Posted on 05/15/2009 12:18:43 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Just so you know, Bart Ehrman says he's not the anti-Christ. Bart Ehrman says most of the New Testament is a forgery but it's still an important body of work. Bart Ehrman says most of the New Testament is a forgery but it's still an important body of work. He says he's not trying to destroy your faith. He's not trying to bash the Bible. And, though his mother no longer talks to him about religion, Ehrman says some of his best friends are Christian. Ehrman, a best-selling author and a professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a biblical sleuth whose investigations make some people very angry. Like the fictional Robert Langdon character played by actor Tom Hanks in the movie "Angels & Demons," he delves into the past to challenge some of Christianity's central claims. In Ehrman's latest book, "Jesus, Interrupted," he concludes: Doctrines such as the divinity of Jesus and heaven and hell are not based on anything Jesus or his earlier followers said. At least 19 of the 27 books in the New Testament are forgeries. Believing the Bible is infallible is not a condition for being a Christian.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
You still have Not answered my question about your belief in the Trinity. May I ask it again? Do you believe in God, the Father, Jesus, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are One? Are you a Christian? I think it is a fair question. I am praying for you T. I believe you need it. We all need each other’s prayers and compassion.
I haven't read any N.T. Wright but he has been recommended by some VERY intelligent friends.
From what I've heard, I must concur.
Cheers!
He writes in a way that is easily understood, even the more sophisticated theology is made very clear to the readers.
He also trashes heresy in a way that is frequently funny and witty. I highly recommend him for everyone.
A very good, entertaining and edifying read.
John 1:14
14And (A)the Word (B)became flesh, and (C)dwelt among us, and (D)we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of (E)grace and (F)truth.
Darn, you beat me to it...
Only a total idiot could think that forgery could be “an important body of work.”
Bart, your meds are ready...
Don't you have something more rewarding to do, like cleaning out a grease trap, or a cesspool?
Sounds like he did his PhD under Warren....
He has been decisively rebutted so many times, yet keeps repeating himself.
It’s not about facts or truth.
Just noticed the date on this - Time Warp?
Graywiskers dragged this up from the graveyard of idiocy.
(chech the date)
Well, several Biblical experts will tell you that most of what is in John, Jesus didn’t say.
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