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To: Thomas M. who wrote (25780)	2/27/2007 1:58:16 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

Sigh! For someone who is so sure of himself, you can't even get your facts straight. Luke 10: 27 states: And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. Christians aren't the Eeeevil bastards you want them to be. Nor do they have any genuine history that matches the bloodlust that we see from Islamic extremists. christiananswers.net

To: Thomas M. who wrote (25780)	2/27/2007 4:41:55 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

'Burn the Christians' Best of the Web Today BY JAMES TARANTO Monday, February 26, 2007 "Al-Qaida posted a 56-second video Friday of rockets being fired at what it claimed was a US military base in Afghanistan," the Associated Press reports: The pictures were accompanied by a song whose lyrics included the line: "Burn the Christians, fight the devious Christians who worship crosses." Obviously they're just unhappy with American foreign policy in the Middle East. opinionjournal.com jpost.com

To: Thomas M. who wrote (25780)	2/27/2007 10:49:04 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35834

How is that different from this Christian Bible command? It's different because your quotation of Luke 10:27 should read: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all they heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself." What's further different is that even if your quotation were true instead of a lie (It's a lie), the Christian faith has renounced all such proclamations and purged inquisition from its teaching. It has grown up. Islamics have seized on their bloody quotation from the Koran to justify murder and terrorism, thereby sealing their fate in the eleventh century instead of prospering. But you knew that.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (25780)	2/27/2007 1:06:14 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35834

The passage is from Luke 19: 27 and it is part of a parable. The person speaking those words is a "certain wellborn man" who is also a king: ...... 12 Then He said: A certain wellborn man went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and to return. 13 And calling ten of his slaves, he gave to them ten minas and said to them, Trade until I come. 14 But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, We do not desire this one to reign over us. 15 And it happened as he returned, having received the kingdom, he even said for those slaves to be called to him, those to whom he gave the silver, that he might know what each had gained by trading. 16 And the first came, saying, Lord, your mina has gained ten minas. 17 And he said to him, Well done, good slave! Because you were faithful in a least thing, have authority over ten cities. 18 And the second came, saying, Lord, your mina has made five minas. 19 And he said to this one also, And you be over five cities. 20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold your mina which I have stored up in a face-cloth. 21 For I feared you, because you are an exacting man, taking what you did not lay down, and reaping what you did not sow. 22 But he said to him, I will judge you out of your own mouth, wicked slave. You knew that I am an exacting man, taking what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow. 23 And why did you not give my silver on the bank table? And coming, I might have exacted it with interest. 24 And to those standing by, he said, Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas. 25 And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas. 26 For I say to you, To everyone who has, it will be given. And from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. 27 But these hostile to me, those not desiring me to reign over them, bring them here and execute them before me. .......... It is NOT Jesus giving directions to his followers regarding other people. Its more like he is warning Christians to be good servants of God. Interesting that such a mistake would be made. Luke 10:27 actually has Jesus saying we should love our neighbors as ourselves. Note that the religion of the neighbor isn't specified - makes no difference. Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city. Ps 55:9

To: Thomas M. who wrote (25780)	2/28/2007 5:56:27 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 35834

[P]rominent Christian clergymen won't issue any death warrants, and the Vatican won't call upon "all believing Christians" to avenge the insult. Neither Cameron nor Jacobovici will have to spend the next decade or so in hiding. THE SAFE FAITH TO INSULT By MARK GOLDBLATT NEW YORK POST Opinion February 27, 2007 'TITANIC' director James Cameron and Simcha Jacobovici, a filmmaker-archaeologist, are set to unveil three coffins this week that they say are those of Jesus, Mary and Mary Magdalene. In an coming documentary, Cameron and Jacobovici cite "scientific evidence" that the resurrection of Jesus never happened and that Jesus fathered a son named Judah with Mary Magdalene. Such claims should, and surely will, be met with overwhelming skepticism. For example, the filmmakers use DNA tests to build their case - but whose DNA is being compared with whose? Did they swab the Holy Ghost? If, as seems likely, the conclusions prove somewhat less than airtight, the most instructive aspect of the film will be the public's reaction to it. Cameron and Jacobovici will mortally offend many Christians. Some critics will personally vilify them, while others question their motives and integrity. But prominent Christian clergymen won't issue any death warrants, and the Vatican won't call upon "all believing Christians" to avenge the insult. Neither Cameron nor Jacobovici will have to spend the next decade or so in hiding. Now imagine if they'd gone after Mohammad instead of Jesus . . . Mark Goldblatt teaches the Old and New Testaments in the History of Ideas at SUNY's Fashion Institute of Technology. MGold57@aol.com nypost.com