#2. To: StraitGate, Esso, NeoconsNailed, Anthem, TommyTheMadArtist, Lod, Ada (#1)
I am listening to an Islamic scholar's criticism of the new Afghan government. He says they must ban usury and to issue gold and silver coins banning bogus paper money. Some Islamic scholars say that Daijal (the anti-Christ) is our modern Jewish banking system rather than one person. To use that banking system system is to submit to a Jewish usury based banking system is a guarantee of failure.
Wow, they have an 'antichrist' in Islam? Shows the cult has to have some very interesting hidden origins. I tried googling 'daijal' and he seems to be traditionally depicted (there are pictures in Islam?) with one eye shut -- an insider motif almost as blatant as the hand hidden in the coat.
Islam recognizes Jesus as a prophet. Do you remember gay artists more than decade ago putting a statue of Jesus in a jar and filling it with piss. A fruitcake tried that in London art gallery. A Muslim called up and explained that he was disrespecting a Muslim prophet. The exhibit was pulled.
Islam recognizes Jesus as a Jewish Messiah. Daijal is the anti-Messiah. He is Jewish. Some modern Muslims think that the anti-Christ is actually the modern banking system.
I've always heard it reveres him as a moral prophet etc. That of course would be wonderful except (1) we never hear of any mention of him in that context and (2) it brings up the old challenge -- if Jesus was valid only that far, is the rest of him insane or maybe delusional? (Not asking this, just revisiting the Christian eg fundy view -- prolly parafrazing C.S. Lewis.)
Incidentally I'm getting my very 1st taste of Windows 10 at this moment. Seems way better than I expected, tho' it's no replacement for the immortal and trustworthy Win7. I ordered an extra of my main laptop in Ebay and it came with a bootleg of 10 -- would overwrite with 7 but am SSD-only now.
Jesus was a Galilean. They were forcibly converted to Judaism just before 100 BC.
Israel and Judah were never united as one nation.
There never was a Temple of Solomon. David was no king as the population of Judah was only 1,600 at that time.
The Bible says Jesus was tou Nazareth, the Nazarene in Greek. The early Christians thought that meant he was born in a town called Nazareth but there was no such town then. tou (the in English) is a genitive. It could have meant he was from that place but it did not exist at that time. So it probably meant that he had taken a Nazarene vow as had Sampson of the long hair.
The above came from The Bible Unearthed by Israel Finkelstein, an Israeli archaeologist.
A Galilean, yes. "Converted to Judaism" -- extremely astute. They were (for want of a better term) Hebrewists or Yahwists before that -- the OT religion that has no name like the ancient Greek and Roman ones. Pleasexplain your 2nd and 3rd para? It sounds like you're daring the wild territory between the Bible and reality -- I'm sure we can trust Israel Finkelstein for NY scholarship ;-)
The Bible was written by foreigners who did not understand Hebrew. They used the term Golgotha and thought it was Hebrew. Not true. The New Testament was written in Koine Geek, which was used by uneducated people outside of Greece.
Paul did not write the Gospels. He did not learn Greek as a native speaker in Greece which was my point. The NT is written in Koine Geek. Aramaic is very close to ancient Hebrew. The OT is pure fantasy. There never was a Temple of Solomon.