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?


Let me address this first:


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


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


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


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


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








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