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Muslim Group Offends Some Christians With Jesus Advertisements (Page 2)
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Originally Posted by Big Mac
If a Jew is defined instead as one who follows Torah, then Abraham was the first Jew (and that's basically the answer most Jewish authorities give to that question, while some are more literalistic with the term).
How did he follow the Torah? It wasn't written. Maybe a noob question.
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Originally Posted by imitchellg5
How did he follow the Torah? It wasn't written. Maybe a noob question.
The common answer is divine inspiration of some sort, but if you really want a brain teaser you should ask about the Jews who actually received the Torah in the desert. The story of the giving of the Torah isn't the end of the Bible so were they told the future?
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Originally Posted by Doofy
And yet you somehow think that all of the atrocities carried out in the name of religion were about religion and not about politics under the guise of religion.
Religion is just another way of spelling politics.
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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