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   From: telige@mail.clara.fl.com   
      
   On 22 Feb 2004 12:36:18 -0800, rbwinn47@mybluelight.com (Robert B.   
   Winn) wrote:   
      
   >telige@mail.clara.fl.com (William) wrote   
   >> rbwinn47@mybluelight.com (Robert B.Winn) wrote:   
      
   >> >Yes, but the disciples did not deny the existence of God before asking   
   >> >for a sign.  The prophecy means that anyone who denies the existence   
   >> >of God and then asks for a sign is an adulterer.   
   >>   
   >> So the Pharasees were atheists? Sounds like a case of extreme   
   >> revisionism.  Isn't there a special punishment for those who twist the   
   >> scriptures?   
   >   
   >The Pharisees never denied the existence of God.  They claimed to be   
   >crucifying Christ because he had blasphemed God by saying he was the   
   >Messiah.   
      
   Thanks. So you were wrong to twist the prophecy about adulterers to   
   mean those who denied the existence of God. It was directed at the   
   Pharasees who never denied the existence of God.   
      
   William   
      
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