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Article #14188Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
From: The Natural Philosopher
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:42
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:42
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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. >> >> 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
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