Christian author has problem with conservatives - Page 3

gorillamom · 01-27-2008, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by LeisureChrist

Granted, but given the time and place in which Yeshua Ibn Josef lived, looking like Barry Gibb (even Barry Gibb working a major buzz) would have made him stand out like a sore thumb. White Jesus is a fiction developed to make xtianity more palatable to white europeans in ages gone by.

Strange to think that the church would need to use lies in order to sell what they claim is truth, huh?

They made him look white and attractive to attract females knowing the men would follow their females.

Gaia · 01-28-2008, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by gorillamom

They made him look white and attractive to attract females knowing the men would follow their females.

You Go Girl!!

GurnBlanston · 01-31-2008, 12:12 PM

Thanks Teri. just ordered the book at amazon.

The one thing my studies in scripture taught me was that the "Bible" is not an authority on anything. It's simply a guide.
Conservatives would know this if they didn't cliff note the book.

sidenote: The Bible is the most shoplifted book.

Teri B. · 01-31-2008, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by GurnBlanston

Thanks Teri. just ordered the book at amazon.

The one thing my studies in scripture taught me was that the "Bible" is not an authority on anything. It's simply a guide.
Conservatives would know this if they didn't cliff note the book.

sidenote: The Bible is the most shoplifted book.

Really?

I would think it would be so easy to get one free.

Here's another book that was GREAT! Bart Erman's one of the foremost theologians of our time, and one of the few people on the planet who can read coptic. He's studies the oldest known texts of the Bible and found a lot of scribes have intentionally (probably pursuant to who ever hired them to copy it) and unintentionally added and subtracted texts, and it gives a history of just how we ended up with the 4 books of the Bible we have that is really amazing:

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind ... - Google Book Search

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GurnBlanston Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 598 My Mood: Thanks: 33 Thanked 31 Times in 21 Posts	Thanks Teri. just ordered the book at amazon. The one thing my studies in scripture taught me was that the "Bible" is not an authority on anything. It's simply a guide. Conservatives would know this if they didn't cliff note the book. sidenote: The Bible is the most shoplifted book.
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