2 Peter 1
16We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2006-10-09 08:43:49 · 16 answers · asked by Ken 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not cool dude, equating witnessing about Jesus to witnessing a crime, sorry. Delete the question and cook up another because you've an important point to make, but you just shot yourself in the foot doing it.
2006-10-09 08:47:03 · answer #1 · answered by Rabbit 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
The apostles(who might be called witnesses because they actually met Jesus & heard what he had to say) taught people within the context of the Jewish Law. They did not introduce the idea of prosletyzing to the world. Paul came up with that idea, & Paul never met Jesus. Paul & Peter had an arguement. The latecomer Paul prevailed.
Christians before Paul ( taught by the apostles who actually heard Jesus firsthand) were known as the Ebionites. If you research what the Ebionites believed, none of the major articles of faith that exist in Christianity today had yet been invented, such as the blood sacrifice, the divinity of Christ, or the trinity.
Let me repeat this: the direct students of the apostles did not think of Jesus as divine nor did they place any special significance upon his death or the manner of his death.
So to be more accurate, since what survived was only Pauline christianity, we should say "witness to Paul's Jesus" or even "witness through Paul".
2006-10-09 16:10:05 · answer #2 · answered by WikiJo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Last week a man was released from a New York prison after serving 22 years for the rape of a woman. The victim identified him in a line-up. The DNA evidence said, "No way ... not even close!":
Now a question or two about our a "witnesses/"
Most of this comes from Paul - who wasn't there to begin with. And Peter ..did he know how to write? Are we sure it WAS peter? We don't know much about the identities of even the Gospel writers, but at best the earliest versions are (5 - 6) decades away from the events. Did the commission created by Rome to cobble the "New Testament" together take any "liberties"? What was their agenda?
2006-10-09 16:02:05 · answer #3 · answered by JAT 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, no, I don't trust witnesses to a crime. Every single study done by psychologists have shown that their recollections are completely alterable by simply asking questions a certain way -- and the answers they give are then later how they remember the event, even if it didn't happen that way.
I want the forensics work, testamony means nothing to me unless backed up by evidence.
2006-10-09 15:47:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
a crime witness can be cross-examined on the stand. We can't but ancient scripture to the same scrutiny.
2006-10-09 15:47:13 · answer #5 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Like the criminal on the cross next to Jesus I am a witness to the Lord.
2006-10-09 15:49:53 · answer #6 · answered by Commander 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
When you have multiple witnesses saying the same things, that's when I start to trust.
2006-10-09 15:46:09 · answer #7 · answered by daisyk 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Who is willing to die for testifying that Jesus is risen from the grave?
2006-10-09 16:00:22 · answer #8 · answered by Jay Z 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
witness to crime yes, witness to jesus no.
a witness to a crime has actually seen something. they retell a scenario or situation theyve seen with their own eyes. the situation happened.
a witness to jesus is nothing but someone who is brainwashed. they claim to have seen this or felt that but the reality of the matter is that its all in their head.
to me its like someone saying "i saw 9/11 happen first hand. i saw the sights, i smelled the air, i felt the ground rumble....but ive never been to new york before"
witnesses to mythological characters need to get themselves checked into institutions.
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2006-10-09 15:45:35 · answer #9 · answered by johnny_zondo 6 · 5⤊ 3⤋
? do you trust a witness to a crime when the witness is an accomplice? or a friend of the person who commited the crime?
2006-10-09 15:45:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋