(March 25, 2014 at 2:54 pm)Thunder Cunt Wrote: What reason do I have that I should place my trust in you?
You shouldn't. You need to go get YOUR own education. The "mistranslation " thing is taught to FRESHMEN in college Biblical studies.
There is no "good question" about a messiah. The entire concept is fatally flawed for a million (historical and cultural) reasons. Most Jews in fact were NOT even Apocalyptics, and NOT even looking for a messianic figure. The entire notion of "salvation" is non-biblical. (You didn't read the links did you ?) No scholar questions that the gospels were written after 70 AD. I see you have NO education on the subject. Too bad. You've been indoctrinated by Fundamentalists, and you bought the crap. Hook line and sinker.
The very notion of a "god" and/or "creator" actually makes no sense.
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell
Militant Atheist Commie Evolutionist
Militant Atheist Commie Evolutionist