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This post contains scriptures where Jesus is clearly not viewed by the writer as God. Paul’s statements clearly do not see Jesus as God. 1 Cor 15:20-28; 20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died. 21For since death came through a human, the resurrection […]
Continue ReadingSummary by Claude.ai using my transcript of the video embedded below. The transcript is in her Directory in DropBox. Prompt: Summarize the attached transcript particularly noting Paula’s comments about the changes in the perception of God as the belief about sin evolved. She has talked and written about this in other places so pull from […]
Continue ReadingThis post is the transcript of a Youtube Short by Mark Goodacre titled “Born again or From Above”. He says the Greek word clearly means from above as “being born from above, being a citizen of heaven, that’s one of the key messages of John’s Gospel.“ Scroll past the transcript for ChatGPT’s long and interesting […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 10/6/2026. Prompt: Prepare a table listing the Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension events in each of the four gospels and Acts. Response: I’ve placed Paul’s letters first because they are the earliest writings, roughly 50-60 CE, before any Gospel. The seven letters are Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and […]
Continue ReadingJim Palmer, “AI content” posted to Facebook from his book at https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Anarchy-Dethroning-Jesus-Ourselves/dp/1503174484/ “Christianity royally messed up by putting Jesus on a pedestal and creating a religion in his name. By doing so, the Christian religion practically made Jesus into a freak – virgin birth, sinless humanity, God in the flesh, blood sacrifice for humankind’s sins, […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT The statement “Depart from me, I never knew you” is found in Matthew 7:23. Matthew 7:21–23 (NRSV): “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, […]
Continue ReadingThis post is Claude.ai’s summary on 9/19/2026 of an essay by Marc Zvi Brettler and Amy-Jill Levine published and downloaded from TheTorah.com at the links below. The essay presents a core Jewish-Christian divide: Christianity’s belief that Jesus is both messiah and God’s “only begotten” son, versus Judaism’s rejection of a divine “son of God” as […]
Continue Reading9/19/2026 – Claude.ai’s summary of a very good article by Dr. James McGrath titled Exalting Jesus—Did Early Christians Abandon Monotheism? at Torah.com. McGarth says that Paul views Jesus as devine but not being YHWH. Included, are citations of Paul’s writings that show Paul did not view Jesus as YHWH. Author’s ThesisMcGrath argues that Paul’s exalted […]
Continue ReadingThis post is a reminder of the extensive correlation of the Gospels’ references to sayings in the Hebrew Bible provided in tabular format by The Horeb Institute. The paper is in the Jesus in the Hebrew Scriptures correlation subdirectory in the Horeb Institute directory in Dropbox. The title page is a follows. Jesus and the […]
Continue ReadingThis post is a followup to my previous post about Jesus’ Life and Upbring. Summary item 7 in that post cites the two completing lenght’s of his ministry; i.e. Mark/Matthew/Luke vs. John. Item 8 cites Irenaeus belief that Jesus lived into his 40s and info about that is below. This post includes three prompts of […]
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