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Recent content by John D. Brey

  1. John D. Brey

    Reverse Engineering Judaism.

    15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17...
  2. John D. Brey

    Richard Dawkins says he is a Cultural Christian

    So great has been the impact of Christianity on Western culture that there's a genuine historical sense in which the entire world now is culturally Christian. The most dominant cultural force of the last century has been the most rabidly Christian culture on the planet, the USA. What the eminent...
  3. John D. Brey

    Reverse Engineering Judaism.

    All of this lends itself to the premise that the strange new testament to the birth lineage of messiah (his matriarchal line going back to ha-adam, and his patriarchal line getting cut off, so to say, when Abraham cuts off the means for fathering sons the old fashioned way), justifies, in...
  4. John D. Brey

    Reverse Engineering Judaism.

    Ironically, Mother Nature justifies all this. As pointed out by biologists, all living organisms began as what we would today consider females: they were able to reproduce without the newfangled means afforded by Johnny-come-lately ----the biological male. Driving this point home, biologist...
  5. John D. Brey

    Reverse Engineering Judaism.

    When the Temple was destroyed, its cultic function was partially preserved by the human sexual activity when performed in purity. In fact the association between Temple and paradise as places for sexual bliss and procreation has already been suggested, on the basis of many other sources . . ...
  6. John D. Brey

    Reverse Engineering Judaism.

    Fair enough. This dialogue has dragged on a bit. So let me refresh your memory.:) Your post appeared to imply that the idea of God needing to renew or change a covenant he established is refuted by various scriptures that imply permanence rather than change. Your point is well-taken. And your...
  7. John D. Brey

    Reverse Engineering Judaism.

    . . . So you don't accept what he actually says? John
  8. John D. Brey

    Reverse Engineering Judaism.

    . . . Which one of the covenants is Jeremiah claiming is broken so that it must be renewed? John
  9. John D. Brey

    Richard Dawkins says he is a Cultural Christian

    I have, and have read, most of Dawkins' books. I've never heard him express anything like he does in this article. Nevertheless, knowing he's extremely thoughtful and intelligent, I always thought he might come this way. I wouldn't even be too surprised if he actually converted some day. One of...
  10. John D. Brey

    Reverse Engineering Judaism.

    . . . How do you reconcile these statements with Jeremiah 31:31-33? John
  11. John D. Brey

    Reverse Engineering Judaism.

    In the Gospels, two lineages are given for the birth of the purported Jewish messiah. His mother's lineage goes all the way back to the first human, while, ironically, his step-father's lineage goes back only to Abraham? Realizing that this Jewish firstborn, thought to be the...
  12. John D. Brey

    Reverse Engineering Judaism.

    Kirk Douglas wrote a book, My Stroke of Luck, that seems to support the same idea. After his stroke Douglas became religious for the first time in his life. And yet what he wrote about religion --after his stroke ---strikes anyone knowledgeable about religion as painfully simplistic and...
  13. John D. Brey

    Reverse Engineering Judaism.

    Your original statement about the first covenant being forever is important to this thread in the sense that the idea of a new covenant growing out of the older covenant isn't unique to the recent testimony that fancies itself the new testament. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I...
  14. John D. Brey

    Reverse Engineering Judaism.

    Interesting. I was just re-reading Freud for a study I was doing just last night when he made a comment similar to yours (on the first two pages of Civilization and Its Discontents). He spoke of a friend of his who'd read some of the negative things he'd written about religion. His friend said...
  15. John D. Brey

    Reverse Engineering Judaism.

    . . . Then are the prophets, and I have Ezekiel in mind, unfaithful to the Torah? John
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