יום שני, 4 בינואר 2016

faith in the time of jesus

if we study a "lesson book" called textbook we hope that it is better quality than other books but there are 3 levels 
the one demanded of students- to summarise what IS in the source book and analyse it-
the one where someone states their opinion- and it is not in conflict with THE source quoted-
and the worst- the level professors allow themselves- when the author of the textbook publishes his opinion with a conflicting source.
god hates lies according to Proverbs.
a lie relative to its own source- is the most disgusting and far worse than a debatable theory.
so when we try to teach the "background" of christianity and our source text is JOHN 14 it better match it--
18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me.
jesus promises that he will leave  and visit again- soon.
jesus taught that the END of evil is "not near" mark 13.7 "7 When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 8 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning..."
if we know that at that generation people taught that the END OF EVIL was near and soon eschatological apocolypsi- then the contrast should be "jesus responded to the contemporary faiths by teaching his students to reject them."
but the study book ignores its own source accusing jesus of plagiarizing a popular idea to attract followers- the fact that jesus teachings is NOT NEAR BUT YET TO COME shows how annoyingly evil the professor was. the opposite of plagiarizing a popular faith- jesus taught his "unpopular" faith which is likely to "not attract"  those who follow popular trends. but the truth does not stop people from accusing jesus falsely. as if he was not original- here is an example of original similarly teaching unpopular views is not "using popular faiths to attract the undiscerning" because it conflicts the popular eschatology. 
similarly paul after accepting jesus would not have any "phase" in conflict with jesus teaching until "admitting" jesus would not come soon. had this author not quoted PAUL  he coulda pinned the "end is near" on revelation but paul would never challenge jesus.
similarly putting in johns mouth the opposite of jesus teaching in mark as mentioned is disgusting.
the popular "end is near" was NOT the "basis of" early jesus followers as this lesson book claims and john never said as this textbook claims "the spirit but NOT CHRIST" will be revealed because john and paul all believed in the source above that jesus would leave and also not leave them as orphans and this author did source "john 14" and relative to the source- the source itself- it is a disgusting lie.
what historian would mention "john 14" and still lie that "not the christ" will be revealed while sourcing john 14 on the same line !! when that chapter said he WILL REVEAL to followers after three days for a couple months...
we can analyse this disgusting lie and learn something about the author- they wanted jesus to look bad- so strongly that they accused jesus of copying and fooling followers and making christianity of that generation look wrong until facing the "reality" of christs delay- ridiculing early followers of jesus-- had jesus said "the end of evil is near" and then paul said oops- the wars are the "beginning"-- then this ridiculing would be appropriate but when quoting john 14 and on the background of mark 13 we can understand how strongly academics who deny christianity will corrupt RELATIVE TO the sources to make jesus look bad and wrong even relative to the source.
if we hold the professor to the same standard demanded of the student- he "gets 10%" for severely failing "reading comprehension" and another 10% for trying... and a harsh criticism for not comprehending  nor presenting the sources accurately and in a way which demonstrates this authors attempt to ridicule the early christian faith in an instance - this time it is not accurate nor justifiable criticism but inaccurate accusations far muddier than opinion and wild guess- which is bad for a textbook and this corruption is even worse.

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