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LuvNewcastle

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1. One thing I disagree with in the article is
Fri Feb 13, 2015, 07:59 AM
Feb 2015

"the scriptures haven't changed in 2000 years." The New Testament didn't exist 2000 years ago. We don't have any originals to compare the current books with, but we know that some of the books have been altered, some have unknown authors, and many books were left out.

The first Christians probably read the Jewish scriptures and the few books and letters that were being passed around at the time. The Christian Bible didn't exist for a few hundred years after the death of Jesus.

I think the rest of the article is spot on. I think that many American Christians live their lives in a manner that is nearly opposite of how the early Christians lived. Instead of being about helping others, it seems to be more about judging others.

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