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[quote:Anonymous Coward 35560975:MV8yMTU3MzIwXzM2NDYyNzY5XzJCNkY4NTUw] [quote:Anonymous Coward 35542132:MV8yMTU3MzIwXzM2NDYyNTM3X0IyMjQ4ODdD] The Bad Samaritan: Behind the Lies and Cover-ups about the Man Believed to be God August 1, 2008 By davidjones By LYNN PICKNETT & CLIVE PRINCE It is remarkable what happens when you abandon your preconceptions about Christianity – hard though that might be, if, like us, you were brought up as a churchgoer – and approach the subject as objectively as possible. When we began our latest book, The Masks of Christ: Behind the Lies and Cover-ups About the Man Believed to be God, we thought we had already reached certain conclusions in our 1997 The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ (which Dan Brown acknowledges as a major inspiration for The Da Vinci Code). But as our research progressed we became enthralled – perhaps even a little shocked – by what we were faced with, but which only served to reinforce and clarify our previous conclusions. We begin with a great mystery. The Great Debate Of the many puzzles surrounding Jesus, perhaps the most fundamental is the clash between the Jewish and pagan elements in his mission. Certain New Testament passages are unequivocally hardcore Jewish nationalist, such as Jesus’ claim to the title of Messiah, a role which (despite Christians’ later redefinition) only makes sense in Jewish terms. The Messiah – ‘Anointed’, in Greek ‘Christos’ – was to be the great deliverer, who would reassemble and lead the twelve tribes of Israel in kicking out the Romans, before finally fulfilling God’s promise to extend their rule to all other nations. Of course, Jesus conspicuously failed to fulfil that role. From the Jews’ perspective he achieved the exact opposite, spawning a religion that, in his name, subjected them to centuries of subjugation. That is why his besotted early followers changed the whole emphasis of ‘Messiah’, with Paul initiating the new spin with the notion that has underpinned Christianity ever since: instead of being a hard-nosed Jewish military leader, the new Messiah was a god-man whose redeeming death and resurrection offered eternal life to all who accepted him, regardless of their ethnic or religious background. Yet the gospel writers still ensured Jesus was associated with the old prophecies of the Messiah, such as entering Jerusalem on a donkey, which was an unequivocal declaration of Messiahship. Even though by the time of the gospels the Christian movement had adopted Paul’s doctrine that the message was for all mankind, clearly the internal evidence shows that Jesus himself intended to confine the ‘Good News’ to the people of Israel. We see this in the tale of Jesus and the Syro-Phoenician woman in Mark’s Gospel, where at first he refuses to heal her possessed daughter because she is not one of the chosen people – even calling her ‘dog’, the racist term used by Jews of Gentiles – only changing his mind when she implicitly acknowledges his God’s superiority. As several scholars admit, since this contradicts the gospel writer’s own position, it must be authentic. Continue to read: http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/articles/the-bad-samaritan-behind-the-lies-and-cover-ups-about-the-man-believed-to-be-god :hf: [/quote] Haha funny the title is "the lies and coverups"... thats what the world has been trying to do about Jesus since He walked on the earth. The truth will be known to all mankind Behold, He is coming with clouds, [b]and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him[/b]. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. You still have time... [/quote]
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How do you have a personal relationship with God? Here is a simple and easy to understand article that helps a person understand what that means. [
link to www.wikihow.com
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link to corinthbaptist.com
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This is not to bash all christian churches because there are some amazing and wonderful churches out there. But, for those who can't find one, or are not ready to go there for whatever reason, you can find Jesus today right where you are now.
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