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Hello Stefan;
I'm delighted to see that you've posted a followup to your original thread on MK 4. I've just now skimmed this post and am putting together a response that I hope to have ready in a day or so.

You've done a very insightful job. Many thanks!

Jude

One of his rules for life in the pursuit of happiness is; " Do not try to rescue someone who does not want to be rescued.... " This convoluted selfish morality calls for the non-intervention of suicidal and the mentally ill. This live and let die view is in direct contrast to Christianity...

A lot of what we have are like the shattered glass of a once beautiful and coherent mosaic. These bits and pieces have been picked up, used as weapons or kept as reminders of certain parts, but we no longer have the whole picture. We know that this or that thing is evil, but we don't know the gramm...

If anyone is new to the Synoptic Problem and needs an overview here is a link to an online copy of Mark Goodacre's "The Synoptic Problem: A Way Through the Maze". https://archive.org/stream/synopticproblemw00good#page/n0/mode/2up The digitizing of the book was done by Duke University, so m...

Hi Giuseppe:

I would suggest that Revelation 5 establishes Jesus as the lamb of Revelation.

All the best to you.

The last name of Peter is apparantly given in Matt 16:17, it is Barjonah. Isn't Jonah a first name in this context? Yes, "Jonah" is a first name, but people back then didn't have last names like we do. Instead, someone's "last name" was their father's name. So if your name was &...

Hello Joseph DL I would suggest that JN 19:34 be interpreted in light of John's overall theological thrust rather that introducing Osiris. In the context on John's theological arc, the blood would represent Jesus being the sacrificial Passover lamb. Notice that to enforce that symbolism John synchro...

The last name of Peter is apparantly given in Matt 16:17, it is Barjonah. Isn't Jonah a first name in this context? Yes, "Jonah" is a first name, but people back then didn't have last names like we do. Instead, someone's "last name" was their father's name. So if your name was &...

Hello Isayre: This is only my opinion, but to answer your question I'd say it's possible (anything is possible!), but not very probable. Basically, the evidence being offered is that there are two men named "Simon" mentioned in the Gospel (Simon Peter and Simon Iscariot), so, therefore, th...

Hello Stefan; When I first read your original post I misinterpreted it and thought you were experiencing some type of existential crisis and were in need of consolation (by training I am both a psychologist and clergyman so I tend to see that almost automatically!). Anyway, as I've re-read this thre...