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Wayne:
Glad to see everyone here at Bible study!    :)

Get some tea and toast and some of Shakes's marmalade and let's check out the gospel of John!    :D

   

Wayne:
Wikipedia says:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_John

"John is the gospel of belief. It was written to convince people to believe that Jesus is  the Messiah, the Son of God. John's purpose in writing is expressed in the conclusion, 20:30–31: "…these [Miracles of Jesus] are written that you may (come to) believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name."

As usual, I think we have a lot of assumptions about what those words mean that may cause us to miss the whole point, even while we're reading it. Wikipedia goes on to say

"John focuses on Jesus' mission to bring the Logos ("Word" or "Reason" or "Rationality") to his disciples."

Logos means not just "word" but also "reason" and "rationality."

Logos is the word we tack on to mean "the systematic study of" or "the science of" - like biology.

So let's start with these first few metaphysical verses and think about what they might mean.

Wayne:
one way of thinking of it...

1 In the beginning was Reason, and Reason was with God, and Reason was God.

2 Reason was in the beginning with God.

3 All things through Reason did happen, and without Reason happened not even one thing that hath happened.

4 In Reason was life, and that life was the light of men.

5 And that light did shine in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

Wayne:
Or maybe

1 In the beginning was science. And science was with God, and science was God.
2 Science was in the beginning with God.
3 All things through science did happen, and without science happened not even one thing that hath happened.
4 In science was life, and that life was the light of men.
5 And that light did shine in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

Wayne:
Or

In the beginning was systematic study. Systematic study was with God, and systematic study was God. Systematic study was in the beginning with God.

All things through happened through systematic study, and nothing happened without it. In systematic study was life, and that life was the light of men. That light shone in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

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