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Union Scribe

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Reply to Mosby (Reply #18)

Wed Aug 8, 2012, 04:21 PM

Aug 2012

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Jesus' teachings are not a liberal panacea [View all] cthulu2016 Aug 2012 OP

I think he would have evolved lunatica Aug 2012 #1

Or you could read him in the context of the day mmonk Aug 2012 #2

I do not question that he was liberal (in some ways) for his time cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #8

how many times has the bible been translated, added to, subtracted from.....? NightWatcher Aug 2012 #3

Indeed, Sir: People Who Think Paul Diverted Some Progressive Wonderland Are Vastly Amusing The Magistrate Aug 2012 #4

"is that remarriage is adultery... even remarriage after your spouse dies." ohheckyeah Aug 2012 #5

Someone in the 21st century must have written that one. n/t pnwmom Aug 2012 #10

I know - but I would still like to know what ohheckyeah Aug 2012 #11

There isn't one -- that's what I'm saying. n/t pnwmom Aug 2012 #13

Okay - thanks. ohheckyeah Aug 2012 #15

I think it was Paul in one of his letters to one of the smaller churches, LanternWaste Aug 2012 #21

Actually, Jesus himself said that in Mark and in Matthew cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #23

use textual criticism to better define precisely what divorce was in the post-Maccabean revolt era. LanternWaste Aug 2012 #31

It's not a divorce if a spouse dies. ohheckyeah Aug 2012 #35

I apologize for that error. cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #20

Nor did he speak out in support of it. ohheckyeah Aug 2012 #22

As a liberal RobertEarl Aug 2012 #6

Of course not. Nobody comes to their politics on their own. cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #12

Judging from your OP ohheckyeah Aug 2012 #17

Which is just one of the reasons why we know that the bible was written by people with an agenda... truebrit71 Aug 2012 #7

For the time, Jesus's views on marriage were progressive. He was objecting pnwmom Aug 2012 #9

I withdrew the death issue from the OP. cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #19

You do realize that Paul was not Jesus, don't you? pnwmom Aug 2012 #24

Jesus was a liberal. pnwmom Aug 2012 #14

Well, to start with, MineralMan Aug 2012 #16

didn't he make a big deal about observing the sabbath? Mosby Aug 2012 #18

No. Union Scribe Aug 2012 #26

kind of the opposite“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." Mark 2:27 Douglas Carpenter Aug 2012 #30

How do you think Gandalf would have felt about these issues MattBaggins Aug 2012 #25

the world of two thousand years ago was a brutal and savage place. - Relative to the time he had Douglas Carpenter Aug 2012 #27

A religious conservative as defined in the here and now or as defined by his own culture and age? LanternWaste Aug 2012 #28

jesus was an anti-legalist. preferring the spirit to the letter of the law. xchrom Aug 2012 #29

that is a very valid point arely staircase Aug 2012 #32

There are parables that suggest the poor are, indeed, entitled to a better lot. intheflow Aug 2012 #33

Amen, brother.. n/t Fumesucker Aug 2012 #34