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  1. John D. Brey

    There are no eyewitness accounts of Jesus in the New Testament

    In Colossians, Timothy, and Philemon, Paul mentions Luke as one of the inner core of those who are part of his ministry. Luke is one of the close associates of Paul as he travels and starts his churches. Others Paul mentions are Peter, John, Mark, Barnabas, all of whom are mentioned throughout...
  2. John D. Brey

    Lionizing Lyin Eyes.

    The implication is that some part of your brain—a module or network if you will—determines that your finger should move before you are even aware that you have made that decision. The results of these experiments indicate that even when we think we control the choice to act—a behavior as simple...
  3. John D. Brey

    There are no eyewitness accounts of Jesus in the New Testament

    Yes. He's definitely exiled from our world to some extent. But fear not. He still controls history. Things are moving, slowly (from our perspective), toward the world where his glory and grace and wisdom shines forth to everyone and where everyone will confess his name. Instead of contrasting...
  4. John D. Brey

    There are no eyewitness accounts of Jesus in the New Testament

    FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, 2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; 3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect...
  5. John D. Brey

    There are no eyewitness accounts of Jesus in the New Testament

    . . . If I were to dip my toe into the water to test the temperature before jumping into the thread, I'd point out that there's every reason to believe that Luke is the author of Acts and Luke, since the intro to the two letters presuppose Luke as the author of them both. Paul's letters mention...
  6. John D. Brey

    There are no eyewitness accounts of Jesus in the New Testament

    Berkeley did say, to be, is to be conceived or perceived, i.e., reality itself is a conceptual phenomenon. The physicist John Wheeler said reality is a participatory phenomenon. Nothing is, until it's perceived, conceived, conceptualized. God included. Schopenhauer said the limits our thoughts...
  7. John D. Brey

    There are no eyewitness accounts of Jesus in the New Testament

    There was a time when Stalin, Mao, or Hitler, could snap their fingers and end the life of anyone under their authority. We hope for something better in a God. We hope for a God whose omnipotence is guarded by grace, mercy, and respect for the freewill of the creatures he's created. We hope...
  8. John D. Brey

    There are no eyewitness accounts of Jesus in the New Testament

    What the speaker in the video says is completely unfounded allegation. It's so vapid I didn't even want to wade into the mire. I believe I can prove it's false. Would it make a difference if I did? Probably not. These kinds of debates are usually a beauty in the eyes of the beholder kind of...
  9. John D. Brey

    There are no eyewitness accounts of Jesus in the New Testament

    What's said in the video is patently false. And it should be noted that the person presenting these falsehoods advertises his true love and expertise by means of the comic book covers hanging on the wall over his right shoulder as he presents his comical falsehoods. The comic books are a kind of...
  10. John D. Brey

    The Holy Shelah: Lamb of God Demonic Lord ---Addendum.

    The idea of Hashem cleansing himself prior to becoming God's salvation to the world segues into numerous avenues of theological thought. In Isaiah 52:10, we read that God's holy arm will be made bare, naked, in front of the eyes of all nations such that the very ends of the earth will see the...
  11. John D. Brey

    The Holy Shelah: Lamb of God Demonic Lord ---Addendum.

    As is often the case with verses found throughout the Apostolic Epistles, the statement from Hebrews 9:28 addresses numerous important nuances floating around in the zeitgeist at the time of writing. "I will rejoice in your salvation." Rabbi Abahu said, This is one of the five most difficult...
  12. John D. Brey

    The Holy Shelah: Lamb of God Demonic Lord ---Addendum.

    The original thread on the Shelah's teaching concerning the Paschal lamb as a demonic Lord has already been edited into an essay. So rather than continuing with these new remarks in the original thread, a new thread addendum is being started. The original thread ended with a quotation of Hebrews...
  13. John D. Brey

    Are humans only the larval stage?

    Perhaps groups of humans, sedentary and packed together in communities, cities, and webs of electromagnetic communication, are already beginning to form a network as far beyond thought as thought is from the concerted swimming of spirochetes [motile bacteria]. We stand no more chance of being...
  14. John D. Brey

    Behold the Man whose Name is Tsemach.

    Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Tsemach [צמח], and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall save, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he [the tsemach] shall...
  15. John D. Brey

    Behold the Man whose Name is Tsemach.

    For all these reasons the first-born, which is ראשית [origin, original], is more like G'd who is the quintessence of all ראשית. On earth no first-born is a true ראשית [origin, original], since every first-born was sired by a father and born by a mother who both preceded him. It follows that only...
  16. John D. Brey

    Mother mary without sin?

    No. But ritually speaking, she represents אדם הראשון (Adam prior to the first sin) since prior to Genesis 2:21 ----where a new gender was formed according to the Hebrew phrase ויסגר בשר ("closed up the flesh," hint: penile-raphe) ----Adam was able to give birth him or herself rather than through...
  17. John D. Brey

    Mother mary without sin?

    If you claim "God created all" THEN belittling absurdity (which would be part of God's creation) equals belittling God equals blasphemy. John
  18. John D. Brey

    Is it smart to claim "my Religion is superior"?

    . . . Well there is the slight counter-factual truism that whereas I quote the Talmud you quote Homer Simpson. And fwiw, the "ya know babe," was in response to your calling me "dude," which, "dude," isn't the sort of lingo one expects from a brilliant polymath like yourself. It's more like...
  19. John D. Brey

    The Gospel According to the Shelah.

    Since Abraham circumcised himself on Passover, and since technically speaking his circumcision symbolizes his willingness to sacrifice Isaac as a human lamb (korban peshat), it's patently obvious why the Jewish sages say two blood were placed on the doorpost on Passover: the blood of the lamb...
  20. John D. Brey

    Is it smart to claim "my Religion is superior"?

    . . . Says the one somewhat confused about the nature of interpretation. Even male flesh disappearing into a bush can be interpreted sexually if that's how a person wants to interpret it. John
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