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When you gonna' pass out?Jeez smoky, I can hardly keep up.
You're spamming almost faster than I can drink.
*throws back two bottles of water*
That's in lieu of Biblical knowledge and understanding, or theological ability.Good god, man, your staying power is admirable
These are the guys I was delivered from by the searching light and transforming power of the Holy Spirit.A great existentialist theologian once said something like this (in German), "Even if the name of Jesus were not on the citizen-rolls of Nazareth, it would not shake my fath."
That is, even if there were undisputable proof that Jesus never existed, the Christian faith is still a viable and constructive religion.
2) Exclude the historical facts of Jesus life, actions and words and you have no content for this "faith,". . .nor do you have any substitutionary atonement to deliver from God's just wrath on the sin of those who hold this "faith" without content. . .and without content, just what is it they believe? . .how's that for absurd nonsense? . .This view completely focuses on the Christ of faith to the exclusion of the Jesus of history, and possible even the Christ of myth.
Please show where classic orthodox Reformed theology of the 1646 Westminster Confession of Faith is anything but 100% Biblical.Others combine the Jesus of history, Christ of faith, and Christ of myth.
As theologians and churches fabricate their Jesus and Christ - some more constructively than others - they pick and choose from elements of history, faith, and myth in the Christian traditions.
If I can't afford one, I'll do it in a bottle of Jack.
That's in lieu of Biblical knowledge and understanding, or theological ability.
Here's what I think:. . .I personally don't think Jesus understood himself as the Messiah.
Looks like someone is trying to extend "authority" as a "staff" member to "authority" over the Scriptures and orthodox Reformed NT theology. . .on both of which he is abysmally ignorant, and exhibits gross theological ineptitude. . .as can be seen in responses on this thread.To smoky: thanks for starting this thread so these ideas don't derail other threads.
To all other readers: Please note that this is not normative Christian theology We can't keep people from embarrassing themselves: where the OP is not anti-Semitic it's profoundly irrational.