The Tree of Life
In the Biblical book of Genesis, a story is told to explain why people die and don’t live forever. Later Jewish and Christian theologians have tried to make it into a story of man being punished for disobedience to God. By looking at the facts presented in the Genesis story alone, and [...]
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The Tree of Life
Posted in Religion, tagged Bible study on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Is the Spirit a person seperate of God?
Posted in God, Religion, Uncategorized on April 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This a post from the site Eclectic Christian and my response to it. If time allows please visit there site and read through the rest of the series.
From Eclectic Christian;
Reflections on the Deity of Christ – Jesus is not the Father
We do not mean that Jesus is the Father. The New Testament is very clear to [...]
The Oneness of YHWH
Posted in God, Religion on April 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The passage below is from a website promoting orthadox Christianity and following is my response. I personally liked my thinking here, the folks at Eclectic Christian not so much, so I’ve dropped it into my mental dumping ground. The point is “god” is a flexible word with lots of meanings. So while there is only one [...]
The Joshua JE source
Posted in Biblical History, Documentary Hypothesis, History of Israel, Religion, tagged Ancient History, Bible study, Book of Joshua, Documentary Hypothesis, History of Israel, Joshua son of Nun, Judges on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s suspected by scholars of the Documentary Hypothesis that the P, D, and JE sources extend into the book of Joshua. This particular reconstuction of the JE source and the Conquest Survey is suggested by Samuel Rolles Driver in his book, An Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament. The value of thise page is the opportunity to see the material in Joshua before later writers of D and P added to it. Because the some of the text of the Conquest survey appear in judges and Joshua, it would seem that it was an earlier work than both. The JE material would date from at least the time of the J and E Pentateuch source’s combination. The Deuteronomist then took the combined JE Joshua and conquest tales, added his additional material placed Deuteronomy before it and followed it with the tales of the Judges.
Mike on Darwins Dangerous Idea
Posted in Religion, philosophy, tagged Daniel Dennett, Darwin, philosophy on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Finally getting my library card here in Livingston I picked up Darwin’s Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennett. I’ve been looking into philosophical systems for a Darwinian world. The dangerous idea is that all the complexity of our world is the result of blind, simple, mathmatical forces. He believes that the priciples of evolution extend out into fields of culture and [...]
Mark and Johns Gospels Compared Part 1
Posted in Religion, tagged Bible study, Jesus, New Testament on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following is a comparison of the gospels of Mark and John, and occasionally Luke or Matthew when one of these presents a story that is similar to Mark or John but not directly copied from one of the works. I have chosen to focus on the comparison of Mark and John as it seems [...]
Mark and John’s (and Luke’s) Gospels Compared Pt. 2
Posted in Religion, tagged Bible study, life of Jesus on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jesus’ Passion in John: Anointed at Bethany-Triumphal entry-Predicts death-Jews reject Signs-Washes feet-Predicts betrayer-Predicts Peters denial-Jesus prays-Jesus arrested- taken to Annas-Peter denies-High priest questions-2 more denials-Jesus before Pilate-Jesus crucified-Jesus buried-Empty tomb-Appears to Mary M.
Jesus’ Passion in Mark:
Triumphal entry-Jesus Clears the Temple -The Withered Fig Tree-The Authority of Jesus Questioned -A number of parables and such-Jesus Anointed [...]
My dinner with Jesus; Mark-John-Luke Compared pt 3
Posted in Religion, tagged Bible study, life of Jesus on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My Dinner With Jesus;Comparing Jesus’ Dinners with Women with Jars.
Mark; Jesus Anointed at Bethany
1Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some sly way to arrest Jesus and kill him. 2″But not during the Feast,” they [...]
The Signs Gospel; A Source For Mark And John.
Posted in Religion on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Below is what is called the Signs Gospel. People have done different reconstructions but I think this one is close to the original. It parallels very well with the events in the Gospel of Mark and was used as a source in that book. As you can see there are a lot of differences between [...]
Jesus and Me at Thirty Three.
Posted in Religion on September 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My 33rd birthday has just gone by and that was a milestone birthday for me because that’s the Jesus birth day. The age that Jesus got to before he kicked the bucket. Jesus, one of the most revered figures you know. When I was 13, 33 seemed really old and a completely plausible age to figure [...]
