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3rd July 2004, 02:44 PM
#11
Historical Accuracy of the Bible
Aglandiir, the Talmud is even more than what you're asking for. Instead of being objective it is subjective AGAINST Christianity, but it still corroborates Jesus' miracles. And forget about the time lapse because that also does not hurt my case. In fact, as I've stated before, the fact that the Jews could not deny Jesus' miracles, [I]even after 150 years[I] only shows how well known it was that Jesus performed miracles.
In response to Last Exile, to my knowledge the first end times prophecy was given by woman, (Hannah in 1st Samuel chapter 2) Deborah was a female judge. The first people to spread the news of Christ's resurrection were two females.
This is not to say that women and men are treated the same in the Bible. I know full well that is not the truth. If you call, treating men and women differently sexism than I would say the Bible is sexist. I would also say that, by the above definition, any person who calls a man a man or a woman a woman is also sexist for not calling them the same thing. That is, after all, treating them differently.
Men and women are different. If they were not, they would not be called men and women. In my opinion it is not sexist (I do not agree with the above definition of sexism) to give men and women different roles. After all, they are different. Biblically speaking, the Bible does say that in the church, men should lead. It even goes so far as to say that a woman shall not usurp authority over a man in the church. Yes, it says that. I'm not denying it.
Speaking generally, men tend to represent (in my observation) the extremes of spectrums. The majority of world leaders are men. Almost all serial killers are men. Most of the saints recognized by the catholic church are men.
I agree with you by saying the majority of people will go to hell. (while I think 90% is far too liberal an estimate)
And as far as number five goes, Eve may or may not have slept with her sons. She probably would have had enough fertile years to just have kids with Adam. People lived a lot longer back then. (Adam lived to be 930) Now Adam's and Eve's children would have certainly slept with each other. (This was millenia before God's prohibition on incest) So what's your point with the Eve thing?
Crazy, I'd rather tell people that they're wrong instead of know that I'm letting them go to hell.
How am I making Christians look stupid?
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