(September 18, 2015 at 3:06 am)robvalue Wrote: Lek: not sure if you missed my post earlier, or didn't want to reply to my points.
Either way, it's not in the least surprising that the NT lines up with the OT. The authors of the NT had the OT right in front of them. All they had to do is make up stuff that lines up with it. Anyone could do that. There's clear evidence of them trying a little too hard to do this in places, and due to them not understanding the language properly, they produced ridiculous scenes like Jesus riding on two asses at once. Matthew misunderstood the original, which only actually meant one ass.
It's like they had the answers at the back of the textbook and were just copying them. Is that really impressive? Are you impressed when one Harry Potter book lines up with the previous one?
Actually, Jesus doesn't line up at all with the OT. If he's meant to be God (originally he wasn't, that was a later addition) then he is also the psychopathic murderer we read about in the OT, which Christians try so hard to push to the background.
First of all, Rob, Jesus being God was not a later edition. The following reference extracts the numerous verses supporting his deity.
https://carm.org/bible-verses-show-jesus-divine
Secondly, if a horse owner brought his two horses home and told his wife that he "rode the horses home", she wouldn't think he rode both horses at once. Or Jesus could have ridden both horses at different times. The colt may not have been ready to carry a rider for the entire distance.
Yes. The writers of the bible could have created fulfillment of prophesies based on their knowledge of earlier books, but why would they? All fulfillment of prophesies is not contained in the new testament, but most is found in the old testament. Those old testament writers couldn't have been tying to support a Jesus myth? None of the authors got rich or powerful, but some were persecuted. What would they have to gain? I really only see it as your opinion.
