Recent content by godsandmen

The shroud and the bone box of James are both fake. If you believe the James ossuary is legit, then you should also believe that the Jesus ossuary is legit. Yes, a bone box containing the remains of one "Jesus, son of Joseph".

Too bad Christians don't value the great commission as much as they value the 'sanctity of life'. They've lost their first love. They've abandoned their mission in favor of worldly power. It WILL backfire.

I truly believe that evangelicals have lost sight of their mission. According to the N.T., their mission is to spread the gospel and make as many converts as they can. Their mission is NOT to try to legislate their beliefs via political activity. Consider what their misguided efforts politically...

Of course. Crossan meant it as a joke.

The weird thing about that, as John Crossan once wrote, is that Jesus sitting at God's right hand means that God is sitting at Jesus' left hand!

What it means is that have forever given up any pretense of owning the moral high ground. They are corrupt to the core. They are apostate.

Here's what bothers me about that. In NT times, poverty among Jews was rampant. It reminds me of when I visited India many years ago. There were beggars everywhere! Palestine in NT times had no social safety nets for the poor. The only thing the poor had to fall back on was begging. They were...

I love the way Democrats seem to be oblivious to the fact that the scriptures that they want to attack Christians with are specific warnings against supporting their policies. Oh but the reverse is also true, only, sadly, much, much more so! I'd like them to actually learn from the scriptures...

"are believed to be total lies" is the key here. It is unfounded 'beliefs' like this that the right is guilty of. Seems that beliefs, rather than facts, are a big part of the problem here, beginning with religious beliefs, but ultimately going far beyond that. When beliefs can be 'legitimately'...

Thanks for such an intelligent rebuttal :lame2:

Okay, I read your post again. Maybe I did misunderstand. If so, I apologize.

Yes, you dismissed the OT, now take me over there and teach me a lesson! Choose wisely.

Actually Jesus lived during OT times. The NT did not come into existence until much later. If you want to look at it in terms of covenants, the new covenant did not begin until after Jesus' death. Besides, God is the same - yesterday, today and forever. Right? The OT cannot be dismissed just...

I just love the way Christians so easily dismiss the Old Testament.