GodEvolved wrote in message ...
>Jet <thatjetnospam at yahoo.com> wrote in news:3D37C4AB.AD6889CA at yahoo.com:
>> John Knight wrote:
>>>>>> "Cary Kittrell" <cary at afone.as.arizona.edu> wrote in message
>>> news:ah53hg$aks$1 at oasis.ccit.arizona.edu...>>> > In article <3d35ea3f.214975 at news.freeserve.net>
>>>angilion at ypical.fsnet.co.uk (Angilion) writes:
>>> > <
>>> > <On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:26:19 GMT, Bob LeChevalier
>>> > <lojbab at lojban.org> <wrote:
>>> > <
>>> > {...}
>>> > <
>>> > <Ah, I see. That makes perfect sense if you believe the Bible to
>>> > be <the Word Of God.
>>> > <
>>> > <Perfect anti-science - ignore any evidence that contradicts a
>>> > hypothesis. <Ignore all evidence, really.
>>> > <
>>> > <Which translation of the Bible do you take as the Word Of God,
>>> > that's <the question.
>>> > <
>>> >
>>> > I'm always gobsmacked by the (rather sizeable) subset of Christians
>>> > who believe that the King James is the one, true, and only correct
>>> > translation into English. Apparently they feel that God wasn't
>>> > terribly interested in pre-Elizabethan anglophones.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -- cary
>>>>>> The fact is that the more translations of the Holy Bible there are,
>>> the better an understanding of it you can gain.
>>>>>> Looking at it from the perspectives of two or three or ten different
>>> translators is an excellent way to clarify an important point that
>>> might otherwise be obscured if you relied *only* on the KJV.
>>>>>> Also, there are some very whacked out translators who've gotten
>>> caught trying to pull stunts like pretending that they believe that
>>> jews were Isrealites, or that Israelites were jews.
>>>>>> Now, cary, what kind of translators do you think would want to pull a
>>> stunt like that?
>>>>>> John Knight
>>>> Jesus was a Jew, so it always puzzles me why Xtian racists like you
>> hate Jews.
>>They did sort of nail him to a cross, though the Romans. They all sort of
>forget that he was fated to be nailed to a cross, but let's let that pass
>for now.
>From The Cross, Jesus said, "Father, forgive them for they know not what
they do."
'moving away from' what Jesus taught, even on The Cross, 'Crucifies' Jesus
all over again, doesn't it?
Yup.
fact is, anyone who does this or that which is =merely= unfamiliar within
the experience of others, tends to get 'crucified', even in our 'modern
times'.
Jesus Understood this. such Understanding =permeates= everything Jesus
Taught.
He came to humanity, anyway, Understanding all that's inherent.
even His Rejection.
even His Crucifixion.
and, in such Full-Knowing, He [God [I Believe]] =Chose= the Jews.
'move away from' God's Choice, yet 'believe' one 'moves toward' God?
doesn't compute.
yes, the same dynamics still constitute the Central 'dilemma' within human
affiars.
folks 'move toward' that which, through experience, has become merely
familiar, and, groups, having experienced differentially, 'move away from'
differentially, depending upon what's in each group's merely-familiar stuff.
but, look and see, Jesus met all of such head-on, and, Lovingly, cast it
into the Nothingness of Hell, on behalf of =all= people, everywhere.
it's Good to take it to 'heart'.
the only opportunity for Humanity's Survival derives in this One-Thing.
"Love your enemies."
"Do good to those who persecute you."
"Turn the other cheek."
"Go the extra mile."
~"Give 'em your shirt, too."
"Blessed are you when all persecute you for my name's sake."
"Blessed are the poor in spirit.'
"Blessed are the peacemakers."
and, so forth.
look and see. Jesus was talking from His 'Heart', and He =Meant= what He
Said.
we must not Crucify Him, over and over again, through 'moving away from'
Him, over and over again.
'move toward'.
voila!
the 'problem' stuff 'goes away'.
k. p. collins
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