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The infancy gospel of thomas

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The infancy gospel of thomas
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RE: The infancy gospel of thomas
December 24, 2014 at 12:35 pm
I started to order that book from Amazon more then once, I'm glad now I didn't.
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RE: The infancy gospel of thomas
December 24, 2014 at 12:38 pm
(December 24, 2014 at 12:25 pm)robvalue Wrote: If that was my kid I'd have smashed it's brains in and done everyone a favour.

I think the Christian default here would be Archangel intervention...
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RE: The infancy gospel of thomas
December 24, 2014 at 12:58 pm
(December 24, 2014 at 12:38 pm)Spooky Wrote:
(December 24, 2014 at 12:25 pm)robvalue Wrote: If that was my kid I'd have smashed it's brains in and done everyone a favour.

I think the Christian default here would be Archangel intervention...

The angel would be late because angels are not omniscient.
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RE: The infancy gospel of thomas
December 24, 2014 at 1:38 pm
(December 24, 2014 at 12:58 pm)dyresand Wrote:
(December 24, 2014 at 12:38 pm)Spooky Wrote: I think the Christian default here would be Archangel intervention...

The angel would be late because angels are not omniscient.

And don't exist. But fair enough, you've got me there.
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RE: The infancy gospel of thomas
December 24, 2014 at 1:41 pm
(December 24, 2014 at 10:26 am)dyresand Wrote: i wonder why they removed it. oh i know why a virgin birth is already ridiculous.

Actually, the Apocrypha was not included in the final compilation of the bible because those books were thought to portray Jesus as more human and less divine.
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RE: The infancy gospel of thomas
December 24, 2014 at 1:47 pm
(December 24, 2014 at 11:43 am)Nope Wrote:
(December 24, 2014 at 11:31 am)dyresand Wrote: One would wonder the same.... right.... he is a magic freaking baby and all.

She was probably afraid to put him down. He sounds like an early version of those glowing eyed children in Village of the Damned.

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RE: The infancy gospel of thomas
December 29, 2014 at 5:23 am
There is another book I find far more interesting and that is the Book of Jubilees. It goes into more detail than Genesis does. It says that Cain married his sister Awan which would of course be incest.
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RE: The infancy gospel of thomas
December 29, 2014 at 6:44 am (This post was last modified: December 29, 2014 at 6:46 am by robvalue.)
Sure, there had to be a great deal of incest going on at the start. After the first round of kids, the available mates were going to be siblings or parents. The genetic problems this would cause in reality are another example of why this story is at best an allegory and at worst harmful fiction.
I am interested too in books being discarded. The bible is an utter mess already, that wouldn't convince anyone who wasn't also being coerced, so the idea that other books would make it even less coherent or convincing is hilarious.
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RE: The infancy gospel of thomas
December 29, 2014 at 10:35 am
(December 29, 2014 at 6:44 am)robvalue Wrote: Sure, there had to be a great deal of incest going on at the start. After the first round of kids, the available mates were going to be siblings or parents. The genetic problems this would cause in reality are another example of why this story is at best an allegory and at worst harmful fiction.
I am interested too in books being discarded. The bible is an utter mess already, that wouldn't convince anyone who wasn't also being coerced, so the idea that other books would make it even less coherent or convincing is hilarious.

If that's the bibles case of incest well we wouldn't exactly be looking human.... but genetically were all related so hey cousin(s) how are you all doing today? Big Grin
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