Posted on 12/06/2001 4:13:59 AM PST by Ammiel W.
If the Jews wrote the OT to make themselves look good, they sure did a lousy job.
Firstly, can't you see something strange about your words the words "Arab Temple Mount". The Arabs don't have temples, that's a Jew thing.
The Temple Mount refers to the location of the Temple of the Jews built on Mt. Moriah in the 6th Century BC and destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD. For the next 500 years there were a number of churches built over the ruins the last being the Byzantine Church of Saint Mary of Justinian in turn destroyed by the Mohamaddens who built the structures known as the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aksa Mosque.
The rock is the Rock of Abraham & Isaac which is as far back as anything Jewish can be. As you can now see your Arab pals are only the last in a long line of succession as it was considered a holy place long before it was appropriated for the Muslim Moon God.
That may be true, but the New Testament quotes the Old Testament many times. If the Old Testament is a lie then the New Testament must be a lie too.
If there was no Temple, then explain all the references to the Temple in Jerusalem in the New Testament, such as Luke 4:9.
Eh, Skunkworks?
You have to be out of your mind if you think that the most dreaded securtiy force in the world, "Mossad", would infiltrate Hamas only to have one of its agents wear the Star of David. Another thing, after the picture was taken, did the muslem photographer identify to the crowd that a Jew was among them? What year did you graduate from Harvard?
The Jewish people (and all Israel) aren't like the other nations. Ezra 9, Eze 16, 23, the book of Hosea... on and on.
Deuteronomy 7:6-8
6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Sheesh .... what a piece of nonsense.
Alexander was dead for nearly a thousand years before their was one Muslim on the planet and 300 years before there was one Christian. No connection at all as the Greek Orthodox church is the remnant of the Roman Empire in the East -nothing at all to do with Alex the Great.
Hannukha vilifies the Greeks... no my friend, it was the Persians and nothing ot do with vilifying but a celebration of freedom from tyranny.
The Palestinians have done their best to ethnically cleanse the Christians in their community. Go look at the population ratio changes since 1993. How many churches in Saudi Arabia - I'll tell you - zilch, zippo & nada. Tolerence and Islam don't equate.
The Greek Orthodox Patriachate is hedging its bets just in case the Palestinians get to control the Christian holy places. Get real - its called politics. The Christians in Jerusalem have never been as free as they have been since Israel regained Jerusalem in 1967. They are $hit scared of the Palis getting control that's why they are advocating for a Vatican like status - no other reason.
Jesus himself quoted the OT. Which parts were not true?
There is also a book written by Luke, who was not a Jew, that mentions the Temple in Jerusalem. You have not addressed that, Mr. State Attorney.
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