natedog04

I think it's important to consider ancient documents and the bible evidence supporting one view or another, not fact.

So you are admitting to the celebration of pagan holidays?

Back to the posts arguing the actuality of Christ or not. The historical evidence does suggest that if he was alive, he was almost certainly a warrior, trying to reclaim the throne that he felt was rightfully his. He was a descendant of David and thus had real backing to proclaim himself king of the Jews. It was not a spiritual term, as Messiah was not used until much later in history meaning other-worldy, in Jesus time it simply meant king, nothing more.Jesus was in fact a practicing Jew, obvioulsy influenced by pagan mythology, I forget the name of the myth, though if prompted i could look i

Matt if you are so well read on Josephus you would realize that he talks about a cult group called essenes which was a group Jesus was very likely to have traveled and associated with, which would implicate him as a political troublemaker.

Oops, I meant to put in the reason they are so powerful is not because they are divine, but because they rule through corruption and fear. They discourage the pursuit of knowledge, and they conveniently left out the Gospels that contradict or endanger what they put in the Bible. They have the wealth to supress the truth and the power to deny its truth, even if it is true.Great example, The Pope got a tracheotomy because of the flu, right, the flu lasts for 7 to 10 days. More disinformation courtesy of the Vatican. Take Care. Nate

This was already touched on briefly, but I fell strongly enough about the issue to emerge from the conference shadows. A). This conversation has little or nothing to do with poker and should be reserved to private conversations and church. You didn't want to preach but you have damn near incited a riot with a post four pages long.B). The people that have posted about the historical inncuracy of Jesus are mostly correct. Jesus of Nazareth is a common mistake made by people. It is actually Jesus the Nazarean, which would mean Jesus was a Jewish radical seeking his secular throne from Rome, as he