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You can't be serious. Educated, well-read, well-traveled people can come to hold some pretty bizarre conclusions about various topics. Here's proof.

Laughable ... especially the part about Jesus inciting the authorities to crucify him so he could fake his resurrection--a calculated move to further advance his lucrative "operation"?--which you follow later with ...

And that's what your manipulating, money-grubbing, resurrection-faking Jesus is really all about: ethical living.

Look, theologians are supposed to do scholarship, study and debate. Extremist cliches of theologians don't decide what Christianity is. That's not how it works. Crossan and the rest can have their "courageous" little opinions about the historical Christ and bash the Pope, but the Church magisterium is the body that ultimately has the authority to discern truthfulness in matters of faith and morals, after reflecting upon the work the theologians present to them. Of course many members of the magisterium are top-flight theologians--Benedict XVI being one of the brightest of those stars--but the nature of the office they hold and the authority they are the custodians of makes all the difference.

Just as there are fruitcake medical doctors who make off-beat medical claims of their own and continually swing baseball bats at the "establishment" to satisfy their egos or whatever, the world of theology is no different. Anyone can write a book. You've got to make your reading list wisely.

If anyone would like a large pool of reliable resources they can draw from to learn more, I would recommend bookmarking Dr. Scott Hahn's website, and visiting the links under his "Tools for Biblical Studies."

Whatever

He is NOT your enemy!

<blockquote data-quote="jpw.in.wi" data-source="post: 61854" data-attributes="member: 1454">You can&#039;t be serious. Educated, well-read, well-traveled people can come to hold some pretty bizarre conclusions about various topics. Here&#039;s proof.Laughable ... especially the part about Jesus inciting the authorities to crucify him so he could fake his resurrection--a calculated move to further advance his lucrative &quot;operation&quot;?--which you follow later with ...&nbsp;And that&#039;s what your manipulating, money-grubbing, resurrection-faking Jesus is really all about: ethical living.Look, theologians are supposed to do scholarship, study and debate. Extremist cliches of theologians don&#039;t decide what Christianity is. That&#039;s not how it works. Crossan and the rest can have their &quot;courageous&quot; little opinions about the historical Christ and bash the Pope, but the Church magisterium is the body that ultimately has the authority to discern truthfulness in matters of faith and morals, after reflecting upon the work the theologians present to them. Of course many members of the magisterium are top-flight theologians--Benedict XVI being one of the brightest of those stars--but the nature of the office they hold and the authority they are the custodians of makes all the difference.Just as there are fruitcake medical doctors who make off-beat medical claims of their own and continually swing baseball bats at the &quot;establishment&quot; to satisfy their egos or whatever, the world of theology is no different. Anyone can write a book. You&#039;ve got to make your reading list wisely.If anyone would like a large pool of reliable resources they can draw from to learn more, I would recommend bookmarking <a href="http://www.scotthahn.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Scott Hahn&#039;s website</a>, and visiting the links under his &quot;Tools for Biblical Studies.&quot;<img src="/forum/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> WhateverHe is NOT your enemy!<img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/08qy7hZ2Gu3k0/610x.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="jpw.in.wi, post: 61854, member: 1454"] You can't be serious. Educated, well-read, well-traveled people can come to hold some pretty bizarre conclusions about various topics. Here's proof. Laughable ... especially the part about Jesus inciting the authorities to crucify him so he could fake his resurrection--a calculated move to further advance his lucrative "operation"?--which you follow later with ... And that's what your [B]manipulating, money-grubbing, resurrection-faking Jesus[/B] is really all about: ethical living. Look, theologians are supposed to do scholarship, study and debate. [B]Extremist cliches of theologians don't decide what Christianity is.[/B] That's not how it works. Crossan and the rest can have their "courageous" little opinions about the historical Christ and bash the Pope, but the Church magisterium is the body that ultimately has the authority to discern truthfulness in matters of [B]faith and morals[/B], after reflecting upon the work the theologians present to them. Of course many members of the magisterium are top-flight theologians--[B]Benedict XVI [/B]being one of the brightest of those stars--but the nature of the office they hold and the authority they are the custodians of makes all the difference. [B]Just as there are fruitcake medical doctors[/B] who make off-beat medical claims of their own and continually swing baseball bats at the "establishment" to satisfy their egos or whatever, [B]the world of theology is no different[/B]. Anyone can write a book. You've got to [B]make your reading list wisely[/B]. If anyone would like a large pool of reliable resources they can draw from to learn more, I would recommend bookmarking [URL="http://www.scotthahn.com/"]Dr. Scott Hahn's website[/URL], and visiting the links under his "Tools for Biblical Studies." :rolleyes: Whatever [SIZE="5"][B][CENTER]He is NOT your enemy![/CENTER][/B][/SIZE] [CENTER][IMG]http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/08qy7hZ2Gu3k0/610x.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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