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Karadeniz

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2. The Zappa quote reflects the Church's idiotic insistence that Christian theology is connected to

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Mon Mar 14, 2022, 12:44 PM

Mar 2022

Hebrew writings. Jesus denied this in his wine cask metaphor. Not one parable's message is connected to the old testament. We know early church men added old testament references because they told us so. But, tying in Christian writings to the old testament lends the Jesus biography historicity. And prevents Christians from having an unclouded appraisal of their scriptures' meaning. It's a mess.

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If We Are Made In God's Image ... [View all] ItsjustMe Mar 2022 OP

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He keeps going in that bit IbogaProject Mar 2022 #3

The Zappa quote reflects the Church's idiotic insistence that Christian theology is connected to Karadeniz Mar 2022 #2

There's nothing wrong with magic old as dirt Mar 2022 #4