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   From: sheba7777@hotmail.com   
      
   "Robert B. Winn"  wrote in message   
   news:7943568.0402251947.71a433bb@posting.google.com...   
   > telige@mail.clara.fl.com (William) wrote in message   
   news:<403cce32.1799554@news-text.blueyonder.co.uk>...   
   > > On 25 Feb 2004 05:04:07 -0800, rbwinn47@mybluelight.com (Robert B.   
   > > Winn) wrote:   
   > >   
   > > >telige@mail.clara.fl.com (William) wrote   
   > > >   
   > > >> Either you are saying he contradicted himself when he insisted that   
   > > >> God was his father and God knew what he didn't know and was greater   
   > > >> than he was, or you have made the above mean what it didn't say.   
   > > >   
   > > >Jesus Christ was saying he was Jehovah.  The tetragramatron signifying   
   > > >Jehovah in Hebrew was the most sacred name of God to the Jews and they   
   > > >were forbidden to use that name in speaking.  I Am was a direct   
   > > >reference to Jehovah.   
   > >   
   > > You have not aswered the contradiction. But never mind it's pointless   
   > > now.   
   > >   
   > > >> No. He said that an adulterous generation seeks a sign. He was   
   > > >> speaking to the Pharasees. He didn't say anything about those who   
   > > >> don't believe in God. And the fact that an adulterous generation   
   seeks   
   > > >> signs doesn't mean that all those who seek signs are an adulterous   
   > > >> generation.   
   > > >   
   > > >This is correct.  Only those who deny the existence of God and ask for   
   > > >a sign are designated as adulterers.   
   > >   
   > > The Pharasees were condemned for asking for a sign because of their   
   > > TEACHING  (Matt 16:12). It had nothing to do with denying the   
   > > existence of God - they were staunch believers in God.   
   > >   
   > > It beats me how christians can get away with twisting the text of   
   > > their scriptures to their own ends.  But who cares?   
   > >   
   > > William   
   >   
   > Yes, they were staunch believers in God, but they rejected Jesus   
   > Christ, who plainly told them he was Jehovah, the God to whom they   
   > prayed.   
   > Robert b. winn   
      
   false, Jesus was saying he existed before Abraham, thats when they went to   
   stone him.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)