John A. Broussard

Some of us would argue that virtually the entire bible is spurious. Nevertheless, I would like to see your source for why this particular passage can be so classified.

Thanks.

Boomeister

I thought Jesus wanted people to go unto the nations and preach the gospels. They were not intended to be a secluded sect, but a world religion. It is absurd to think that they should not be allowed to breed.
Only the weak-willed can marry and breed? That's a genetic engineering disaster!
If they took Paul's "infinite wisdom" to heart, there would be much less Christians here today. Most Christian conversions happen within their culture. Yes, there are missionaries, but if you look at a map, which shows the predominant religions, it is mostly "homegrowned." If Christians were not to reproduce and then become missionaries, then they convert others who cannot reproduce...Christianity would not "stick," as they would have to keep reinventing the wheel, so to speak, for every new generation. Not very efficient.
Early Christians thought they were the generation that Jesus would return. These were legitimate questions to ask, if one were to think this.


Boomeister

andrewcriddle

The point is that the acoount of the woman taken in adultery is almost certainly not part of the original text of John or any other of the canonical gospels but is a later interpolation maybe after 200 CE.

Almost all early texts of John omit it.

(It might possibly be something that actually happened during Jesus's ministry but it is almost certainly not part of the authentic text of the canonical gospels.)

Andrew Criddle

John A. Broussard

Can you give me a specific reference to the "original" with this item missing from it?

Again, thanks.

andrewcriddle

http://www-user.uni-bremen.de/~wie/TCG/TC-John-PA.pdf

Andrew Criddle

Mathetes

As Andrew said, the first John manuscripts didn't include that passage, called "pericope de adulterae" in scholarship. The "original" did not have 7:53-8:11, in all probability.

You can read an introduction at the Wikipedia.

jakejonesiv

Jesus did dictate the letters to the seven churches in Revelation.
2:1, 2:8, 2:12, 2:18, 3:1, 3:7, 3:14.

No, wait, that was a vision of Jesus. :huh:

Jake Jones

True Christian

Our wonderful and wise Lord Jesus Christ did write the Bible. As someone has already mentioned, He was God incarnate. As such, He was the author of the Bible (which includes the Old Testament). Why didn't he write while here on Earth? His mission was not to write but to preach. He was preaching the Word of our Heavenly Father. Being God incarnate, He knew the New Covenant would be written down by His appointed authors. Praise God for His wonderful ways.

In Christ's Love,

Barbara

Crucifiction

Your Christian duckspeak gives me a doubleplusungood bellyfeel.

funinspace

Does that include the Apocrypha then as well, since it's part of the oldest canon around?

May the force be with you...