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The Conflicting Theologies of the New Testament

sojourner

Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
If a Perfect God wants to inspire a book about salvation shouldn't he proof read what his writers write so there no confusion and hundred of denominations don't pop up. But it follows that a perfect all powerful god should be able to handle writting a clear forward book. Yet since the bible is not like that God doesn't exist.
Nope. First, the bible isn't "about salvation." Second, "inspiration" =/= "proofreading." It doesn't follow at all. You're trying to pound the bible into something that it simply is not, and then claim that because it doesn't fit YOUR definition, God cannot exist. Your argument is fallacious.
 

sojourner

Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
No text anywhere says what you say
Biblical text? Of course not. No biblical text says that the creation story is mythic, either -- but we know it is. We know because clues in the text point to its mythic nature. This is why we engage in textual criticism. Similarly, clues in the gospels point us to which quotes are authentic and which are not. Again: textual criticism. The "light of truth" comes through a grounding in critical textual study.
 

sojourner

Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006

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Your right there could have been a man named Jesus who existed and then started a cult who was later crucified by the Romans. But that doesn't make his religion to be true ether.

Except I do believe everything he said about love. It is the most important thing in life. If love were everywhere, the world would be a beautiful paradise.
 

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Is English a second language for you? Because this doesn't make sense.


The Essenes were a small, Jewish sect. Gnosticism is a Christian sect. They are not the same, although one may have been influenced by the other.

I personally believe that everyone influenced everyone else in the Middle East in the Old Testament and the Middle East and Mediterranean in the New Testament. People were mixing and mingling and exchanging ideas.
 
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