Hi Beth,

I'm not sure of Lee Strobel's personal timeline. While working at a major newspaper in Chicago he classified himself as an atheist and set out to debunk Christianity, i.e. followers of Jesus [because that was the real problem in his eyes]. We all know the mere mention of Jesus as the true God causes spasms in many that choose, by their own volition, to follow someone other than Jesus. At the end of Lee Strobel's search he used all his interviews and the evidence he had gathered to come to a conclusion, much the same way a jury works.

Now, it's fine to quote others who claim to be god as well as those who follow these other gods but when defense of Jesus and His teachings are thrown into the mix it's seen as imposing one's opinion or viewpoint on another. Debate & discussion are great because we live in an arena of words and ideas. We do not live in a vaccum, BUT only one of the different viewpoints will be proven right and that will be when we all stand before our [the] true God & Creator. Everyone will make a choice before he/she departs this world. My choice is Jesus and I hope that everyone will choose Him just as those that follow another would want folks to follow or believe as they do.

Remember, making no choice/decision is actually a choice.

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Grace & Peace to all ~ Doug

 

 

Hi,

The issue with the Gnostic gospels is that they were written some 400 or so years [give or take] after Christ's crucifiction while the gospels in the Bible were all written in a very timely manner after the event. We know how a story grows and changes over time and the longer the time frame from the actual event(s) the greater the potential for inaccuracy.

Gnostic/Gnosticism stems from gnoses which means - Intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths

Now, I am not a scholar nor theologian. What I have written is what other much more learned people than I have stated, so please, use foams bats LOL

Grace & Peace to all this day ~ Doug

Beth-you gave me a chill!
I didn't know he that-but I came to the very same conclusion myself in my personal search in 1987!
I still kinda sorta call myself a Buddhist-if limited to checkoff boxes-but the principles have shaped the way I think and do things.
Jesus is still my main guy-mind you-Buddhism gives a clearer way to understand putting principle into practice-the outcome is:
oh yeah-Albert and I share the same hair style-I rarely comb mine either:)

Hey Pauline
I'm going through the pages backways-your post hits on my peeviest pet peeve-words don't communicate anymore!

You know about what I'm dealing with more or less down here; and the mis-communication that is going on based on peoples reactions and understanding of words is a very dangerous occurence.

I even did a chart to translate what certain words and phrases meant to a black person as opposed to what a white person thought the same phrase meant.
I walk in both worlds down here and they are deeply divided.

I've had it happen in one-on-one conversations when I would use a word that meant one thing; to me and something completly different to the listener.
Fortunately, I was watching his face and could quickly diffuse the situation.

Try talking across generations and you get blank stares as you try to make a point with a word or phrase that worked very well when your mom used it on you!
We have to, (in my opinion, of course) get better at listening to the heart and the spirit of the speaker, then fit the words to that;-working from the words to get the intent is a disaster!

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