Hurl stones at the person until dead Completely destroy themReligionofpeace.com (now extinct) website tried to reconcile the violence in the Old Testament with the Gospel of Jesus Christ by arguing that the violence was for a particular period in Israel’s history and is not for now or for universal use since Jesus Christ came to […]
Christ v Bible / State Intro
The relationship between the Old Testament Historical Narrative/Conventional Religious Thinking and the Testimony of Christ is a great deal more than between just old and new ways of thinking. Essentially, the relationship is a dialogue between the man-made image of God and the image of God as a man of eternity. The consequence of canonising […]
Learn Nothing From History
Los Angeles Times local December 2010 “In December 1944, his prayer was answered. The weather miraculously cleared (it did eventually snow, but the prayer hadn’t mentioned snow), and Patton was able to get his army moving again. When the Germans launched their final attack against Allied Forces, the Battle of the Bulge, Patton swung his […]
The Dilemma of a Bipolar Church
Fox News Article Christmas 2010An article in FoxNews by Col. Oliver North typifies the confusion in the minds of the military concerning their relationship with God.He opens his article with a verse that contains the phrase, ‘thanks be to God, who gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.’Presumably Mr North thinks that the word […]
Christ v Bible/State Part 5
This section is about the misuse of knowledge. A group of scientists or technologists in their specialised field may knowingly falsely present or conceal vital knowledge to advance an ideological cause or belief essential for unifying a public against their neighbours, to support a Governments’ military cause driven by a hidden agenda. Soldiers rely on […]
Christ v Bible/State Part 2 of 8
An interpretation by scholars of the way Jesus used very small portions of the OT, in particular when he stated that not one dot of the law shall be removed, has produced the idea in some people’s minds that his reference to the law can be extended as a reference to the whole narrative about […]