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From: Mike
Date: 19 Jun 1999
Time: 05:30:45
Remote Name: 12.72.151.98
Greetings,
First of all, great job on the site! I have a few questions that I think may clear some things up for me and went unaddressed on your site.
1) What would you say is the fundamental difference between an Ebionite and a Messianic Jew? I know both terms, especially the latter, encompass a great continum of beliefs, but I've met many in the Messianic jewish movement who seem to agree with many of your arguments.
2) If the Gospels are "edited" and "tarnished" as was revelations, what are the scriptures that an Ebionite would read concerning Yeshua? What proof could you have that he even exists? One of the only sources outside of the bible that addresses him is Josephus, and his work has been under attack in recent years for editing, additionally, most historians consider him an Ebionite Christian. I'm not sure then what an Ebionite might be left with.
3) How can you use an alternate spelling of the city of Paul's birth to say that the gematria of his name = "666"? Wouldn't it make more sense to look at his name itself? Wouldn't that only prove that the city of Tarsus is the antichrist?
4) No offense intended, but you seem to be assuming a lot of anger in the community of people who have read the new testament scriptures. Paul in his epistle to the Galatians go into great depth on how people should be free to be circumcised, observe the jewish holidays, and anything else they want as long as they avoid the error of the Pharisees and confuse religion with faith. Are there any non-Ebionite authors that back up your claims that Paul was a non-jew who hates all things jewish? (How many gentiles ran around with the name Saul in the first century?)
Please take these questions in the spirit in which they were intended, a search for truth wherever it may be. I would appreciate any help you could give me in this matter.
Thank you very much! Michael Marse Mikeem@Worldnet.att.net
From: ebby982@hotmail.com
Date: 14 Mar 2003
Time: 09:02:30
Remote Name: 10.10.17.211
The idea that promoting vegetarinism would be contradicting the word of God seems slightly extreme. I do not believe that God really cares if we eat meat or not. As long as people are kind and follow the word of God. Then what difference is it if they eat meat or not. Sometimes people maybe focus on the wrong things. The last thing I need to worry about is if vegetarins contradict God. Maybe we should be more concerned with who people are and the way they treat others.