I personally have a few very strong opinions on some things that have been said. First and foremost you can not link martial arts with christianity. Goes against the teachings. You never hear Jesus( Aka. Joshua) say, " Peter grab that sword and lop that guys ear off." Instead when he does do just that, Jesus rebukes him for it, and tells him to put his sword away. That, that is not the answer. Course on the othere side of the court, Jesus also says, " That in those days a man will have to sell his coat and buy a sword." Hmmm.....kind a contradiction to me. Furthermore there is a point in the NT where the pharisees, or perhaps the saducees are trying to capture Jesus, and the bible says, " and they could not touch him", always kind of reminded me of Aikido.
My second point is if jesus and god are one and the same, why then when asked does he always reply with, " I am god's son." Even those that tried to do him worship he would say, " Do not do that. I am not deserving. THere is but one God, and he is your father in heaven." Why is that? COuld it possibly be that he really was just god's son? Does god or Jesus care what you call him/them? Absolutely. My name is Nicholas, I don't want to be addressed as Nathan, or Noel. It's not my name, and to do so is disrespectful to me as person and human being. How much more so to god? Did he not tell the Israelites that they only had one god, and no others? Does not his name mean Jealous? Did he not say, " I am a jealous god, and you shall have no gods before me, for my name MEANS Jealous"? If you opened a prayer with, "With dear heavenly father JOHN", you think god is going to answer. Well, I wouldn't you must be praying to a god named John, not me. Get the picture?
My third contention is that there is actually quite a debate going on in christianity, concerning the words Jesus, and Joshua. In those days, Joshua was a very common name. It was to many peoples belief his name. Not jesus. Matter of fact in the original texts the name Jesus is nowhere to be found. However, Joshua was, and repeatedly. I believe it is pronounced Yeshua. The english equivalent is Joshua. Now, many people do not know this but when King James had the first bible written, gods name was actually taken out of the bible some 6,000 times. Why is that? Many people believe that Jesus is actually Satan, and that the word Jesus was used to replace Joshua. They believe that the whole NT is a fallicy that was written by the devil. A very interesting theory. On top of that the history channel brought out something that has plagued me for some months now. About the forgotten books of the bible. Jesus tells, the pharisees at one point, " Truly I say to you, someone greater than even Solomon stands before you now." So check it out. I looked up the Testament of Solomon on the internet not that long ago, ( need to finish it actually), but the very first page shows a picture of a pentagram. It was the insignia on the ring that the angel gives him, that he might command the demons to build god's temple. HOw funny. But a pentagram, is not something that you associate with the god of christianity. Definitely for most christians myself included deserves further study. What say you now, about all the questions that have been asked in previous posts. I think it's pretty interesting stuff myself
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