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JohnWeatherly
- Ican probably out quote you chapter and verse, let's see -- you must be somewhat older than I, having been a Christian for 55 years (unless you count from your birth) then I think I have you covered. Let's see -- hows about since about 1960? That's when I started serious bible study -- I can pretty well prove that modern Christianity has departed from the ways of Jesus and taken up pagan ways.
- <>The bible is more than what you see written there. I did not say that the books themselves were written after 90 AD -- in fact, it seems I would have to refer to authorities on the subject to show about when each book was written. The point is that there were hundreds of books extant at the time. Those we see in the New Testament were accepted from about 150 to 350 AD (CE) as canon.
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Xeno-x
on September 14, 2006 at 8:16 AM
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"Interesting" would hardly cover it!
Having been a Christian for over 55 years now, and having been a serious Bible student for over 30 years now, I read stuff like your "analysis" with some amusement.
I'd recommend that you stick to topics you know. You don't know the Bible. There is GOOD evidence that the entire New Testament was penned BEFORE 69 AD.
What is that evidence? There is a VITAL historical event that is GLARINGLY absent from the New Testament. If the New Testament had not been written (finished) until 95 AD or LATER (some suggest mid-2nd C) this very significant historical event would have been mentioned by SOMEONE.
I refer to the destruction of the Holy CIty of Jerusalem (holy to 2 great religions, the Hebrew, and Christianity) and the subsequent destruction and plunder of the Temple of Solomon.
This was a MAJOR event to both Christians and Jews, yet not one word is mentioned of the Temple's demise, or of the sacking of Jerusalem.
The only RATIONAL conclusion is that every book of our present New Testament was FINISHED and in CIRCULATION (being read) BEFORE the Temple was destroyed.
Since we have now established that STRONG likelihood, it is certainly reasonable to believe that EYEWITNESSES of the recorded events wrote them in what we now call "The New Testament."
God bless!
John Weatherly
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JohnWeatherly
on September 13, 2006 at 5:27 PM
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