To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (16700 ) 3/15/2004 4:36:29 AM From: Solon Read Replies (1) | Respond to "The reviewer tries to review a subject in the movie that he completely fails to understand. This is not surprising coming from a non-Christian who is trying to "look in". ""My own research in this field goes back 14 years, when I first encountered a serious presentation of the theory in Professor Wells. Although my university training was not in New Testament studies, I have a degree in Ancient History and Classical Languages, giving me a working knowledge of Greek and Latin, which I have supplemented with some of the basics of Hebrew and Syriac. In addition to the New Testament (along with many parts of the Old), I have thoroughly investigated all the non-canonical Christian documents, the 2nd and 3rd century Apologists, all the relevant Jewish Pseudepigrapha of the era together with the Dead Sea scrolls, plus much of Christian and non-Christian Gnosticism. To this I have added a study of Philo of Alexandria, Middle Platonism and other philosophies, relevant ancient historians, Hellenistic mystery cults and the general religious thought of the era... ""Jesus became sin for us and God punished that sin and shed Jesus's blood to atone for all sin. Jesus was the willing sacrifice. You have to understand that He didn't have to do it for us "
