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RE: lying for Jesus

March 28, 2014 at 11:29 pm

(March 28, 2014 at 4:06 pm)xpastor Wrote: I have finally ploughed my way through Ehrman's longer book, Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics, admittedly skipping many of the Greek quotations and all of the German footnotes.
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It may be true that many early Christians were ready to die for their faith, but it is also true that many Christians were ready to lie for their faith.

Do you think the "cleansing of the Temple" story was a fabrication? If so, what purpose might it have served, since it reflects so badly on Jesus?

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lying for Jesus - by xpastor - February 8, 2014 at 4:21 pm

lying for Jesus - by Rampant.A.I. - February 8, 2014 at 4:31 pm

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RE: lying for Jesus - by Minimalist - February 8, 2014 at 5:20 pm

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RE: lying for Jesus - by Drich - February 9, 2014 at 5:58 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by Esquilax - February 10, 2014 at 3:45 am

RE: lying for Jesus - by Cinjin - February 10, 2014 at 8:54 am

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RE: lying for Jesus - by orogenicman - February 12, 2014 at 5:23 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by MitchBenn - February 9, 2014 at 9:44 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by Minimalist - February 10, 2014 at 2:20 am

RE: lying for Jesus - by max-greece - February 10, 2014 at 4:05 am

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RE: lying for Jesus - by Drich - February 12, 2014 at 1:45 am

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RE: lying for Jesus - by Angrboda - February 12, 2014 at 1:59 am

RE: lying for Jesus - by EvolutionKills - February 12, 2014 at 3:46 am

RE: lying for Jesus - by Jackalope - February 12, 2014 at 2:32 pm

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RE: lying for Jesus - by Jackalope - February 12, 2014 at 3:11 pm

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RE: lying for Jesus - by KichigaiNeko - February 12, 2014 at 7:39 am

RE: lying for Jesus - by là bạn điên - February 12, 2014 at 7:41 am

RE: lying for Jesus - by xpastor - February 12, 2014 at 8:24 am

RE: lying for Jesus - by Drich - February 12, 2014 at 9:22 am

RE: lying for Jesus - by xpastor - February 12, 2014 at 2:57 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by Minimalist - February 12, 2014 at 3:11 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by xpastor - February 26, 2014 at 11:33 am

RE: lying for Jesus - by Minimalist - February 26, 2014 at 12:28 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by Wyrd of Gawd - March 14, 2014 at 1:54 am

RE: lying for Jesus - by truthBtold - February 26, 2014 at 12:30 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by xpastor - March 10, 2014 at 1:55 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by rightcoaster - March 19, 2014 at 9:27 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by Chad32 - March 11, 2014 at 10:07 am

RE: lying for Jesus - by xpastor - March 11, 2014 at 1:00 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by Minimalist - March 11, 2014 at 1:26 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by Wyrd of Gawd - March 12, 2014 at 4:54 am

RE: lying for Jesus - by Minimalist - March 12, 2014 at 12:43 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by xpastor - March 12, 2014 at 2:16 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by Minimalist - March 12, 2014 at 2:28 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by Minimalist - March 14, 2014 at 2:20 am

RE: lying for Jesus - by xpastor - March 28, 2014 at 4:06 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by rightcoaster - March 28, 2014 at 11:29 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by xpastor - March 29, 2014 at 7:25 am

RE: lying for Jesus - by rightcoaster - March 30, 2014 at 1:19 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by xpastor - March 30, 2014 at 4:01 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by Minimalist - March 29, 2014 at 12:56 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by rightcoaster - March 29, 2014 at 1:24 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by xpastor - March 29, 2014 at 3:42 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by rightcoaster - March 30, 2014 at 4:17 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by Minimalist - March 29, 2014 at 3:53 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by ThomM - March 29, 2014 at 3:58 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by Losty - March 30, 2014 at 2:19 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by Minimalist - March 30, 2014 at 2:42 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by xpastor - March 30, 2014 at 5:47 pm

RE: lying for Jesus - by rightcoaster - March 30, 2014 at 8:44 pm

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