To: Solon who wrote (15143 ) 5/31/2001 6:30:05 PM From: one_less Respond to "However, this is just a story hijacked by the Hebrews and revealing their distant Mesopotamian origins." "If you would accept that Moses was doing God's will. Why would you not accept that, say,any modern person was doing so? Well, this is not supported by the Biblical stories but I believe that any messenger of God must be a sinless example. Not sinning does not equal perfection. Jesus had needs, he hungered and thirsted, slept, fasted, prayed, etc. Messengers can be mistaken about stuff, they are not born as all knowing creatures; which is why they pray and receive messages to pass on to believers. There are professies that fortell the coming of such messengers and when they are identified they must be an authentic match to the professy, as well as, maintain the character that would model the way of righteousness for followers of the message. There are other tests and I am not a scholar on this but that is a good start as to why I don't buy into say televangelists.
