TIM RICHARDSON -> ROY WITT wrote:
 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 the
 RW>>> misinterpretations of the old and new testements, it is the exact
 RW>>> same thing with the jew calling himself a member of any of the
 RW>>> tribes of Isreal. Jews were not part of the Hebrew family, but an
 RW>>> 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 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
Samaritans."
 TR>> 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 changing
 RW>> biblical wording, especially any references to Hebrews as jews; this
 RW>> parable convinces you? You do know the definition of parable, right?


 TR> Let me address this first:


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


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


 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 not
 TR> what
 TR> they'd call a `Christian' at all.


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

I can't speak to your biblical "scholarliness", but I do note
that you (unlike Roy) recognize the fact that the word Jew is a proper noun
and therefore should be capitalized the way you correctly do above. I don't
believe I've ever seen Roy do so.

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