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Would an authoritarian disciplinarian type have spoken the Sermon on the Mount? patrice Nov 2012 #1
Luke 19:27 trotsky Nov 2012 #6
Which translation? I'm going to have to look that one up. I'm pretty much a Historical Jesus patrice Nov 2012 #8
Pick whatever translation you want: trotsky Nov 2012 #9
True. I wasn't trying to say that it didn't say that, and everything else besides, just that patrice Nov 2012 #10
e.g. Have you ever read a good translation of Aristotle? say his book on logic? ... patrice Nov 2012 #16
It's one of the foundations of modern thought. trotsky Nov 2012 #18
Yes! & therefore one of the examples of why it's sad that almost no one majors in patrice Nov 2012 #20
The Jesus Seminar is attempting to make God in its own image Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2012 #12
IMHO, that's what most of the rest of Christianity does. The conclusions of the Jesus Seminar are patrice Nov 2012 #13
When they throw out the entire Gospel of John, Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2012 #27
Ahem tama Nov 2012 #31
The Jesus Seminar is about which books of the Gospels are authentic or not. Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2012 #32
Nope tama Nov 2012 #33
IOW, the point of deconstruction is RE-construction, something New. nt patrice Nov 2012 #15
A part of a parable tama Nov 2012 #30
Paul Depicted Jesus as the Tolerant Liberal Type On the Road Nov 2012 #2
In public, I'd say "liberal", but the private "spank me Jesus" could be fun too. DCKit Nov 2012 #3
HAHAHA ErikJ Nov 2012 #19
"Father forgive them for they know not what they do" Fumesucker Nov 2012 #4
Personally Dorian Gray Nov 2012 #5
Depends on who is telling the stories, I guess. cbayer Nov 2012 #7
I think the biblical Jesus edhopper Nov 2012 #11
Agreed. Power hungry and, hence, fascistic, EXCEPT for John XXIII & Vatican II. patrice Nov 2012 #14
Neither. rug Nov 2012 #17
I tend to agree with this Either that or both. cbayer Nov 2012 #21
+++1 patrice Nov 2012 #22
Simplistic. Igel Nov 2012 #23
I debate a RW Christian who says he was a fire and brimstone type ErikJ Nov 2012 #24
Both AlbertCat Nov 2012 #25
I agree. ErikJ Nov 2012 #28
It depens entirely who was quoted Warpy Nov 2012 #26
Agreed ErikJ Nov 2012 #29
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