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by mmyyyy 8y ago
surface book 15" doesn't have a number pad too!
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by mmyyyy 9y ago
Oh when you're talking about art, sure. People and cultures tend to want to identify with Christ and so end up depicting him in a certain way. Of course we know that Jesus was a Jewish man who lived in the middle east, so he's sur
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by mmyyyy 9y ago
Read for literally any new testament scholar and you won't find a single trace of that argument that you're presenting. Bart Ehrman, Robert Funk, Dale Martin, John Dominic Crossan, Mark Goodacre, Gerd Lüdemann, James Dunn, and the
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by mmyyyy 9y ago
From the page: A number of parallels have been drawn between the Christian views of Jesus and other religious or mythical domains.[1][3] However, Eddy and Boyd state that there is no evidence of a historical influence by the pagan myths suc
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by mmyyyy 9y ago
You seem to have fallen prey to propaganda sources online. It is undeniable that biblical mythology was affected by other cultures (especially Genesis for example). But other than that you have no idea what you're talking about. What b
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by mmyyyy 9y ago
Don't allow the inadequacies of others to get in your way towards Christ whom you yourself recognise love and humility in. We Christians always fall short of Christ. New man in Christ indeed, but that's not a magical transformatio
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by mmyyyy 9y ago
Indeed as I said earlier part of the problem is the kind of theology that is taught especially in the US. I never said it was an invalid experience but only said that it cannot be a representation of Christianity - for one to get that they
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by mmyyyy 9y ago
I'll break it down first and explain why it's incorrect -- (sorry this came out longer than I expected) the atonement is a big topic let me know if you have questions or if something needs clarification. I can provide sources for
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by mmyyyy 9y ago
There is no such thing as "the parable interpretation" of the bible and "the literal interpretation" of the bible. Here is a passage from a truly fascinating Christian author from the 2nd century. He starts by saying &qu
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by mmyyyy 9y ago
Thank you! All the best!
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by mmyyyy 9y ago
ah I lost the context of the thread... I edited my comment and "moved" it to where it makes more sense (it's a reply to someone who replied to your original comment) sorry to have sounded rude -- this whole thing is just incr
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by mmyyyy 9y ago
As someone in the tech field and an Orthodox Christian doing a masters in theology, I find it incredibly frustrating that there is absolute sheer ignorance about Christian theology. Literally ALL basic tenets of Christianity are misundersto
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by mmyyyy 9y ago
edit: I copied my previous comment to be in reply to jmcqk6 where it makes more sense -- sorry I actually signed up for an account here just to say it so this is my first post and I wasn't sure how to "mention" someone?