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To: Sunsong
Actually the koine Greek was the lingua franca of the eastern Mediterranean in Jesus's day, so he almost certainly spoke Greek. As did the apostles and evangelists.

Changed for political reasons? you must have read right over the part of my post that pointed out that we have original Gospel texts that are almost contemporaneous and complete. The DaVinci Code idea that Constantine made the whole thing up in the 4th century and decreed the contents of the Bible at that time is hogwash and completely unsupported by anything other than wishful thinking.

And while I don't speak Aramaic, there are several Eastern Catholic churches that still conduct the liturgy in Aramaic . . . and again, any hope that the core beliefs were somehow changed when Mark (who was Peter's secretary) or Luke (who was Paul's) wrote them down is just wishful thinking.

Certainly you are free to believe whatever you want to - it IS a free country and you are personally responsible for your own salvation.

But what you cannot do is claim that whatever you want to believe is in any way supported by the New Testament, or early Christianity, or the sayings of Jesus. That borders on false advertising.

321 posted on 05/24/2006 12:48:31 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: AnAmericanMother
But what you cannot do is claim that whatever you want to believe is in any way supported by the New Testament, or early Christianity, or the sayings of Jesus. That borders on false advertising.

Of course I can say that. There are things in Matthew Mark and Luke that support what I believe. There I said it(g). I do not believe - even if you do - that the Bible was translated correctly - nor do I believe that the disciples even understood much of what Jesus' taught and so even those things that are translated correctly aren't necessarily what Jesus taught.

And yes, I think that parts of the Bible were changed over the years for politcal reasons...your *proof* notwithstanding.

331 posted on 05/24/2006 1:22:50 PM PDT by Sunsong
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