re: DNA analysis shows that Jews and Arabs Descended from Canaanites

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A quick, authoritative read is Elaine Pagel's "The Gnostic Gospels." FWIW, I now view my "Gnostic phase," as a serious departure into heresy. The Spirit moves in mysterious ways. Maybe that phase was necessary to get me where I am.

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I’ve had this thought that the gnostic view of the world with a demiurge that controls the world and subverts us from the true path is an interesting parallel to modern conspiracy theories.

Followed. Snag here, but maybe this was anecdotal "evidence" of "stuff that's not in the Bible":

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And of course, since we are all in on the trinity, Mary, a humble servant of God, privileged to give birth to his son miraculously…is now ‘the mother of God’.

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Of course God has no "mother" and has always been Eternal. Mary was the earthy vessel of Jesus the Man.

Bottom line: "Trinity" need not be mentioned specifically in order to note Scriptural / Divine note and acknowledgement of the "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit."

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Isn't it ironic that these two groups who hate each other so much share common ancestry

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No. See the Bushmen and the Bantu.

Mankind is a violent and tribalistic breed of animal. There is inherently no one we hate more than ourselves.

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They say this as if it's a big deal like if I gave my son. It's framed in human terms. But there's nothing human about it. He knows how it's going to turn out from the start. At least if we accept all of the other beliefs about God. It's not really much of a sacrifice to give up your son that you know you're not really giving up from the very beginning because you have all the power

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That is a valid perspective but lets discuss the merits of it. My first reaction is to the sacrifice itself. Jesus, was not just any Son of God. Because he is referred to as ‘the Only Begotten’, it means that he was directly created by God, the first of God’s creations. John chapter 1 calls him the ‘Word’.

So Imagine the first intelligent creation of God, the first thing coming into existence before anything else, tortured, insulted, and dying an agonizing death…and God watched it happen. I would argue that all creation suffered a shock whether they knew it or not.

Why did it happen? Because God’s justice is far superior to ours. He told Adam and Eve that sin leads to death. He also said that their offspring (at Genesis 1:27,28 before they sinned, would fill the earth. Their offspring. So it would seem that Satan had won, because he caused them to disobey God, bring death into the world, and God’s purpose for them would not happen.

God did not go back on his word and purpose. He could not destroy Adam and Eve and start over, He is inherently good and true to himself. We imagine an Eternal, All-Powerful Being to do whatever he wants. But he is bound by his own standards set for all Creation. He cannot lie, His Justice is perfect and makes sense. In order for it all to be fulfilled, this was the only way for man to be reconciled back into a relationship with him that would result in everlasting life. The ransom sacrifice, the teaching of it was huge, it had to be paid in order for God’s original purpose to be realized. It also stands to reason that Jesus cannot be a perfect human again, since he willingly gave up that life to offset what Adam lost.

Therein lies the sacrifice.

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Jews came from Isaac and the Arabs came from Ishmael, two brothers and sons of Abraham.


That's the common belief among protestant Christians but in truth no one knows

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That's not just Protestants, its in the Catholic Bible, the Quran, and Torah.

The Quran also has numerous references about Abraham, the Quran repeatedly establishes Abraham's role as patriarch and mentions numerous important descendants who came through his lineage, including Isaac, Jacob and Ishmael.

I don’t even know what you are talking about. Sorry

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Of course God has no "mother" and has always been Eternal. Mary was the earthy vessel of Jesus the Man.

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But in current orthodox Christianity, Jesus is fully God and fully man, so that would make Mary the mother of God.

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I don’t even know what you are talking about. Sorry

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Ah yes, you walk in, declare everyone wrong about the Bible and a non trinity God, then when getting to chose between if you are Jewish and trolling Christians or a member of the cult that believed it, you feint ignorance pretending to not know of the major group that espoused non trinitarian doctrine besides the Jewish people.

Did people not know this?