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Jewish Beliefs About Jesus And Jews For Jesus
For 2,000 years, Jews have rejected
the Christian idea of Jesus as messiah. Why?
Just like most of the world doesn't go to the guy with the Cross of Tammuz, Babylon, and Roman Empire, we'd tend to go to the guy that has heard about Spleens, knows puncture wounds to the gut area, and has the common sense not to buy into the Bible fairy tales.
There was no Cross, there was a tree.
The Tau cross was a symbol of the Roman God Mithras and the Greek Attis, and their forerunner Tammuz, the Sumerian solar God, the consort of the Goddess Ishtar.[citation needed]
Tammuz, like Christ, was associated with fishing and shepherding. The Tau cross takes the shape of the letter of his name, and is one of the oldest letters known. A solar god, the death and resurrection of Tammuz were celebrated every summer.
Originally posted by Akragon
reply to post by NOTurTypical
Would you mind showing me where in the bible it says anything about a crossbeam?
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Come on, do you think history doesn't record anywhere how Persians or Romans executed people?
Let's say it was a "tree", how did Simon of Cirene carry a tree through town for Christ?
Let's say it was the entire cross, how did Simon carry that 600-700 pound construction almost a mile from the Praetorium to Calvary
Come on man. Condemned men carried the crossbeam. That itself was between 80-135 pounds.
Originally posted by MagnumOpus
Humm, I wonder who carried the Sedecula?
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The victim's buttocks rested on the sedecula, a wooden piece nailed to the upright beam to support his body.
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That pretty much ruins that theme of he can't breath.
Also, ruins that idea of nails in the hands.
Originally posted by MagnumOpus
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Come on, do you think history doesn't record anywhere how Persians or Romans executed people?
Let's say it was a "tree", how did Simon of Cirene carry a tree through town for Christ?
Let's say it was the entire cross, how did Simon carry that 600-700 pound construction almost a mile from the Praetorium to Calvary
Come on man. Condemned men carried the crossbeam. That itself was between 80-135 pounds.
Humm----you are making this up as you go along.
Do give everyone the citations on just what weight was being carried.
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And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross[2]
And they compelled one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.[4]
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Originally posted by Akragon
reply to post by NOTurTypical
Either way its likely he died of shock either way...
my question is....
Why do people who consider him to be God in the flesh... believe its not possible for him to survive such things if all things are possible with God...
Originally posted by Akragon
reply to post by NOTurTypical
progress towards what might i ask?
This is nothing new... and i still believe its possible he survived. Just highly unlikely...
His death doesn't change his purpose, which was not death but life...
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Originally posted by Akragon
reply to post by NOTurTypical
progress towards what might i ask?
This is nothing new... and i still believe its possible he survived. Just highly unlikely...
His death doesn't change his purpose, which was not death but life...
It's impossible He survived. People only attack the crucifixion because to deny the resurrection is an even greater exercise in futility that most have stopped trying altogether and instead focus on Him not dying.
Your stated words contradict with your stated beliefs friend. You've said numerous times to only believe Christ's words from the NT and to discard the rest. He consistently throughout the 4 gospels says He came to die, and to die for our sins. You're violating the law of non-contradiction.
edit on 6-4-2012 by NOTurTypical because: (no reason given)
Where did he say "i came to die'?
He came to live... and to show us how God wants us to live.... I focus on his life not his death...
He knew he was going to die... but only by Gods will... not his own....
Originally posted by MagnumOpus
Looks like the Talmud has lots of words to speak on the Beasts and the Idol worshipers.
Sounds like lots of Revelation is based in these details.
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Article II. - What the Talmud Teaches About Christians
1. IDOLATERS
Since Christians follow the teachings of that man, whom the Jews regard as a Seducer and an Idolater, and since they worship him as God, it clearly follows that they merit the name of idolater, in no way different from those among whom the Jews lived before the birth of Christ, and whom they taught should be exterminated by every possible means.
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7. NOT LIKE MEN, BUT BEASTS
In Kerithuth (6b p. 78) it says:
"The teaching of the Rabbis is: He who pours oil over a Goi, and over dead bodies is freed from punishment. This is true for an animal because it is not a man. But how can it be said that by pouring oil over a Goi one is freed from punishment, since a Goi is also a man? But this is not true, for it is written: Ye are my flock, the flock of my pasture are men (Ezechiel, XXXIV, 31). You are thus called men, but the Goim are not called men."
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