(January 28, 2016 at 7:38 am)Constable Dorfl Wrote:(January 28, 2016 at 5:09 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Did the Sadducees even believe in the God character or were they atheists who just liked to wear fancy robes?
From what I've read the biggest difference between saducee and pharisee factions is that the saducees wanted to keep temple access mosaic laws and full worship only with the Temple families (ie the priesthood and aristocracy) whereas the pharisees wanted all of judaism (well, ok, men only) to have full privileges and responsibilities under the religious laws.
The Sadducees didn't believe in spirits so how could they believe in the holy ghost? Isn't God supposed to be a spirit?