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To: papertyger

Yes, but Jesus and his teachings have nothing to do with whether or not the Hebrew Bible is one hundred percent accurate. In fact, Jesus spent his ministry rocking the boat and criticizing the Pharisees who purported to follow the teachings of the Hebrew Bible. His whole deal was that the most important commandments were to love God and one's neighbor as oneself, which usurped some of the teachings in the Bible about dietary laws, not working on the Sabbath, etc.


526 posted on 01/27/2006 4:49:53 PM PST by Accygirl
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To: Accygirl
Yes, but...

It's always a "yes but" with people that treat Jesus as a theological Santa Claus. There is literally a heresy in every sentence of your reply.

Jesus' authority derives from what the Hebrew Bible said about him, not some kind of ancient public opinion poll. His ministry was NOT being a proto-Marxist, but rather to perform a mission, and and while performing that mission to convince those who had come up with variations of "Yea, hath God said...?" that their disingenuousness was carrying them to hell with verses of Scripture on their lips.

In no way was Jesus' "whole deal" to summarize the commandments. His whole deal was to die for the offenses of others.

Are you going to tell me you think He literally walked on water, changed water to wine, and commanded storms.... but the notion that materialist philosophy is at the root of the pronouncements of "science" is preposterous?

546 posted on 01/28/2006 10:30:14 AM PST by papertyger (We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty.)
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