WILLOWTREE

Please feel free to offer another response. Late night posts do not count.

WILLOWTREE

Absolutely !

That is his chief objective.

Indigenous to Biblical doctrine is the realty of Satan. He is just as prominent as Jesus or Moses.

You are absolutely correct.

God is inadvertedly responsible for the "traffic jam" of understanding the Bible.

BUT, IF you are going to recognize the reality of God momentarily in order to assign blame for Biblical corruption, then you are admitting the existence of God for the single purpose of dismissing Him !

In other words, difficulty and problems are solved by tossing the whole source -that is Satan's exact strategy - for people to view the Bible as a traffic jam that is to be avoided.

Wherever the greatest controversies exist - the greatest truth lies within.

The Bible declares that ONLY "gift ministers", persons called out by God - have the Divine-given ability to explain the Bible.

This is WHY preachers are viewed as corrupt and stupid - Satan has flooded their ranks with so many fundie morons who turn the world off to the Bible and Jesus.

The greatest proof of Satan on television is the likes of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell. These mofos create the exact image of christianity that makes an intelligent world hate God.

After thinking about it I decided that leaving would accomplish the real objective of the Mod - Amaleg.

Amaleq13

This appears to be a false dichotomy since there are possibilities between these two extremes. I tend to consider the author of Matthew as honestly expressing his beliefs when he rewrote the story attributed to Mark. Neither of the above seems to adequately describe this possibility.

Quite untrue, amigo. I have obtained genuine entertainment from your posts and the reactions they have received.

As long as you continue to post in accordance with the IIDB Rules, I encourage you to continue to participate in the discussions here.

BTW, the name is "Amaleq" which is an alternate spelling of "Amalek" which is a name I'm sure you are familiar with given your knowledge of the Bible.

funinspace

You keep sourcing and make claims for this Gene Scott, yet you NEVER will back any of it up with supporting information. You say you demonstrate what things mean, when you in reality only make declarations without any evidence (i.e. baseless assertion). You say he is "the recognized leading authority" on Bible translation. Several people have asked you who are these people who recognize him. You ignore all queries and continue to quote this lambasting buffoon Scotty. You offer up very unique translations/interpretations of ancient dialects/documents, but offer no detailed justification, you just reference your kook of a source. He conveniently publishes no work to be scrutinized by people who are real experts in various subject matters. Well I suppose most all have figured out the worth of your source... :boohoo:

CX

It wasn't a one sentence dismissal. I included an explanation for my statement.

If there is a particular point for which you would like references feel free to point them out. If there is particular point which you reject feel free to post a rebuttal.

CX

Just FYI,

xristos - to be rubbed on, used as ointment or salve, II. anointed 2. Xristos as a translation of the Hebrew "Messiah". (Liddell and Scott, Greek-English Lexicon, Abridged Edition, p. 790)

As for a reference on the etymology of the word Jesus look it up in any dictionary. Ditto with the word "cognate".

Etymology of "Jesus" - Middle English, from Late Latin Isus, from Greek Isous, from Hebrew yû‘, from yhôûa‘, Joshua. See Joshua (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.)

Late Latin Ioshua, from Hebrew yhôûa‘, Yahweh (is) salvation. See hwy in Semitic Roots. (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.)

Cognate: Related in origin, as certain words in genetically related languages descended from the same ancestral root; for example, English name and Latin nmen from Indo-European *n-men-. (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.)

CX

If not:

UC is Scott's church. Whatever he may or may not be he is definitely not the leading authority on Koine Greek or the text of the New Testament. I also find it amusing that his name is a registered trademark. I don't know of any other reputable scholar who's done that.

WILLOWTREE

Thanks for pointing this out.

The "q" lacks a right hand hook.

Why do you want to identify with Amalek ?

If I told you what Amalek represents and means I would undoubtedly be instantly banned.

Javaman

Amalek

Why on earth would you be banned unless you broke the rules here?

NOGO

WILLOW,

I note that you convieniently igored my last post.