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"rbwinn" <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote in message 
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On Jul 3, 7:15 pm, hhyaps...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Jul 4, 6:08 am, rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:
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> > On Jul 3, 12:42 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
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> > > rbwinn wrote:
> > > > On Jul 3, 9:22 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
> > > >> rbwinn wrote:
> > > >>> On Jul 3, 9:00?am, The Loan Arranger <no...@nowhere.invalid> 
> > > >>> wrote:
> > > >>>> rbwinn wrote:
> > > >>>> (HUGE amount of unnecessary quoting snipped)
> > > >>>>> The Gnostiocs wrote a bunch of garbage about their theory that 
> > > >>>>> Jesus
> > > >>>>> Christ did not suffer or die on the cross because he was a God. 
> > > >>>>> ?They
> > > >>>>> were trying to combine Christianity with Greek mythology.
> > > >>>> The Catholic Church, on the other hand, tried to merge it with as 
> > > >>>> many
> > > >>>> different contemporary religions as possible, in order to make
> > > >>>> Christianity an easier pill to swallow for "pagan" worshippers. 
> > > >>>> At least
> > > >>>> the Gnostics had the style to call on classical influences!
> > > >>>> TLA
> > > >>> That is correct about the Catholic Church. Fortunately, they were
> > > >>> able to keep the Bible pretty much intact.
> > > >> Of course. They *wrote* it and edited out what they didn't want in 
> > > >> it.
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> > > >> Why change a winning formula?
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> > > >>> Robert B. Winn- Hide quoted text -
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> > > > The Catholics did not write the Bible. The entire Old Testament was
> > > > written by the Jews. The New Testament was written by apostles and
> > > > disciples of Jesus Christ.
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> > > It was not. Only one gospel in the NT to my not too certain knowledge
> > > was written by a disciple or apostle.
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> > > Paul was most certainly neither.
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> > > > Robert B. Winn- Hide quoted text -
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> > Well, the fact of the matter is that Jesus Christ is the one who
> > decides who the apostles will be. Matthew and John were apostles.
> > Peter, James, and Paul were apostles. Luke and Mark were disciples.
> > Now the fact that modern atheists may attempt to demote or
> > excommunicate writers of the New Testament does not change their
> > standing in the church. Modern atheists are the ones who have no
> > standing in the church.
> > Robert B. Winn
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> What "fact" you are talking about?
> If your Jesus has the capability to decide who the apostles were, he
> wouldn't be dead, would he?
> Pls take your tranquilizer before you reply.- Hide quoted text -
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