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To: broadsword

>>Woah, man. You need to read that passage again.<<

The Jews thought Jesus must be evil, since he could command demons. (If they obeyed him, he must be their leader, the prince of demons, they figured.) This reflects a dualistic contamination of the Jewish religion, which they picked up in exile in Babylon, Zoro territory. By answering "a house divided against itself cannot stand," Jesus was reaffirming monotheism: that demons can do nothing that God does not permit them to do.


54 posted on 08/16/2004 7:41:35 AM PDT by dangus
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To: dangus

I don't read it that way at all. They accused Jesus of being in cahoots with the devil, and Jesus flatly told them that He was not, and that if the devil were fighting against himself, then that would be good news for all.

It had nothing to do with dualism or Zoro.


71 posted on 08/16/2004 2:10:41 PM PDT by broadsword (Liberalism is the societal AIDS virus that thwarts national defense.)
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