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the gospels don't say a whole lot

i find it difficult to reconcile the enormity of christian r...
Primrose pea-brained water buffalo ticket booth
  09/18/18
Christianity is based on the whole Bible, not just the gospe...
Hateful ruddy hell
  09/18/18
i was being too broad and unclear. but one thing is that the...
Primrose pea-brained water buffalo ticket booth
  09/18/18
lol lawman8 pls respond
Ultramarine big friendly grandma
  09/18/18
Someone who heals the sick, gives the blind sight, allows th...
Hateful ruddy hell
  09/18/18
sure. but you know the lightheartedness with respect to Jesu...
Primrose pea-brained water buffalo ticket booth
  09/18/18
I agree for the most part, but it is a fundamental aspect of...
Ultramarine big friendly grandma
  09/18/18
Gospel of John does, tho
Lake Boyish School
  09/18/18
ecclesiology shit mostly comes from Paul, not Jesus/the Gosp...
Ultramarine big friendly grandma
  09/18/18
Jesus gave keys to peter, peter stated church, church is Chr...
Violent property
  09/18/18
yeah, this is what i was getting at. makes sense.
Primrose pea-brained water buffalo ticket booth
  09/18/18
lol. keys went to peter.
sepia racy corner
  09/18/18
i edited but acknowledge this stupidity
Violent property
  09/18/18
paul never placed jesus in history or on earth.
Galvanic kitty doctorate
  09/18/18
Everytime I read the Gospels, especially John, I have the op...
soul-stirring salmon principal's office jew
  09/18/18
There's an oral tradition too, the bible is more like a very...
mewling therapy den
  09/18/18
https://www.amazon.com/Homeric-Epics-Gospel-Mark/dp/03001726...
Galvanic kitty doctorate
  09/18/18
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Primrose pea-brained water buffalo ticket booth
  09/18/18
john uber alles
lavender misunderstood business firm
  09/18/18
You're a practicing catholic? Wtf
fantasy-prone death wish
  09/19/18
Atheist but raised Catholic
Galvanic kitty doctorate
  09/19/18


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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:11 PM
Author: Primrose pea-brained water buffalo ticket booth

i find it difficult to reconcile the enormity of christian religion with the sparsity of the 4 gospels. they raise more questions than they answer, especially about the nature of Jesus. i don't see how the things that are considered today to be a part of christianity actually are rooted in any kind of theology given how little these texts actually give us to work with.

has nobody even bothered to read through these short books in their entirety? or better yet, read them and think about them on their own for any period of time? mainstream christianity is a bloated mess in comparison to the unadorned and powerful gospels.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837116)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:14 PM
Author: Hateful ruddy hell

Christianity is based on the whole Bible, not just the gospels. Please give examples where Christianity exceeds the gospels.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837128)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:20 PM
Author: Primrose pea-brained water buffalo ticket booth

i was being too broad and unclear. but one thing is that there is a certain perception of Jesus as a personal cheerleader/best friend/life coach that has sunken into mainstream protestantism. i don't know where this comes from, but it certainly does not reflect the Jesus of matthew, mark, luke.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837175)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:22 PM
Author: Ultramarine big friendly grandma

lol lawman8 pls respond

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837185)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:25 PM
Author: Hateful ruddy hell

Someone who heals the sick, gives the blind sight, allows the deaf to hear is a personal cheerleader to each who was cured and each of us who seeks to be cured. The core of the gospels is that Jesus is consubstantial with God, the father, and that each person should be focused personally on knowing God, loving God and serving God.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837232)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:37 PM
Author: Primrose pea-brained water buffalo ticket booth

sure. but you know the lightheartedness with respect to Jesus that i am referring to. that has absolutely no place in christianity.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837339)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:42 PM
Author: Ultramarine big friendly grandma

I agree for the most part, but it is a fundamental aspect of Christ that His death and resurrection tore the veil (literally and figuratively), allowing all people access to God and His love, whereas previously only special people were allowed access (in the temple). In this sense, He is a source of familiarity with God, and the catholic (small "c") church is His bride. However, the whole ridiculous movement toward making worship music sound like cheesy romantic love songs is absurd, and South Park destroyed those people in the Christian rock episode.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837369)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:27 PM
Author: Lake Boyish School

Gospel of John does, tho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837257)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:15 PM
Author: Ultramarine big friendly grandma

ecclesiology shit mostly comes from Paul, not Jesus/the Gospels. Jesus had very little to say about how to run a church, other than 1. gather together, 2. recruit others to join, and 3. take communion as a sacrament (churches who either don't do communion at all or even just don't do it weekly are TTT by default)

but you can learn plenty about how to LIVE from the Gospels

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837130)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:18 PM
Author: Violent property

Jesus gave keys to peter, peter stated church, church is Christianity. Orthodoxy is true, pay no attention to "modern" Christianity. And read a book on systematic theology it's all in there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837149)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:21 PM
Author: Primrose pea-brained water buffalo ticket booth

yeah, this is what i was getting at. makes sense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837182)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:35 PM
Author: sepia racy corner

lol. keys went to peter.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837323)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:42 PM
Author: Violent property

i edited but acknowledge this stupidity

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837370)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:37 PM
Author: Galvanic kitty doctorate

paul never placed jesus in history or on earth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837337)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:22 PM
Author: soul-stirring salmon principal's office jew

Everytime I read the Gospels, especially John, I have the opposite reaction: I am surprised by how much of Christianity is actually IN the Gospels.

You're right, Christians have multiplied the complexity of the religion many times over, but most of the basics are in there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837184)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:30 PM
Author: mewling therapy den

There's an oral tradition too, the bible is more like a very important set of historical records

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837278)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:30 PM
Author: Galvanic kitty doctorate

https://www.amazon.com/Homeric-Epics-Gospel-Mark/dp/0300172613

Nothing made sense until I read this book. Also be sure to read/watch Richard Carrier because MacDonald believes in historicity which is absurd. The gospel is a commentary on the Jewish war. Also be sure to read up on how Mark is the only one worth reading.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837287)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:34 PM
Author: Primrose pea-brained water buffalo ticket booth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837319)



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Date: September 18th, 2018 10:42 PM
Author: lavender misunderstood business firm

john uber alles

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36837377)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 1:44 AM
Author: fantasy-prone death wish

You're a practicing catholic? Wtf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36838340)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:08 AM
Author: Galvanic kitty doctorate

Atheist but raised Catholic

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4080875&forum_id=2#36838381)