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<blockquote data-quote="AlexBP" data-source="post: 57233052" data-attributes="member: 261211"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: navy"><strong>Me:</strong> Paul says that Jesus Christ was an Israelite. [Romans 9:4-5]</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: navy"><strong>doubtingmerle:</strong> And Mithras was Persian. Your point is? </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: black">I should think that my point is very clear. We are having a debate about whether Paul believed Christ to be a human being or not. Paul says that Jesus Christ was an Israelite. He uses the precise word </span><span style="color: darkgreen">Israelites</span><span style="color: black">, which only means a human member of the nation of Israel. <a href="http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G2475&t=NASB" target="_blank">Search the Bible</a> all you want but you'll find no use of the word for anything else, and certainly no place where any spiritual being is refered to as an Israelite. Therefore we can safely conclude that Paul believed Jesus to be a human being and a member of the nation of Israel. Are you now clear on what my point is, or do I have to be even more pedantic about it?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: #000000">As for your claim that "Mithras was Persian", that brings up two questions. First, what the blazes are you talking about? Second, why do you want to change the subject away from the fact that Paul clearly says that Jesus was an Israelite? (I think anyone who's still reading the thread can guess the answer to the second question.)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: navy"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlexBP, post: 57233052, member: 261211"] [INDENT][COLOR=navy][B]Me:[/B] Paul says that Jesus Christ was an Israelite. [Romans 9:4-5][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][B]doubtingmerle:[/B] And Mithras was Persian. Your point is? [/COLOR] [/INDENT][COLOR=navy][COLOR=black]I should think that my point is very clear. We are having a debate about whether Paul believed Christ to be a human being or not. Paul says that Jesus Christ was an Israelite. He uses the precise word [/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen]Israelites[/COLOR][COLOR=black], which only means a human member of the nation of Israel. [URL="http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G2475&t=NASB"]Search the Bible[/URL] all you want but you'll find no use of the word for anything else, and certainly no place where any spiritual being is refered to as an Israelite. Therefore we can safely conclude that Paul believed Jesus to be a human being and a member of the nation of Israel. Are you now clear on what my point is, or do I have to be even more pedantic about it?[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]As for your claim that "Mithras was Persian", that brings up two questions. First, what the blazes are you talking about? Second, why do you want to change the subject away from the fact that Paul clearly says that Jesus was an Israelite? (I think anyone who's still reading the thread can guess the answer to the second question.)[/COLOR] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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