RE: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?
April 2, 2022 at 10:57 pm
(This post was last modified: April 2, 2022 at 11:04 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
He talks to god the father, not himself. IIRC, there are alot of verses in matthew where it might appear that jesus is refering to himself in the third person as well - but it's actually narrative foreshadowing. The son of man will do this, the son of man will do that. He predicts his death and resurrection this way. So that much at least is common in the narrative overall. Ironically, any part of John where jesus is still referring to god as a distinct entity from himself is without a doubt more true to the original narrative that the author of john revised.
As far as teaching the gentiles, I think that probably expressed a difference of opinion between the authors of matthew and mark. By the time the rest are written it's a moot point as christianity is becoming a huge success with gentiles no matter who got that one right.
As far as teaching the gentiles, I think that probably expressed a difference of opinion between the authors of matthew and mark. By the time the rest are written it's a moot point as christianity is becoming a huge success with gentiles no matter who got that one right.
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