09 Jan 09 18:00, TIM RICHARDSON wrote to ROY WITT:

 TR> On 01-09-09, ROY WITT said to TIM RICHARDSON:



 RW>>> None of which were called jew. Like Mimi just wrote to Joe about
 RW>>> the misinterpretations of the old and new testements, it is the
 RW>>> exact same thing with the jew calling himself a member of any of
 RW>>> the tribes of Isreal. Jews were not part of the Hebrew family, but
 RW>>> an invention of the late 800s AD.


 TR>> The bible says that, early in his ministry, Jesus was traveling
 TR>> through Samaria. He and his group arrived at what was known as
 TR>> `Jacob's Well', near a small city.


 TR>> While Jesus and his group rested by the well, and some of his
 TR>> followers went into the city to buy food and drink. A woman came to
 TR>> draw water and engaged in a conversation with Jesus.


 TR>> Jesus asked her to draw him a drink of water, and the woman
 TR>> answered:


 TR>> "How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a
 TR>> woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the
 TR>> Samaritans." John Chapter 4, verse 9.


 TR>> Later in the conversation, Jesus said to the woman:


 TR>> "Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation
 TR>> is of the Jews."  John Chapter 4, verse 22.


 RW>> However, since the jews over the ages have been influential in
 RW>> changing biblical wording, especially any references to Hebrews as
 RW>> jews; this parable convinces you? You do know the definition of
 RW>> parable, right?


 TR> Let me address this first:


 TR> Yes..I know the definition of a `parable'.....and this is *not* a
 TR> `parable'. It is a conversation Jesus engaged in as related by his
 TR> young cousin, the Apostle John in the 4th chapter of his Gospel.

Actually, it is a parable until the woman doesn't know what he's talking
about and so he explains it to her.

 TR> I'm not sure there `are' any `parables' in the Gospel of John.

Chapter 10, verse 1 'The parable of the sheepfold'...which is 5 verses
of what Jesus says to the Pharisees. He uses shepards and sheep to depict
himself and those who follow him. When they looked confused and said
they didn't understand what he was talking about, in Verse 6, he explains
the parable.

 TR> Let me make something clear to you before you become confused:

 TR> I'm not exactly what you'd call a bible-thumping Christian. In
 TR> fact....probably many Christians who know me well would tell you I'm
 TR> not what they'd call a `Christian' at all.

That makes two of us. At best, I can be described as a Deist.

 TR> Having said that......I do read.....I've read the bible in some
 TR> depth, although I'm also not what you'd call a `bible scholar'.

There's where we differ. I'm not a scholar either, but I have delved into
it a bit deeper than most laymen.

                R\%/itt



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