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Wade A. Tisthammer
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Date Posted: 03/23/04 8:23pm
In reply to:
QUITTNER
's message, "Re: Examining the gospel of John" on 03/22/04 12:45pm
>Wade A. Tisthammer, you wrote in part: >>>...But this
>is the book as a whole, not select parts before
>compilation. ... <<<
>..... Right. There's no way of knowing which writings,
>if any, no longer available, were consulted while
>writing the gospel "of John"; Q and Thomas were
>available to the Synoptics.
Well, Thomas wasn't. The Gospel of Thomas was written in the mid-second century, after all the 4 main gospels were. However, Q was likely available, I think.
>>>> ... That doesn't mean [Jesus] isn't God if
>(especially) he considered God his own Father, since
>that would make himself equal with God. <<<
>..... According to Matthew 5:9 all peacemakers will be
>called sons of God.
But this was made in a different context. God wasn't the literal Father here, and these weren't begotten Sons.
>..... Besides, most of the many who SAY that they
>follow Jesus do NOT OBEY God. Many, for
>examples, kill, steal, don't look after their aged
>parents, cheat on their wifes, don't love one another,
>nor their neighbors, nor even their enemies.
Then they are evidently not true followers of Jesus. These people would be hypocrites. (And hypocrisy was also something Jesus spoke out against.)
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