Brian2
Veteran Member
Really?
The very first verse of G-Mark was altered!
The NIV bible makes that very clear........ the entry 'son of God' was not in the earliest copies of G-Mark.
Mark 1:1 This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
How does the NIV show that "Son of God" was not in the earliest copies of G-Mark?
Maybe it was Christians who felt the need to emphasise, colour and make up some parts?
Maybe you just don't like some Christian doctrines and that is why you accept and dismiss as you see fit.
We don't try and make up stories..... we researched and discovered, which is how we (many of us) left Christian Churches.
A good example is Geza Vermes who translated the Dead Sea Scrolls, he was a priest but left Christianity after researching/writing his book about Historical Jesus.
These days especially research can be done and people can end up believing top scholars who completely trash the Bible. Research does not necessarily tell us the truth, but can tell us what skeptics say about the Bible. Vermes was right that we should see Jesus as a Jew. We should see Him in the light of the Hebrew scriptures but not necessarily in the light of the Jewish interpretation of those scriptures.
What I told you about Jesus Son of the Father is there for you to read, less his first name which was removed.........
I'm not sure where this information is. Maybe there was symbolism is Barabbas's name which indicated something. What is it that you think of Barabbas that you think I or other Christians should know?