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Preacher
Like I said from the beginning, had there been no Judas, then Jesus would have been betrayed by someone else.You don't know this because the chance was never given for this to come to pass. You're just speculating and going in circles. In the process, you continue to admit that the fictional Judas character was a mere tool who could've been replaced by another proxy if he hadn't followed the script.
A confession. Your purpose for this thread is nonsense. It took 75 posts to get to this conclusion. There was no question to evade.I agree. I just posted for mere speculation and to show how nonsensical and fictional the story is. LOL!!
Still though, you never provided any evidence that Judas existed. You totally evaded the question.
Nowhere in the OT is the Jesus' name mentioned either. We know He is Messiah by the life He lives.No you didn't. Nowhere in the Old Testament is Judas' name specifically mentioned. Judas had no idea that he would be the betrayer until the evening of the incident.
Another confession of you speculating. So, based on the story, I got it right. Thanks.If you can't provided extra-biblical evidence, you're merely speculating that Judas actually existed. As far as the second is concerned, you finally got it right. It's hypothetical which is akin to speculation, not evidence.
I have relatives whose remains lie in their graves in our cemetery because babies were used in the military in Korea and in Iraq. They have thousands of peers and I have thousands of other families like mine. It is insulting that you are not consciously aware of these types of situations. That is no speculation, sir. Those are facts and truth WITH evidence.In what culture is a newborn baby considered a soldier? You continue to just make up stuff with nothing to support it. Nevermind how illogical it sounds. Newborn babies in the military?! Nothing you post or say can justify the mass murdering of newborn babies and children. It's ashame that you'd even try to do so.
The evidence is right in the Scriptures and it speaks to you every time that you read it. The choice of accepting the invitation is entirely yours. That you refuse does not invalidate the truth.Again, no evidence, only speculation. How many times are you going to make statements with no supporting evidence? Each time you do this, your credibility continues to wane.
It's insulting that you expected me to believe that the Jesus character came in person to your friends to promise them riches and heaven. It's good that you've corrected and backtracked from such thinking.
The evil shepherd is the by-product of the Roman Empire. He is not named, but given a label. What label is that, sir?The reason I can't see it is because it's not there in Zechariah. This is why there are at least 31,000 different denominations in the Christian religion, all with differing beliefs and not on the same page.
Folks read and misinterpret simple English and don't even know it.
Who is the evil shepherd mentioned in Zechariah 11?
I have placed both information and opportunity before you. You have chosen not to pursue it. That is called laziness.In other words, you have nothing concrete and factual to support your post about a book of Jeremiah which is supposed to list the writings of several prophets.
If one can't back up what he says, one shouldn't say it. That's called fabrication.
That tells the casual Bible reader that you don't know what Jesus did to make me "just". It's just ignorance on your part. Furthermore, the Bible is not on trial in a US court of law. If I were a court judge, then my bias would be irrelevent anyway.So if you're biased, that tells me you're not a "just" person when it comes to the bible. It's a good thing you're not a court judge. Your admitted personal and biased attitude would certainly cloud the balances of justice in a court of law.
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Again, you prove exactly what He said. You don't see Him just like they didn't see Him. Pity.So him being god is supposed to explain away contradicting verses? The Jesus character is the very one who said that "no man hath seen god AT ANY TIME", so how could he BE god if he claimed that no man hath seen him at anytime?
If he was on earth for several years, then folks did SEE him. Why would he even make the statement IF he was god?
Dacon, you can twist and try to make it fit, but fact of the matter is that the two passages still contradict each other regardless how much you try to explain it away.
Thanks for validating Christianity as being eastern. That might have something to do with why you don't get it. I have no need to hope for heaven. Eternity is now. I am merely waiting for its dispensations.You walked right past the oldest trick in the book. As a matter of fact, you walked right past the oldest trick in most Western religions.
Say something is there when in all actuality, it's not. For example, one of the things hoped for could be heaven. Heaven is not here, so one has to have "faith" that there is such a place as described in the bible where the biblical god resides on his throne.
This is the kind of faith that's mentioned in Hebrew. There's no evidence, but one's belief is counted as evidence. How can one lose with such massive deception and slight of hand tricks? Just believe and it's counted as evidence.
Only in religion....ONLY in religion could one be enticed to believe that an "ass" spoke Hebrew or that a massive river split in two to allow 2-3 million people to cross it or that the sun stopped in midstream. All without factual and supporting evidence. That's why it's called "faith".
Those are not bedfellows of Christianity. They have no basis in Christ. But, you already knew that before you typed that. The burden of proof is with the Scriptures.There is no medical evidence showing that evil spirits are the cause of diseases. The bible makes claim that evil spirits DO cause diseases. The burden of proof is on the party making the claim. You seem to keep running away from this claim by trying to put the burden of proof on me.
Is my asking you to show evidence of such a thing too hard of a task for you to do? All I'm asking is that you present evidence proving that evil spirits cause diseases. It's as simple as that. The burden of proof is on the one making the affirmative claim. Please remember this.
By the way, pagan shamans of Africa and Asia believe the same as you do about evil spirits. Strange bedfellows indeed.
Your conclusion is a delusion. Christianity is founded by Christ: who authored the OT, NT, pre-T, and post-T. :read:Christianity is founded by the writers of the New Testament, who in turn used the Old Testament (and previous religions) as a foundation in helping to create the religion of Christianity. The Jesus character just happens to be the major actor in the story similar to Kristna being the major actor in the Hindu religion.
Not one single archeologist, scientist, nor historian has produced any EVIDENCE that any one of the ancient documents was copied or plagiarized from another. No such original documents have been produced. It's kind of like your pagan shamans of Africa and Asia that you mentioned above sharing some similar concepts but having completely different origins.Over the past two years, I've willingly posted dozens of verified resources supporting my posts much more than you have.
For example, I've posted resources from credible and world renowned archaeologists proving that the exodus never occurred. I'm sure you remember the article and the information in that article.
What extra-biblical evidence have you posted that's credible and reliable? Nothing.
I posted no article about an African preacher raising a man from the dead. I have posted an article about an African preacher being raised from the dead...and I have met the EVIDENCE. Nice guy.Should I remind you about the bogused article you posted about the African preacher supposedly raising a man from the dead? LOL!! That article was found to be a sham and was supported only by the preacher's sheer imagination, but you took it and ran with it only to find out the hard way that the article and story wasn't true.
Already invalidated by the Scripture that defines faith. Nice try.For the most part, scientist are more objective than religious folks. Why? Because they require a product called "evidence" and it has to be peer reviewed by independent parties.
On the other hand, eligion requires something which falls far short of evidence. It's called "faith".