming experiences which by definition have evidentiary value. The odds that so many people, from such diverse backgrounds, for over two thousand years, state unequivocally that HE HIMSELF, risen from the dead and alive in their hearts, are infinite and must be taken very seriously by anyone looking into the possibility that Christ was in fact WHO HE claimed to be.