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Hmm, Another re-write of history by feminists?

Joanna, who was close to Jesus during His ministry, changed her name to Junia and was recognised by St Paul as an Apostle, research to be published later this year found. Her role was ignored for centuries because medieval scholars altered the name to Junias to make it masculine.

Or perhaps the alterations were on the part of the religious zealots. I don't know why anyone would believe everything in the bible. It was written down a generation or more after the events it discribes took place and has been altered so many times. I'm very sceptical of the claims of Christians. If God wanted to prove to everyone that he existed by sending his son down to earth, why would he choose a time in history were scientific understanding and literacy were almost non-existant. A time were superstition is rampant and documentation is questionable at best. Then he puts a multitude of other religions on earth with equally outragous claims with equally unreliable evidence. Then he says you must pick the right one to believe in or spend an eternity of inescapable torture. Does this sound like a moral god to me? No.

It's a matter of belief, I do, you don't and never the twain shall meet. I cannot prove He exists, you cannot prove He doesn't exist.
I don't have the answers, but, as I said, it's a matter of faith. My belief in Yahweh and Yeshua gives me peace with myself and I never worry about anything beyond my control.

If I'm wrong, what have I lost? If you are wrong, what have you lost? If, as I believe, we have a Soul and Spirit, then your loss will be much greater.

Read "A Case for Christ" and "A Case for Faith" by Lee Strobel. They were both written by an athiest lawyer journalist who examined Christianity like he would a criminal case. Needless to say, he converted wholeheartedly to Christianity after his research for the book and is now a pastor in Orange County, CA. The writings of Jesus began only 2 years after his death....and many of the people were witnesses to his death even a generation later...He is actually the only "prophet" who has documented writings of his life as recent as 2-3 years. If you read documentation on Buddah for instance....they were written over 500 years after he was reported alive.