| Re: JHVH EL (OT); JHVH EL (NT): are they the same? |
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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: saint7petersaint7peter Date: May 31, 2008 06:39
On May 30, 9:38Â pm, "Smiler" Joe.King.com> wrote:
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> news:d0e47ac0-6eef-41a1-90e8-10c779e8b21e@w5g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> On May 30, 3:08 pm, Andy W mailinator.com> wrote:
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>>> Here is the crux of the matter. Is the God of Jesus the same or
>>> different than the God of Moses???
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>> To help you, consider this simpler problem: is Batman the Caped
>> Crusader (Adam West, George Clooney ;-)) the same or different than
>> Batman the Dark Knight (Michael Keaton, Christian Bale)?
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>> Andy
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> Yes that is an interesting analogy. Â It does seem to me that there are
> two different persons, or perhaps a split personality, in the Torah
> using the same name: Â JHVH EL, translated as LORD God. Â Another good
> example is Superman. Â The old George Reeves stuff was pretty hokey,
> but it got better with Christopher Reeves, and it is now deeply
> inspiring with Tom Welling, who is truly an angelic character for whom
> I feel great love. Â The Return of Superman was also good. Â I am as
> much into the Superman myth, btw, as I am into religion of any other
> kind. Â In Smallville, the Bizarro character was an imposter of Clark
> from the Phantom Zone, and that is exactly how I see the false JHVH EL
> of the Old Testament.
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> Bizarro, indeed!
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> Smiler,
Now, that's an ambiguous statement. What is "Bizarro, indeed!"? Are
you just being a nasty stinky asshole as usual or are you agreeing
with me that JHVH EL of the OT is bizarro, which is a fact obvious to
all sane persons who have actually read the OT?
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