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In reply to the discussion: At the risk of offending, I don't think Christians can be trusted [View all]LiberalFighter
(50,856 posts)1) How can the Christian religion be the Christian religion when Jesus was not a Christian?
2) Why are there so my books in the NT written by Paul who never met Jesus. And it is Paul writing that he saw Jesus in a vision. No witnesses. How convenient.
3) If the Christian religion is such a great religion then why was it necessary to co-opt the Hebrew Bible as their Old Testament?
4) Why are interpretations of the Old Testament by Christians given preference over the interpretations of Rabbis that lived during the period. Again, the Old Testament is the Hebrew Bible. It is just formatted differently.
5) The genealogy of Jesus is meaningless if Mary was a virgin and Joseph had nothing to do with impregnating Mary.
6) Mark, John, and Paul mention nothing of Mary being a virgin.
7) The thirty pieces of silver -- Silver as currency was no longer in existence. It was eliminated 300 years prior.
8) Why are the majority of books in the NT written by Paul?
9) Why did Paul preached it was his gospel and not the gospel of Jesus?