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So really you are saying that the whole of the NT is next to useless? I suppose that would be unless it is corrborated by the Torah?
I would say that it has it’s uses, particularly in showing Christians that according to their Jesus nothing in the Towrah is done away with or changed, and in being a historical document showing that what the Towrah said would happen has happened. But as far as using it to come to know and understand Yahowah better your time is better spent in the Tanakh.
Quote: I think we need to keep in mind that the NT is the word of man, not of Yahowah!
Exactly. It is at best a historical document, and should always be viewed as such.
Quote: I am finding it hard to let go of the NT, such is the influence exerted upon me, that I can certainly have empathy for Chrisians who are trying to come out (not gay)!
I came to know Yahowah from the position of an agnostic, so it was not as difficult for me let it go. My wife however came from the Christian position and struggled to let go of the name Jesus, and the NT, but she examined the evidence and because of her desire to know God for who He is she came to know Him.
Quote: Paul (Apollos) is a whole different matter and I have yet to dig into Yada's tomes on that subject. Suffice to say I have long since questioned what Paul had to say and even without the Towrah, I had my own personal questions that did not sit right with me!
It was coming to recognize Paul as a false apostle that made things completely click for my wife. She too had her misgivings about Paul, but was afraid to question “the word of god.” But once she saw how in conflict his words were with God’s her questions about Yahowah’s plan as laid out in the Towrah went away.
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Thanks again James, but I guess your answer is not to Questioning the New Testament (excluding Paul)?
Not sure what you mean by this.
Quote:I still think it would be useful as I would like information about who were the writers of the books! Were there more than one contributor and so on!
Yahowchanan/John and Mattanyah/Matthew were the only two eyewitness account. Mark is believed to have been taught by Shimown/Peter and have recorded his story. Luke was a historian gathering listening to many eye witnesses and trying to gather what happened and then wrote down what to the best of his ability he thought happened.
The only book in the NT that can be argued as being Yahowah’s Word is Yahowchanan’s Revelation, but we do not have a Hebrew copy of it, and most of it is not extant in the earliest manuscripts, so it is really hard to know what to trust in it.