Date:   11/21/2008 8:18:01 PM ( 16 y ago)
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Not sure how educated you are in Textual Criticism, but the "bible" as you call it was never even written to be a gathered book. You quoting from Revelation, or Luke, or Mark, or any of the letters supposedly written by those Apostles (and that is Greek loosely translated for Delegate in Aramaic) is almost null in void.
The odds on ANY of those men being able to read or write is astronomical. True, they could've dictated to a scribe, but you've got to remember NONE of it was even written until at least 50 years after Yeshua was executed for Sedition. Yeshua, Jesus, wasn't a Christian, or a Catholic, but a devout Jew and Oral Tradition was something sacred to Jews and still is, so none of it was written until long after his death.
If you actually READ in different languages, get ahold of the oldest known copy of the copy of the copy of the copy of the copy of what MIGHT'VE been the original text of one of those "books", and you'll find out there is an entirely DIFFERENT story going on.
For instance:
Jesus wasn't arrested in a garden, rather a "Field of blood". A battlefield. They sent a Roman Cohort. That was anywhere from 600 to 800 heavily armed soldiers to arrest him and they met on the field with equal numbers. Ok. So not such a peaceful scene as the editors give us today.
There is also NO virgin prophecy AT ALL. You can't find it but in your Christian bible, but go get a Hebrew/English version of it, and it states a Young Maiden would give birth to a child and it was relating to something that happend HUNDREDS of years before the 2nd Temple Period.
You talk about Faith, and Love, and that God is both, and you're right.
But YOUR belief system teaches if I don't believe what you believe EXACTLY, I will burn in Hell. Where as Judaism doesn't teach any such thing!
Why would I put a gun to my daughters head and tell her to love me a certain way, when I just want her to love me? And what is her love worth if I get it from fear?
Do you know of Mithraism?!
It was a religion around for over a thousand years BEFORE Saul/Paul (who wasn't even an Apostle and banned by JEsus' brother James from Judea) that the highlight of it was Mithras was born December 25th, mother a virgin (common in Polythesitic religions but NOT Judaism). Dies for 3 days, comes back, and to be a member of him, you must eat bread which was his body and drink wine which was his blood... hmmm... sounds familiar.
Mix that with Judaism, and you have the beginnings of Catholicism.
My friend, I respect your conviction, but study what you believe so you can stand firmly behind it.
You don't have the whole story. And I'd be happy to spar a bit more.
 

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