Subj : Today's Thought
To   : Newborn
From : George Pope
Date : Tue Oct 11 2005 23:18:00

N>  > The Torah contains more than the written books of Moses, as Moses himself
N>  > testified ("as was shown to me..." etc.)
N>  > and when it says he brought down BOTH the Torah and the Mishnah("instruct
N>  > concerning the Torah") from Sinai.
N>  >
N>      Moses is credited with the first five books (the Pentateuch) and certai
N>      the Torah consists of more then these.  However you are add more to wha
N>      is in the Torah, including quotes from the Rabbis (the Talmud) which ar
N>      NOT divinly inspired, but the 'works' of man.

The Talmud is not a single work, nor is it a man-made work -- it derives
directly from the Mishnah, which as I pointed out above, is stated as God-given
in the 5 books of Moses (in Exodus, IIRC)

N>  > There's more evidence in the Xian Bible that Jesus was married than that
N>  > was!
N>  >
N>
N>    There are many 'false' books of Scripture that were never accepted as
N>    God's wprd.

I did say the "Xian Bible" (not the 'lost gospels' or any such nonsense, but
the standard 66-book Christian canon)

N>  > Jesus, at least, was at a wedding ceremony, and travelled/cohabitted with
N>  > woman exclusively of all others.
N>  >
N>    Being at a 'wedding ceremony' does not mean the Lord was married.  The gr
N>    and bride were probably friends of the family and Jesus attended as a fav
N>    to Mary.  Travelled/cohabitted?  Boy are you reaching!  Most of Jesus's
N>    company was male disciples and apostles.  He never cohabitted with a wome
N>    (you can never find ONE Biblical reference in the traditional writtings).
N>    He also had many women friends (Mary, Martha, etc), but they were support
N>    and financeres of His ministry NOT sexual partners.

Like I said, there is more evidence suggestive of Jesus being married than of
Paul ever having been so (Paul's anti-woman stance & refusal to marry would
suggest strongly that he's not a marriage-minded man, but Jesus was very much
accepting/loving of women, and showed his respect for the marriage ritual, by
making sure the tradition of great gaity was present at the wedding (by
providing a big pitcher of GOOD wine for the guests!)

Paul exhibited nothing but contempt for the ritual/practice. . .

N>    to qualify for membership, he was probably a widower who never remarried.
N>    Paul said "I wish that all men were as myself" (1 Cor. 7:17)  For the
N>    Gospel's sake he chose to remain unmarried for the sake of his ministry.

So he wished all men would have had a wife die?

Because I care,
|<+]::-)  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))


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