full-disclosure - Re: What Christianity means to me

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Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 12:13:45 -0500
From: vulcanius <vulcanius@...il.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: What Christianity means to me

I'm sorry, I thought this was Full-Disclosure, not metaphysics weekly.

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:47 AM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> wrote:

> On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:22:23 +0200, anonymous pimp said:
> > > And that, my friends, is the basis of all Christianity.
> >
> > No it isn't.
> >
> > "Christianity is... based on the teachings of Jesus Christ" [0]
> >
> >
> > [0] http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/
>
> FAIL.
>
> You're parroting (and citing a circular definition, at that). Andrew A at
> least
> *groks* what Jesus was trying to tell us.
>
> Among other things, Andrew A notices that Jesus didn't develop his
> teachings
> in an intellectual vacuum - he would have been at very familiar with the
> Old Testament, and had at least passing familiarity with the various Greek
> philosophers.  Even in those areas where Greek teaching was incompatible
> with Judeaic teachings, they'd be known in "compare and contrast" form.
>
> As we find in Luke chapter 2:
>
> 46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the
> teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
> 47 Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.
>
> Note that the text implies that at that time, it was not unusual for a
> 12 year old boy to be at the temple talking to the teachers - what *was*
> unusual was the depth of understanding for a 12 year old.
>
>
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