tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442584566219442310.post2950974301394265475..comments2024-03-21T05:26:37.436-04:00Comments on Hausdorff's Bible Blog: Acts 5Hausdorffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01690401058367596952noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442584566219442310.post-4285350483206380052012-05-28T13:29:39.278-04:002012-05-28T13:29:39.278-04:00"I sorta keep bouncing back and fourth on thi..."I sorta keep bouncing back and fourth on this idea myself. Part of me wants to get across the sheer number of mistakes and contradictions, but the other part of me wants to just point out the really messed up stuff."<br /><br />Yeah, I keep going back and forth too. I've also used them for reference a few times on other people's blogs. Someone says "Jesus never said ...." and I think I remember him saying that and I find it in my summaries. For that reason I'm leaning a little more back toward putting in more stuff.<br /><br />Good find on following earthly rulers. And yeah, I can definitely see someone using the Bible to justify antisemitism.Hausdorffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690401058367596952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442584566219442310.post-87312467940341823392012-05-27T17:35:06.163-04:002012-05-27T17:35:06.163-04:00LoL! Right?! It's all about picking and choosi...LoL! Right?! It's all about picking and choosing what fits your beliefs I guess. If you are rich, you ignore the stuff about rich people. If you have a lot of premarital sex, you ignore those commands in the bible etc. <br /><br />//I think the reason I want to not chronicle every single minor transgression is so when truly horrible things like this show up, they aren't washed out by a ton of little things.//<br /><br />I sorta keep bouncing back and fourth on this idea myself. Part of me wants to get across the sheer number of mistakes and contradictions, but the other part of me wants to just point out the <i>really</i> messed up stuff. <br /><br />It's interesting that the chapter talks about fear. I think we discussed previously that people having to "fear" God meant respect, but in this context, whatever the Greek word was, it seems to translate into the kind of fear one would typically think when hearing that word. <br /><br />I do like the jailbreak story. Too cool! <br /><br />The two verses that are particularly interesting to me are <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/esv/passage.aspx?q=acts+5:29;1+peter+2:13;romans+13:1-2" rel="nofollow">verse 29</a><br /> where Peter talks to the apostles about obeying God rather than man. I also put some other NT verses that seem to contradict that. I guess you could reconcile them by saying that by obeying earthly rulers, you are obeying God's command. But when you take each of them in their own context, it really doesn't seem to be that way. <br />Lastly, there are quite a few verses in Acts that sound antisemitic and have been used to justify antisemitism. <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/esv/acts/5-30.html" rel="nofollow">Verse 30</a> is one of them. It sounds to me like he's blaming the Jews for killing Christ.JKerberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334114886976784914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442584566219442310.post-41708221655664480432012-05-22T09:55:24.902-04:002012-05-22T09:55:24.902-04:00head explode!head explode!Hausdorffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690401058367596952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442584566219442310.post-21312495692654991612012-05-21T16:47:58.588-04:002012-05-21T16:47:58.588-04:00What would religious Republicans say they knew tha...What would religious Republicans say they knew that God used to kill anyone who didn't support socialism? ;-)Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339125862340793733noreply@blogger.com