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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
But there is still nothing to imply that Jesus is speaking only of the Sadducees.
Further, there is nothing to connect any of the groups with modernists. If anything, just the opposite seems to be indicated. The Pharisees and Saduccees are the Jewish Traditionnalists. If any comparision could be made it would be to today's Conservative Christians and Evangelical movement. Jesus is saying to the conservative movement of the time, "Change is coming. Give up your blind grasp on your traditions and move with me into the future." Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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ramoss Member (Idle past 642 days) Posts: 3228 Joined: |
Condeming the actions would be very Jewish. It would also go along with the fact that the early christians were reaching out to those who could not be considered 'clean' enough to enter the temple. (the blind, the lame, and the diseased). It also would go along with the warning not to 'Pray in public so all can see you' (which I read as don't make a big show on how religious you are, but rather just be religious in your own heart. Don't be pious for society, be pious for yourself.)
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ramoss Member (Idle past 642 days) Posts: 3228 Joined: |
Condsidering that the Sadducee's were older than the Pharisees , calling them 'modernists' is amusing.
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randman  Suspended Member (Idle past 4929 days) Posts: 6367 Joined: |
Disbelief and materialism or rather pseudo-materialism are nothing new.Th Saduccees' doctrine was specified in the Bible, and Jesus said to beware of their doctrine.
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randman  Suspended Member (Idle past 4929 days) Posts: 6367 Joined: |
Jar, Jesus specifically responds to the Saduccees and says "you err greatly." I think it's very clear in the other passage that he condemns both the doctrine of the Pharissees and Saduccees, but let's quit quibbling. You guys want to somehow claim he just disagreed with them as priests or their actions when he calls them vipers. I disagree. I think he warns his disciples not to accept their way of looking at things.
But there is no way you can say he does not say "they err greatly" in rejecting the resurrection and in "now knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God." Now, in what way did they now "know the Scriptures, nor the power of God"? They well knew the words. They read the same scriptures Jesus did. It's clear Jesus has a problem with the unbelieving way they approach the scriptures, and that this unbelieving manner corrupts their understanding and perception. They reduce the message to the morals of the scripture, and do not find the supernatural and spiritual aspects all that plausible. Hmmm...
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
But there is no way you can say he does not say "they err greatly" in rejecting the resurrection and in "now knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God." Of course I can. That's not even an issue or consideration. The resurection hadn't happened so there was no way they could have rejected it. There'svno quibble. What you assert is simply impossible. Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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PaulK Member Posts: 17828 Joined: Member Rating: 2.5 |
The resurrection referred to is a general resurrection, not the resurrection of Jesus.
However it is absurd to argue that either of the two condemnations mentioned in the OP were primarily about that issue - nothing in the context of either supports such a view. All we can say is that it is one of the issues on which Jesus disagreed with the Saducees.
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
I tend to agree with you. Furthermore, there is no way that I can see to equate the Saduccees with any modernist or liberal group. They were even more conservative than the Pharisees and far older.
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randman  Suspended Member (Idle past 4929 days) Posts: 6367 Joined: |
Jesus said "you err greatly" to them in reference to their rejection of the idea of the resurrection of the dead. Your insistence, stranglely, that Jesus' statement to them was impossible is very weird.
What do you think he was talking about? This message has been edited by randman, 01-11-2006 01:32 PM
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randman  Suspended Member (Idle past 4929 days) Posts: 6367 Joined: |
PaulK, we are going to have to agree to disagree. Let's move on to something you agree with, namely that Jesus said they greatly erred.
In what way do you think their biblical interpretation greatly errs?
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randman  Suspended Member (Idle past 4929 days) Posts: 6367 Joined: |
Can you substantiate they were "more conservative" than the Pharissees?
Also, in what way does Jesus mean that their bibical interpretation greatly errs? What is their great error? What part of their doctrine causes them to greatly err in "not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God."
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
The Saduccees were the "Old School", dedicated to maintaining the staus quo, conservative, limiting change.
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randman  Suspended Member (Idle past 4929 days) Posts: 6367 Joined: |
Jar, Ted Kennedy and the liberal democrats are old school as well, and dedicated to maintaining the status quo in government concerning liberal policies and court decisions.
The fact they were "old school" says nothing about their approach to the Bible, to spiritual things, etc,....They clearly held similar beliefs to rationalists today in excluding acceptance of spiritual as real. If you want to define conservative as maintaining the status quo, then a lot liberals and rationalists today are actually conservatives. This message has been edited by randman, 01-11-2006 01:48 PM
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randman  Suspended Member (Idle past 4929 days) Posts: 6367 Joined: |
I am a little puzzled at why you, jar and Paulk, have trouble with the idea of comparing ideas of groups then to ideas of groups now considering I suspect that both of you have no trouble at all connecting the doctrine of the Pharisees to some biblical literalists today, although I think connecting that doctrine to all is unwarranted.
But it seems that when someone begins to talk about the beliefs of the Saduccees, all of the sudden that's impossible. Is it impossible to discuss the legalism of the Pharisees as something Jesus warns us today against? If that's acceptable, then why is it not wrong to discussion the rationalism and unbeleif of the Saduccees as something Jesus warns us against?
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
We have very little definitive information on the Saduccees, since they really only existed for a short period, from about the 2nd. Century BC to about the 1st. Century AD. It also appears that as in many such splinter groups, there was much dissension and varying opinions (anyone familar with the Talmudic tradition should understand that).
They were primaily followers of the teachings of the high priest Zadoc who annointed Solomon but it may also have been some other Rabbi of the same name. They were closely associated with the Temple in Jerusalem, generally wealthy, well educated and very much tied to a very narrow and strict interpretation of the Laws. We need to remember that none of their own documents have survived. All we have is the comments from those groups that were opposed to them, all supporting documentation having been purged. That means while we have many passages (for example, Paul was a Pharisee) denouncing their beliefs, we have absolutely none that actually tell us what they did believe or that defend their position. Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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