Quote:What's the use of having dumb illiterate lackeys that do fuck all besides being his fall guys?

Their function was to serve as the Greek Chorus which was a standard theatrical technique of the day.  Whenever jesus wiped his ass they were supposed to say "oh, wow, Lord."

(January 25, 2017 at 3:42 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:

(January 25, 2017 at 8:37 am)Godschild Wrote: Yes I know, it was Shishak's predecessor who was by Egyptian records Ramos's IV that had a overseer of the northern territories which would have included southern parts of Judah, his name in Hebrew was Sarah and he most likely was an Ethiopian. For info Shishak was Ramese III. As I said large armies were put together to defeat Egypt and though historians believe the numbers were exaggerated (ie. because they believe that happened in the reports of most nations in those times) doesn't mean they are right,they were not there. Even if the numbers were exaggerated Asa with God's help defeated the Egyptian army and was the finial blow to Egypt's reign of that area. Sorry for the misinformation in the earlier post, I got my rulers mixed up and went and checked to make sure I was giving it to you correctly this time. Not all historians agree with what I just reported but this account brings together quite nicely the history of the two nations that other accounts do not..

GC

Wars are matters of logistics.  The lack of logistics probably had more to do with the Egyptian defeat than anything.  They were not Mongols.

The Bible says God's army won the day. His army is of angels.

(January 26, 2017 at 2:00 am)Godschild Wrote:

(January 25, 2017 at 3:42 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Wars are matters of logistics.  The lack of logistics probably had more to do with the Egyptian defeat than anything.  They were not Mongols.

The Bible says God's army won the day. His army is of angels.

What do angels eat beside angel food cake?

(January 26, 2017 at 2:08 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:

(January 26, 2017 at 2:00 am)Godschild Wrote: The Bible says God's army won the day. His army is of angels.

What do angels eat beside angel food cake?

Don't know and think it doesn't matter if they eat at all. This is not the only time we have an account of God's army of angels decimating a huge military army.

GC

(January 26, 2017 at 3:36 am)Godschild Wrote:

(January 26, 2017 at 2:08 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: What do angels eat beside angel food cake?

Don't know and think it doesn't matter if they eat at all. This is not the only time we have an account of God's army of angels decimating a huge military army.

GC

Don't you realize by now that the biblical God character was simply the series of men who ruled the dominant Middle Eastern empire at any given time? The word "God" was simply the title, sort of like "POTUS" or "CEO".  Everybody and his brother was a god of some kind in ancient times.  Remember Darius?  The God character bit the dust when the last Babylonian emperor croaked with his empire.  And guess what?  He isn't ever coming back.

Remember, even the Bible says that you shouldn't believe in Jewish fairy tales.

(January 25, 2017 at 10:38 pm)Minimalist Wrote:

Quote:What's the use of having dumb illiterate lackeys that do fuck all besides being his fall guys?

Their function was to serve as the Greek Chorus which was a standard theatrical technique of the day. 

Quote:Whenever jesus wiped his ass they were supposed to say "oh, wow, Lord."

Was that because he had a "W" tattooed on either side of his arsehole?

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(January 25, 2017 at 10:34 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: All of the characters were made up.  They are imaginary characters in a story.  But for the sake of discussion it's useful to discuss them as if they were real.  The main problem in discussing the Bible is that no one has really read and comprehended it.  It's a very complex story.

As I've said before, the Bible didn't exist as a complete and unified story until an English committee wrote it around 700 AD as a gift to the Pope and in response to the Koran fairy tale that Uthman's committee had written in the mid 600s.  So while the writers had the basic agreed upon outline to guide them each writer put in his own little gems to show that it was just BS.  

Of course the religion existed before the Bible was written and so did various bits and pieces of various scrolls.  But they were not the Bible.  Once the English wrote it then the stories were fixed, like they had been written in stone.  But of course as time passed everyone and his brother added his own two cents and now we have multiple versions that suit the casual reader.  

The Koran was also altered that way.  It wasn't originally written in numbered chapters and verses.  Everyone overlooks that, even the most fervent cleric in Saudi Arabia.  

As for the Jews they don't generally believe in Jesus and don't think that they are going to hell according to the Jewish Babylonian Talmud.  

Religion is a con game that enables con men to gain wealth and power over their more superstitious buddies.  The Bible has numerous examples of that.

Ok that sounds interesting, thanks WOG. Have you or anyone else any thoughts about what scriptures Paul was supposed to be talking about as in "according to the Scriptures" ?
 

(January 26, 2017 at 5:11 am)Firefighter01 Wrote:

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(January 25, 2017 at 10:38 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Their function was to serve as the Greek Chorus which was a standard theatrical technique of the day. 
Was that because he had a "W" tattooed on either side of his arsehole?

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Quote:Ok that sounds interesting, thanks WOG. Have you or anyone else any thoughts about what scriptures Paul was supposed to be talking about as in "according to the Scriptures" ?

 
There is one specific passage where the phrase "according to the Scriptures" is used:

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (KJV) = "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"

There are several other passages that refer to Scriptures.

(January 26, 2017 at 4:50 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:

(January 26, 2017 at 3:36 am)Godschild Wrote: Don't know and think it doesn't matter if they eat at all. This is not the only time we have an account of God's army of angels decimating a huge military army.

GC

Don't you realize by now that the biblical God character was simply the series of men who ruled the dominant Middle Eastern empire at any given time? The word "God" was simply the title, sort of like "POTUS" or "CEO".  Everybody and his brother was a god of some kind in ancient times.  Remember Darius?  The God character bit the dust when the last Babylonian emperor croaked with his empire.  And guess what?  He isn't ever coming back.

Remember, even the Bible says that you shouldn't believe in Jewish fairy tales.

I'm not sure where the Bible says that, could you please give me that info.
All men who claimed to be gods or either said to be gods they have bit the dust and want be returning. However the God of the Bible is very real and will be returning.

GC

(January 26, 2017 at 5:53 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:

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There is one specific passage where the phrase "according to the Scriptures" is used:

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (KJV) = "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"

There are several other passages that refer to Scriptures.

Sure, but what scriptures?  If he even existed, he couldn't have been referring to the Gospels as they hadn't been written yet.  He couldn't be referring to the Jewish Bible (or the OT) as it doesn't mention JC dying for our sins.  If he was referring to his own holy writings, that would be blasphemous. So what scriptures do you reckon he was talking about?

(January 27, 2017 at 3:20 am)Firefighter01 Wrote:

(January 26, 2017 at 5:53 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: There is one specific passage where the phrase "according to the Scriptures" is used:

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (KJV) = "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"

There are several other passages that refer to Scriptures.

Sure, but what scriptures?  If he even existed, he couldn't have been referring to the Gospels as they hadn't been written yet.  He couldn't be referring to the Jewish Bible (or the OT) as it doesn't mention JC dying for our sins.  If he was referring to his own holy writings, that would be blasphemous. So what scriptures do you reckon he was talking about?

The Jesus character was always quoting Isaiah.

Paul cited Isaiah in Romans and Galatians.