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| | :::No, it would be more surprising if Jesus, as intelligent as He was, never ever ever wrote anything. | | :::No, it would be more surprising if Jesus, as intelligent as He was, never ever ever wrote anything. |
| | ::::Pythagoras ''never ever ever'' wrote anything. | | ::::Pythagoras ''never ever ever'' wrote anything. |
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| | + | :::::But scripts were plentiful in Jesus's time, and the importance of writing was widely recognized. The Old Testament relied on it. |
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| | *Traditionally we expect God's word to be carved in stone, not scribbled on parchment... | | *Traditionally we expect God's word to be carved in stone, not scribbled on parchment... |
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| | :No, it's clear that people who rejected Jesus when He was alive would not be persuaded by something attributed to him after the [[Passion for Christ]]. | | :No, it's clear that people who rejected Jesus when He was alive would not be persuaded by something attributed to him after the [[Passion for Christ]]. |
| | ::So, why writing then at all? | | ::So, why writing then at all? |
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| | + | :::Because Jesus would not have simply given up. |
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| | *The idea of the authorship Jesu doesn't fit the first verses of the letter, where the author takes the position of one to whom God spoke in his Son: | | *The idea of the authorship Jesu doesn't fit the first verses of the letter, where the author takes the position of one to whom God spoke in his Son: |
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| | The idea that this letter was written before the [[Ascension]] is ridiculous and stems from ignorance: the last verses include greetings from "those in Italy"... | | The idea that this letter was written before the [[Ascension]] is ridiculous and stems from ignorance: the last verses include greetings from "those in Italy"... |
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| | + | ::The last verses could have been added later. |
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| | [[Category:Mystery]] | | [[Category:Mystery]] |