Yeah certainly not a 50-50, but in my earlier days as an atheist I would have probably been more sympathetic to mythicism as an ideologically driven polemic against Christianity. Nowadays, I just view it as a distraction from more interesting questions (like who Jesus of Nazareth was, what he...
I think that Matthew already had Jesus in Bethlehem. It was Luke that invented the bogus tax story and thus made his birth date later than that of the one in Matthew. In Matthew Herod was still alive and leader of Judea. That ended in 4 BCE. Luke has his specifically name...
I used to think the chances of a real historical Jesus were 50-50. Certainly there's no clincher either way, Two points in particular have changed my view to make it more likely, but by no means certain, that Jesus existed in history. The first is Ehrman's point that in the records we have, none...
This is blasphemy of the most high via spaghetti on the wall fallacy. "God's new covenant" you say.
Which God are you referring to .. "Ha Satan" ? chief God on Earth .. this "New Covenant" .. and what about the Old Covenants .. have you rejected these Gods ?
"All those who...
GOD'S ISRAEL IN THE NEW COVENANT ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES ARE NOW ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND OBEY GOD'S WORD!
According to the scriptures, the name "Israel" is only a name given by God to all those who choose to have faith in His Word. In the new covenant scriptures, I would like to pose that...
It's certainly True that the Holy Scriptures/Bible from Genesis to Revelation cannot be Reconciled with Exoteric Knowledge. Exoteric is the Natural and Historical Interpretation. You cannot understand the Holy Scriptures/Bible with Reason. For example, Albert Einstein and Karl Marx didn't...
I was an Eastern Orthodox Christian, until I decided to study the Bible for 4 years. I freaked out and have become almost an agnostic. Since then I have done my own unbiased search. There may be a God and Jesus, but the Bible contains so many lies, falsehoods and contradictions that in no way...
Everything you posted is accurate - so of course will be rejected by those who are ignorant of Jewish eschatology and scripture. Is 7:14 all by itself exposes the blatant dishonesty of the gospel authors and of the fringe group of Messianic Jews who were so desperate for a Messiah to appear...
Jesus was a Jew, the first Christians were Jews, many Jews became Christians and many still do become Christians.
It is easy to see your objections to Jesus as the Jewish Messiah, but as a Christian who believes Jesus is the Jewish Messiah, it is easy to see those objections are not really good...
Again, IMHO (you don't have to agree) the Kingdom of God is wherever he is obeyed. That's here in this world, not some spiritual place.
As far as why Jews reject Jesus, let me paste the following:
God is ECHAD, one, not three in one. Christianity teaches Trinitarianism, which although it is...
WHAT??????
Again, being a Jew is being part of a People. The People have a religion, but it is not necessary to follow this religion to be part of the People. Some Jews follow Judaism, and some don't. Jewish law states that anyone who is born of a Jewish mom, regardless of their beliefs, is a...
The Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit. How you translate that will vary person to person.
"If there is a claim in the NT that it's beneficial to read the scriptures, that statement is confined to the Tanakh, since there was no NT when that claim was written"
I’m not sure that holds. The...
There is no claim in the bible that the bible is inerrant. If there is a claim in the NT that it's beneficial to read the scriptures, that statement is confined to the Tanakh, since there was no NT when that claim was written.
The trouble with that is that no one of the Jewish faith would have...
Cutting and pasting from snake charmer sites and posting a whole bunch of passages that do not support your claim. Why do you post so many passages when only one is required ?
NT passages have nothing to do with Lord YHWH in which the Israelites believed. The Israelites did not believe...
Priceless it is! We are in the new covenant now not the old covenant. According to the scriptures, the name "Israel" is only a name given by God to all those who choose to have faith in His Word. In the new covenant scriptures, I would like to pose that Gods true Israel in the new covenant are...
You mean bible theology.
According to the scriptures, the name "Israel" is only a name given by God to all those who choose to have faith in His Word. In the new covenant scriptures, I would like to pose that Gods true Israel in the new covenant are no longer those born of the flesh of the seed...
Sorry dear friend but it is not being disingenuous at all or is it being bizarre to point out that someone is following teachings that are unsupported in the scriptures. It is called being truthful and honest and helping those who are caught in their sins of unbelief to find their way out of...