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Easter: Message of Jesus?
| April 13th, 2020 at 3:04:32 PM permalink | |
| FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
Just know that you are mistaken. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
| April 13th, 2020 at 3:46:33 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 148 Posts: 25978 |
I'm mistaken that the NT is gathered together archetypal stories that were circulating 40-100 years after the actual events involving Jesus occurred? No I'm not, you know better than anybody that's what happened. Am I mistaken that the resurrection never happened? I think it's just as legitimate as all the other 'back from the dead' stories that run thru all the ancient myths and religions. They never really happened, they are meant to make a point, not to be taken as real events. What's stunning about Xtianity is all the myth and poppycock nonsense has to be taken as real events that really happened if you want to be a true believer. If you dare be a member and claim none it really took place, you're drummed out in disgrace or worse, shunned. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| April 13th, 2020 at 4:25:48 PM permalink | |
| FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
Yes.
Yes.
Yes. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
| April 13th, 2020 at 9:01:40 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 148 Posts: 25978 |
So you think the gospels are not gathered popular stories of the time? What are they then. Even 7 letters of Paul are not written by him. The earliest gospel was written four decades after Jesus died, by someone who wasn't at the actual events. That's as anecdotal as you can get. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| April 14th, 2020 at 5:18:15 AM permalink | |
| FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | They are written eye witness accounts of the real events that happened. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
| April 14th, 2020 at 7:02:05 AM permalink | |
| SOOPOO Member since: Feb 19, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 5748 |
The entire Bible? Genesis? Who wrote Genesis, and when? |
| April 14th, 2020 at 9:24:07 AM permalink | |
| FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
Some really old guy. No of course I am joking. The Bible is the Inspired Word of God. Genesis is obviously not an eye witness account of creation but it is inspired by the one who created all things to reveal spiritual truths to us. I think Bob was in particular doubting the Gospels as not containing accounts from those who knew Jesus, heard Him, were His Apostles and disciples, and saw the Resurrected Lord. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
| April 14th, 2020 at 10:23:01 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 148 Posts: 25978 |
Hearsay accounts, nobody who knew Jesus personally ever wrote anything about it. There isn't even a physical description of him because nobody who wrote in the NT never saw him. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| April 14th, 2020 at 12:30:58 PM permalink | |
| SOOPOO Member since: Feb 19, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 5748 |
Why would you think that? Isn't it more reasonable to think someone just made up a story? |
| April 14th, 2020 at 1:29:38 PM permalink | |
| aceofspades Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 83 Posts: 2019 |
You are injecting the word "reasonable" into a discussion about the Bible - they are diametrically opposed |