The Talmud of Jmmanuel made sense out of some non-sensical passages in the NT. My only question was about the surprise allowance of female homosexuality. I didn't really get why male homosexuality was forbidden (other than human bodies just aren't built for it), but female wasn't. And, a wife having a female lover was okay, as long as the husband wasn't deprived. I looked for an explanation in the 2016 expanded version of the TJ, and there was one, but wasn't satisfactory to me.
James Deardorff, PhD, spent six years analyzing it and concluded it was not a hoax. I read his book "Celestial Teachings," wherein he proffers his analysis. It's too much to summarize, so it's best to read his work.
I just finished reading James Deardorff's "Jesus in India," which has a good-sized section on reincarnation. He is a meticulous researcher (190 references were cited). There exists a very strong case that Jesus survived the crucifixion and went to India afterwards and lived a long life. I enjoyed this book immensely. Muslims never believed he was the "son of God." Why? Because they knew he had survived the crucifixion, as he had traveled east and lived in Kashmir.
Resurrection is an illogical concept. It was substituted where reincarnation was mentioned, because reincarnation was problematic for the newly forming Christian church. It's illogical because everything is made of atoms, which are reused over and over. If one were to resurrect, how would the original atoms come together again when they are part of other things? Is that belief any less "radical" than experiencing rebirth? No. It's just reincarnation works. Many people have been able to remember them. It has become a very studied phenomenon, with lots of evidence substantiating it. There is none for resurrection.
He tackled these big issues that other biblical scholars won't touch, and it's obvious why they won't. It would deconstruct Christianity. He said Christianity won't crash because of "institutional inertia," people just won't believe it and life will just go on. And, it appears he was right. The book was published 20-something years ago and I'd never heard of it or him. However, the times are a'changing. The church is losing members like never before. The reason? Because people are better educated, less superstitious, and are no longer as easily controlled as they were in the past millenia. Since it is not Truth, it's not delivering the goods and people are drifting away.
I found these books after I had written papers on the deception of Paul and on reincarnation, and much of what I had researched was in this book. So, I take it as a positive confirmation.
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The Talmud of Jmmanuel made sense out of some non-sensical passages in the NT. My only question was about the surprise allowance of female homosexuality. I didn't really get why male homosexuality was forbidden (other than human bodies just aren't built for it), but female wasn't. And, a wife having a female lover was okay, as long as the husband wasn't deprived. I looked for an explanation in the 2016 expanded version of the TJ, and there was one, but wasn't satisfactory to me.
James Deardorff, PhD, spent six years analyzing it and concluded it was not a hoax. I read his book "Celestial Teachings," wherein he proffers his analysis. It's too much to summarize, so it's best to read his work.
I just finished reading James Deardorff's "Jesus in India," which has a good-sized section on reincarnation. He is a meticulous researcher (190 references were cited). There exists a very strong case that Jesus survived the crucifixion and went to India afterwards and lived a long life. I enjoyed this book immensely. Muslims never believed he was the "son of God." Why? Because they knew he had survived the crucifixion, as he had traveled east and lived in Kashmir.
Resurrection is an illogical concept. It was substituted where reincarnation was mentioned, because reincarnation was problematic for the newly forming Christian church. It's illogical because everything is made of atoms, which are reused over and over. If one were to resurrect, how would the original atoms come together again when they are part of other things? Is that belief any less "radical" than experiencing rebirth? No. It's just reincarnation works. Many people have been able to remember them. It has become a very studied phenomenon, with lots of evidence substantiating it. There is none for resurrection.
He tackled these big issues that other biblical scholars won't touch, and it's obvious why they won't. It would deconstruct Christianity. He said Christianity won't crash because of "institutional inertia," people just won't believe it and life will just go on. And, it appears he was right. The book was published 20-something years ago and I'd never heard of it or him. However, the times are a'changing. The church is losing members like never before. The reason? Because people are better educated, less superstitious, and are no longer as easily controlled as they were in the past millenia. Since it is not Truth, it's not delivering the goods and people are drifting away.
I found these books after I had written papers on the deception of Paul and on reincarnation, and much of what I had researched was in this book. So, I take it as a positive confirmation.