01-06-2007, 06:09 PM
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some of the things i have immediate responses for, others not.. a lot of these references i am not familiar with.. most of the stuff in the 2nd grouping i already knew.. (shadows and types.. is this paschal word the same as pesher?) the main problem i have with it has already been mentioned (the life is in the blood/forbidden to eat blood/then implementation of blood ritual??) on a humorous note you seem to have included most of the apparent responses already (well the ones i thought of anyway) but you forgot 'let the dead bury the dead' ;)
another problem is just what IS required of the believer? (depending on who you talk to this ranges from keeping commandments to wielding snakes) however i would assume that a commandment that has issued from jesus' mouth (eat my body) should qualify?
unless i can respond with something that effectively counters the whole darn lot of that text, just a few responses are not going to cut it. (you are obviously a believer and i am obviously a non-believer..) :popc1: