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On Jul 4, 2:46 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
> rbwinn wrote:
> > On Jul 3, 12:42 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
> >> 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.
> >>>> Why change a winning formula?
> >>>>> Robert B. Winn- Hide quoted text -
> >>> 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.
> >> It was not. Only one gospel in the NT to my not too certain knowledge
> >> was written by a disciple or apostle.
>
> >> Paul was most certainly neither.
>
> >>> Robert B. Winn- Hide quoted text -
> > Well, the fact of the matter is that Jesus Christ is the one who
> > decides who the apostles will be.
>
> Ok..so theres this dude you say was dead, and then these guys come along
> years later and write a tabloid account for heir paymatsers, and this
> dead guy appears and says 'these are apostles right: I appointed them'
>
> Y'know, I could believe walking on water easier than that.
>
> I think you should study circular logic.
>
> Like
>
> I. TNP, am actuallyt God.
> Everything I say is therefore True.
> Therefore when I say I am god, I AM gGodt, and don't you forget it.
>
>   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.
>
> Do you realise how little I care about the Church?
>
Yes, that is why you have no standing in the church.

> The religion and the messages of a half decent prophet with a kind heart
> have some merit, but the church is well past its sell by date, and,
> always was, and always will be a political institution with almost no
> value in terms of spiritual endeavour, whatsoever.
>
> You probably believed in GW Bush as well.
>
> Sucker.
>
I ran against G W Bush.  What did you do, vote for John Kerry?
Robert B. Winn