Do YOU Know Your Bible? (Part 1)

The first episode in a new series of brief videos exploring some of the lesser known passages of the bible, especially in light of the biblical literalism that seems so rampant in America.

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjHD4QCPa60
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTRX-L5trMM
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxgH5GQjnfc
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAad9fm_img
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Gyi23eDWw

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[falloutentity]

Double check claims about Bible verses (from all sides) - BY THINKING IN CONTEXT

Always read before and after the 'cherry-picked' verse.

eg.,

Matthew 12 1-8: Jesus proclaims he is the Son of God, and above the authorities of the Temple.

Mark 7: 18-19 Jesus proclaims that what comes out of man in thoughts, speech and deeds is

far more important than what one eats

Matt 24: 46-50 Jesus makes a point that everyone who shares the same belief in obeying God are members of his family.

[TaylorX04]

@falloutentity And your point is what exactly? The problem with "contextualizing" the gospels is that they were not written from scratch. Matthew and Luke borrowed from Mark and Q, and in turn those two sources may have borrowed from still earlier (lost) sources. So yes, read in context, but also bear in mind that each author had used other sources and incorporated their own material.

[Tonithenightowl]

Did you realize that it said it will be so in the kingdom of heaven.Apparently it doesn't keep you out of heaven bc you taught the wrong doctrine.

[TaylorX04]

@Tonithenightowl Yes, I did notice that. While it's mildly interesting, I do think most theists will say that they want to please god as much as possible, hence they should follow Jesus' comment about "being least in heaven" as a warning.

[Tonithenightowl]

@TaylorX04 Better a man to be wrong and know it, then a man to be right all the time and think he's above his fellow man. Pride is the culprit.

[TaylorX04]

@Tonithenightowl Who thinks he's above his fellow man? It certainly seems like Jesus did, doesn't it! What else but pride could motivate someone to make such a bold declaration about destiny and heaven? Maybe you should apply your naive wisdom to more than just what I say. ;-)

[TaylorX04]

@KevinJ1live What you're basically saying is that you have to be a Christian to understand. But if that's true, then do you feel justified in rejecting Islam, Mormonism, Hinduism, and the other faiths, having never believed in them? How do you know your opinion of them is right if you've never believed?

More importantly, though, think of what this means for your god, who allegedly "wants none to perish." Why did he set up a confusing system of belief that only believers "get"? Pretty bad plan.

[Yudovitch]

@ikawpipa I am well aware of the evidence for, and against, the historicity of jesus. My question is whether YOU are. Once again, provide evidence and we can have an actual conversation. Is there a document you are referring to? Perhaps a third-century quote in Josephus? What, exactly, compels you to believe that a person rose from the dead two thousand years ago?

[atimor]

sad to say that hardly any christians will watch this because a lot of them are closed minded assholes :)

[kinc1967]

Nice video sir.

[Yudovitch]

@gamesbok Agreed :D

[gamesbok]

@Yudovitch It seems unlikely that Josephus would have used the term Messiah either as an apostate or practising jew, and if he was a Christian then the history is totally bizarre.

[Yudovitch]

@gamesbok Actually I am well aware that Josephus was in the first century. I am also aware that the quote from "History of the Jews" about Jesus being the Messiah, did not appear in ANY renditions of the book before the third century. It's likely that a scribe inserted the quote in there.

[gamesbok]

@Yudovitch Josephus could well have been alive in the life of Jesus. The problem with his 'History of the Jews' is that we have no original documents, and the copies we do have were in the hands of Christians for so long, and may not be unadultrated. Curiously Josephus lists the towns and settlements of the Galilee, where he had been an official, and does not mention Nazareth.

Was Jesus a Nazarite, like Sampson?

[WisdomoftheAeons]

This is truth. People try to turn Christianity into repackaged Judaism. I have a sneaking suspicion that Christianity never considered itself Jewish before Rome adopted it as it's official religion and created the canon. The fact is Paul's letters resemble gnosticism a lot more than it resembles torah, it's quite obvious to me!

[Tonithenightowl]

@TaylorX04 I'm not naive enough to believe the distorted message of organized religion. They make Jesus sound like something between a maniac and superman. I think he was a man with a truthful message. Love and forgiveness is how we are to treat one another. Real simple. The rest is pretty much the manipulation of the masses by organized religion to their advantage. You don't need a god or religion to be moral and ethical. You just have to be a decent human being.