Yes. (maybe Romans influenced those scriptures a bit?)
I also think the Romans were very focused on religion, with temples, priests (including emperor as Pontifex Maximus), vestal virgins, ... That's why I think they cared about a new religious movement and wanted some control in it. At the...
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Ohhh, you expected me to make sense! That costs extra. :smile:
You and the bee both voting that the flower is there doesn't prove it. God is why you and the bee and all exists.
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Evidence? What evidence do we have of anything? Even our perceptions of the world around us come through our senses and in our minds. Not to mention that physics has shown that what we perceive is just an approximation of reality (and a bad one at that). Time is just a dimension...
The real question is are we real? I say yes, because we are in God's "mind". I like to think that we're all just "figments" of God's imagination, except when God conceives something, it's actually real.
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I see what you are saying.
I'm not trying to start a whole debate about that Bible passage as it was just an example in terms of the scope of prophecies, with interest in Messianic in particular.
As far as the Messianic prophecies, do some apply to the general time frame of the prophecy and some indefinite? For example, one reason given in Judaism that the "virgin (or young woman) birth" prophecy is not Christian is because it was a prophecy for Ahaz (in fact, perhaps Judaism teaches...
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I have spoken with many Jewish friends overs the years and (correct me if I'm wrong) there seems not to be strong/literal Messianic perspectives in Judaism today or at least among Jewish people in general today.
So, I wonder, at the time of the beginnings of Christianity was Judaism...
Belief that Jesus is God means that everything is under God's feet, so what other meaning does this have except to say that Christians simply have another name that they use for God?
Some Jewish people under Roman oppression may have been very interested in the arrival of the Messiah at the time of Christianity.
In the case of Christianity though, Jewish concepts of love of God Deuteronomy 6:5 and justice/fairness among humans do come through and are good universal concepts.
Interesting, I see existence somewhat similarly, except I believe in God as one who transcends all of what we are used to, such as the physical universe. This disassociation from dependence upon anything for existence or meaning is part of my concept (perhaps the general concept) of a spiritual...
What I wrote doesn't contradict what you are saying (true, I don't draw explicit conclusions) - I closed with: "Jewish and Christian scholars/philosophers are showing the validity to premises regarding the "man-made" aspects of Christianity." (perhaps my post put you to sleep by that point...
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In religion, one can begin to see apparent patterns that seem to be the "currency" in religious credibility/thought. For example (bear with me), if there is an auto convention of classic cars and some are reputed to be the leading experts/dealers in classic cars etc. then people might want...
He did write to obey the Roman Empire (government at the time) and pay taxes - addressing issues of the day it seems. He also wrote that slaves should obey their masters which isn't Christian doctrine - some level of compromise one would think. Was this written before the Gospels?
I also don't...