2008-03-29 13:40
My blogging of the oddities of the New Testament is still on a hiatus. Mainly because of time constraints and because I'm approaching the Bible differently right now.I'd rather focus on some… Read More
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Given the fact that so many people, especially in the US, refer to the Bible and Jesus to justify their positions concerning life, society and education I thought it would be a good thing to really read this book in detail and, since I'm a skeptic, report the oddities (I don't deny there's also some wisdom in it). I'm starting with the NT.
2008-02-28 12:42
If you're new to this blog then here's a PDF document of all my comments regarding the Gospel of Matthew. It's easier to read this way than having to read the blog backwards.There will also… Read More
2008-02-28 12:38
1 Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave.Compare this to the other 3 accounts. Very interest… Read More
2008-02-26 15:47
32 As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.One shouldn't forget that the condemned didn't have to carry the whole cross (how w… Read More
2008-02-25 09:34
1 Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people came to the decision to put Jesus to death.So the author wants to make it very clear as to who's responsible in his… Read More
2008-02-24 15:23
6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, 7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was recl… Read More
2008-02-21 19:41
14 "For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them."So having slaves was quite ok for the Jews.29 "For to everyone who ha… Read More
2008-02-20 18:01
29 "But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS ILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens wil… Read More
2008-02-19 09:49
1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, 2 saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses; 3 therefore all that they tell you, do and obser… Read More
2008-02-18 08:34
10 "Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests. 11 "But when the king came in to look… Read More
2008-02-17 09:40
6 The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them, 7 and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats.Must have been awkward to sit on… Read More
2008-02-16 10:28
8 "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.' 9 "The workers… Read More
2008-02-15 14:04
3 Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?" 4 And He answered and said, "Have you not read that He who created… Read More
2008-02-14 16:23
1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" 2 And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, 3 and said, "Truly I say to… Read More
2008-02-13 15:31
15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a lunatic and is very ill; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. 16 "I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure h… Read More
2008-02-12 11:35
11 "How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." 12 Then they understood that He did not say t… Read More
2008-02-11 08:15
1 Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2 "Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."Whe… Read More
2008-02-10 10:52
1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the news about Jesus, 2 and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work… Read More
2008-02-09 09:28
2 And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach. 3 And He spoke many things to themin parablesHe must really have had a… Read More
2008-02-08 08:49
15 But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and He healed them all, 16 and warned them not to tell who He was. As we know from previous accounts he probably wasn't v… Read More
2008-02-08 08:49
11 "Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he."So he didn'… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The intro to Letter to the Galatians is really a fascinating read.- Paul is boasting:Gal 1:1 Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Let's look at a parable that Jesus is supposed to have said:The Parable of the TenantsMark 12:1 He then began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The early Christians seem to have been Communists in the original sense, or even hippies if you want (but without the physical free love and with threats).Just look at the stories told in 'T… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I'm reanimating this site but under slightly different premises.The focus will still be the New Testament and its oddities but I won't analyze them per chapter anymore. I'll describe more ge… Read More
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