12 Unbelievably Bad Marketers in Jerusalem

[Wyrd of Gawd]

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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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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.

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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.