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Old 10-09-2007, 11:38 AM
ChrisV ChrisV is offline
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Default Re: Stuck Between Agnosticism and Christianity

Splendour,

I just read that "Messianic prophecies" link. Most of those "fulfilments" of prophecy can be answered by tacking "according to the Bible" on the end. There is no independent confirmation that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, for instance, not that Zechariah ever even prophesied that it was the Messiah who would do such a thing. Given that the Gospels were written by Christian evangelists, they have every reason to claim that various prophecies were fulfilled by Jesus. Matthew in particular is completely shameless about his fabrications, saying that Jesus fulfilled the prophecy "He shall be called a Nazarene" when no such prophecy exists in scripture. He also (deliberately?) misquotes scripture to alter its meaning on several occasions; go here and scroll down to Matthew. Since I read your link, do me the courtesy of reading mine as well. Check out the scripture it links to to verify for yourself that what it is saying is true. I think you'll be pretty surprised.
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