peacefulpete
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feeding the dead
by peacefulpete inthe detailed history of yahwist cult is largely lost to us.
we have only the work of narrowly focused compilers and editors to draw from in the ot and archaeological insights from such a distant past are sadly sporadic.
just how did the concept of death develope and at what point did the veneration/consultation of the dead become anathema to yahwism?
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mutilating the dead
by peacefulpete inwe have all seen horrific images of soldiers and civilians whose bodies have been mutilated out of anger or contempt, perhaps as a psychological intimidation.
we ask ourselves how could civilized people do something like hack off the hands of a dead person and hang the mutilated corpse for public viewing.
it may surprise some to learn that this was done by one of the bible's greatest heros, david.
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burial bonfires
by peacefulpete inthere are a number of rather intriguing aspects of the ot use of incense, and at some time in the future it would make a thread by itself.
however the use of incense at a burial fire for asa sparked interest in the fire itself.
here's what the passage says:.
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Job and the resurrection
by peacefulpete inoften the wt claims that the writer of job believed in the resurrection doctrine as espoused by the jws.
the usual verses lifted from context are 14:13-15 which says: .
if only you would set me a time .
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All things have been handed to me
by peacefulpete inon another thread the story about jacob wrestling god and cliaming to have seen god face to face reminded me of an interesting point about matt 11:27: "all things have been delivered to me (handed to me) by my father"; and noone knows the son except the father and none knows the father except the son and anyone whom the son choses to reveal him.".
this verse is often lifted from context and used to support a number of doctrinal positions, however in context the stament alludes to jesus being superior to previous prophets including moses and jacob because of his having seen god and had the associated full disclosure from him.. .
the connections between "seeing" god and having his full disclosure "knowing god" and his mind, is made at ex.33:12-23 where moses asks to "know"god's ways and the response is to allow him to "see" him though in a indirect way.
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book question
by peacefulpete inhas anyone read this book?
:jehovah's witnesses: a comprehensive and selectively annotated bibliography (bibliographies and indexes in religious studies).
is it worth the big bucks?
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Mark and Homer
by peacefulpete inthe lukan dependance upon greek epic has been discussed before.. how about g.mark?
here's a review of a book that draws this literary connection:review by richard carrier of dennis macdonald's 'the homeric epics .... .
comments?
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T-REX DNA
by peacefulpete inthis was probably posted before but just in case: cnn.com - soft tissue found in t-rex fossil - mar 24, 2005. .
anyone have more info from scientific sources rather than the media?
this seeems to defy all i thought i knew about dna.
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Jesus die about 30 CE
by peacefulpete inthere is a geat amount of confusion among early christian trdaition as to when jesus died, some have said about 130 different opinions were held.
the nt doesn't help pin it down as the dating in luke doesn't work.
anyway the tradition that eventually won out was that jesus was baptised about 29/30 and killed 1-3 years later.. on another site someone speculated that it was jewish tradition that indirectly helped establish this timeline.
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life of a 4th century nun
by peacefulpete inever wonder what is was like to be a 4th century christian initiated into the real mysteries of christianity?
here is a work by a devout nun who chronicled her experience.
notice the secret nature of the liturgy (section 47 xlvii) and the bizaar anastasis (cave) ritual where in the "mysteries" are revealed.