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The Twist family studies the Gospel of John
Wayne:
So on with John 1. We learn that John the Baptist announces that Jesus is
"the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world;
this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me:
and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing. "
Of course we remember from our study of Mark that there is a whole other religion in Iraq, the Mandaeans, who say that John the Baptist was the real prophet and Jesus was not. Their version of this story would be different of course.
Mandeans are the last surviving Gnostic religion from the time of Jesus and John the Baptist. They practice weekly baptism in water from the river.
Wayne:
John 1 goes on to say Jesus recruits his first apostles at and soon after John's baptism ceremony.
One of them, Nathaniel, is impressed that Jesus had seen him under a fig tree. I don't see yet what this is about, but it seemed to be a big deal to Nathaniel. Any thoughts?
injest:
--- Quote from: wdj on January 05, 2008, 06:53:37 pm ---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.
--- End quote ---
uh oh...skating on the edge there!! ;)
ifyoucantfixit:
yikes, are you going to make a map...so we can keep all this straight??
My brain feels like a ping pong ball...Why is it I always come in and read this just before bedtime..when my
circuits are winding down........this morning I was reading about the Gnosticism, and Pythegoreanism and I
could barely think by the time i got done...I need to go get a brain transfusion......heh
injest:
--- Quote from: wdj on January 05, 2008, 07:59:21 pm ---So on with John 1. We learn that John the Baptist announces that Jesus is
"the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world;
this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me:
and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing. "
Of course we remember from our study of Mark that there is a whole other religion in Iraq, the Mandaeans, who say that John the Baptist was the real prophet and Jesus was not. Their version of this story would be different of course.
Mandeans are the last surviving Gnostic religion from the time of Jesus and John the Baptist. They practice weekly baptism in water from the river.
--- End quote ---
ok stupid question:
is this where the term "Agnostic" came from then??
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