Desert Snake
Veteran Member
Some questions, and I'm not bashing any religious ideas, but these things seem like contradictions at best, assumptions etc.
-If the books of the NT are written by 'others' regarding what they thought were Jesus's teachings, how reliable could they be? Why follow them?
-Since the NT was written in Greek, and some even think Jesus spoke Greek, why make the assumption that Jesus was talking about the priestly religions deities or deity ideas? Didn't Jesus say, 'you have not known the father,' to His followers? Another deity? He blatantly tells His followers they haven't known the father until He reveals the Deity.
-Why assume the NT was trying to 'Greekify' the teachings, for all we know the effort was to make them inclusive to Judaism.
-Considering that Jesus upbraided and scolded the priests, told people to break the Shabbat, eat whatever they wanted, why would the previous "laws" be the benchmark for anything? He clearly tells us to break all the most important laws.
-Why assume Jesus was following a certain religion when He preaches to us that we should abandon all the ideas we held and follow His teachings? Isn't it impossible to accomplish both? It's either one or the other.
- How do we know which deities the priests were worshipping, it may have been a pantheon, may be that's what Jesus was scolding them about.
-If the books of the NT are written by 'others' regarding what they thought were Jesus's teachings, how reliable could they be? Why follow them?
-Since the NT was written in Greek, and some even think Jesus spoke Greek, why make the assumption that Jesus was talking about the priestly religions deities or deity ideas? Didn't Jesus say, 'you have not known the father,' to His followers? Another deity? He blatantly tells His followers they haven't known the father until He reveals the Deity.
-Why assume the NT was trying to 'Greekify' the teachings, for all we know the effort was to make them inclusive to Judaism.
-Considering that Jesus upbraided and scolded the priests, told people to break the Shabbat, eat whatever they wanted, why would the previous "laws" be the benchmark for anything? He clearly tells us to break all the most important laws.
-Why assume Jesus was following a certain religion when He preaches to us that we should abandon all the ideas we held and follow His teachings? Isn't it impossible to accomplish both? It's either one or the other.
- How do we know which deities the priests were worshipping, it may have been a pantheon, may be that's what Jesus was scolding them about.
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