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1 | Greek-Hebrew New Testment use Yahweh? | OT general | Hank | 107026 | ||
Hi, Tim: Surely you don't believe that the beneficient Santa Claus of the Sky whom we call God would have any objection to His all-wise and all-knowing creatures adding a few words to His word here and taking away a few words there! I mean, if adding a few YHWH's to the Greek New Testament will make us feel better, what's wrong with that? Isn't the aim of Christianity to make us feel better, to make us feel all warm and fuzzy-wuzzy inside? Why, Jesus gave His life on the cross so that we could all be happy, healthy and rich. So what's wrong with doctoring up the biblical text until we have it the way we want it, so long as it makes us happy? Shouldn't we formulate our own theology first, get it so that we'll be as happy as pigs in the sunshine, and then rewrite those annoying portions of Scripture that conflict with our own tailor-made theology? We will feel good and be happy when we do. Never mind what Scripture says about this practice. After all, God is good and loves everybody. We don't have to worry about God condemning people to Hell for corrupting His holy word. He wouldn't do such a thing as that! Or would He? --Hank | ||||||
2 | Greek-Hebrew New Testment use Yahweh? | OT general | flinkywood | 107047 | ||
Hank, Here's a quotation from "Church History in Plain Language" by Bruce L. Shelly, part of an introduction to an essay on Gnosticism. I thought it might fit hre: "The Event--God in flesh--has always struck man as religious nonsense. History shows how tirelessly man schemes, searching for some substitute explanation." pg 50. Shelley points out the upside of this scheming on the preceding page (49): "Heretics, in fact, served the Church in an unintended way. Their pioneering attempts to state the truth forced the church to shape 'good' theology'--a rounded , systematic statement of biblical revelation." Heretics are still serving the church today, also in unintended ways. Colin |
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3 | Greek-Hebrew New Testment use Yahweh? | OT general | Ray | 107263 | ||
Hi Colin, I agree that "heretics are still serving the church today, also in unintended ways." I hope that we all can continue to reason together in a spirit of love. God is not finished with us yet. From the heart, Ray |
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4 | Greek-Hebrew New Testment use Yahweh? | OT general | flinkywood | 107271 | ||
Ray, I read your posts often. A director friend of mine once said that he learns more from bad theater than good. I feel the same about bad theology. Is it true you are up against an illness? Blessings to you in all cases. Colin |
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