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- Newsgroups: alt.messianic
- Subject: Re: Getting the facts!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.001015.16931@telerama.pgh.pa.us>
- From: andy2@telerama.pgh.pa.us (andy)
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:10:15 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.135656.4771@unix.brighton.ac.uk>
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- > There seems to be an argument about the legitimacy of the
- > Christian`s claim to Jesus being the Messiah.
-
- So what else is new?
-
- > Jesus was NOT crucified in A.D. 32,
-
- Correct.
-
- > or more to the point, he could have been
-
- Wrong.
-
- > but we don`t know.
-
- Wrong again.
-
- > To know this, people have taken the fact that Jesus started his
- > mission at 30 years old and died after 5 years. The latest
- > dating of his birth is taken as 4 B.C. so this gives the
- > magical date of 32 A.D.!
-
- No wonder they are wrong.
-
- > However, the birth is dated from the death of Herod (4 B.C.)
- > and this is accepted because both of the Nativity stories ...
-
- I certainly don't accept it.
-
- > the Crucifiction itself (for example, the Romans used this
- > horrific form of execution solely for terrorists, not peace
- > loving religious personages so why was Jesus killed in this
- > fashion). (?)
-
- His words were seditious. In fact, His words still challenge
- religious and political authority and that is why most Christian
- churches don't teach what He taught.
-
- > The main areas of Christian faith are weak enough when
- > questioned without the need to go into fine detail.
-
- It isn't the faith that is weak, it is the stupid Christians who
- don't know what they believe and why they believe it.
-
-
- P.S. I am trying to get a copy of the following book. Any
- suggestions where I can get one? (Not the whole set.)
-
- TITLE: Sanctification of the new moon
- AUTHOR: Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204.
- PUBLISHED: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1956.
- DESCRIPTION: lx, 160 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- SERIES: Yale Judaica series ; v. 11
- The code of Maimonides ; book 3, treatise 8
- Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. Mishneh Torah.
- English book 3, treatise 8.
- NOTES: Translation of : rKidush ha-rhodesh.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. [151]-152.
-
-
- P.P.S. Flame away !!!!! My PC is flame resistant. I filter my
- news so I can erase flames automatically based on keywords in the
- text. So flame away!!!!!!! It is your time you're wasting.
- I'll never see 'em !!!!!
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