Constantine was 4th Century. He had absolutely nothing to do with the content of what we know as the Bible. Zip. Nada. And in all due respect, your opinion would have more credibility is you knew something about my background, experience, education and how I obtained it before making assumptions about what I know and how and why I know it.
Jesus quoted the talmud and cited the Mishnah left and right. I am not familiar with your Needle in the cloth citation nor
Matthew is described in the NT as a TAX COLLECTOR----tax collectors are described as unsavory characters----sorta like whores----for reason---they were ROMAN APPOINTEES ---the
Constantine sponsored the writing of the NT---which is theoretically based on prior writings, very little of which was extant at the time of the writing of the NT or presently. The
Neither the Talmud nor the Mishnah were in written form until the third century...two hundred years after Jesus lived. Because there was no long a Jewish Temple there was a growing anxiety Oral Tradition would be forgotten. The Talmud's written form, began in the third century, was not completed in its present form until the sixth century. The Mishnah (oral law) was written down in the third century.
How do you reconcile that with Deut 7? Who is "the Lord" described there?
Your post reinforces why some, including Alan Watts, refer to the bible as the most dangerous book in the world because it leads to hatred, murder and theft.
Did Jesus buy into the nonsense about Jews being 'the Chosen Ones'?
You should have been there Sue, but you weren't. In fact we read and discussed the bible.
The way The Lord (is it Moloch?) commands the Jews to steal the lands and kill the other races.
Constantine ordered that a "Bible" be written--one the pagans as well as Christians could embrace.. But it did not consist of the manuscripts that found their way into the New Testament that we have.
I am sure that He did as he had a solid grounding in the Jewish manuscripts that now make up what we now call the Old Testament. And after studying the histories for most of my adult life, I also believe the Jews were God's chosen people though perhaps they didn't always understand what that meant. It was from the Jews that Jesus of Nazareth was born, Jesus who was God with us here on Earth, who Christians believe was the promised Messiah, the living Christ who is still with us as the Holy Spirit.
If he believed that the Jews are superior to the rest, why did he preach that God loved all men equally?
It will make more sense to you if you start from the position that the Israelites believed that they were chosen to establish laws and be a holy nation that was set apart from other peoples. Which is exactly what they did as they established laws that were heads and shoulders above their contemporaries of the day.
And yet they established laws and behaviors which were heads and shoulders above their contemporaries. You seem to have missed the forest for the trees.
Exactly how long have you been a militant atheist?
Not persuasive sir. I tend to judge people and organizations by their actions, as words are cheap. By their murderous actions over many decades at least, it appears to me they are living up to The Lord's command in Deut 7. Whatever their "head and shoulders above laws" are, the actions that result are crimes against humanity.
