Who did the Pharisees claim to be?
What did they claim to believe in?
What did they claim to practice?
What did they claim were their goals?
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Who were they really?
What did they really believe in?
What did they really practice?
What were their real goals?
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What happened to them after Jesus died?
Did they stay in Jerusalem only?
Where else did they go?
Are they still around today?
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Who was Saul of Tarsus?
What group did he belong to?
What group did he attack?
Why?
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Who did Saul say appeared to him?
Do you believe him? (Uncomfortable thought)
Where did Jesus say false prophets would claim to see Him?
Where did Saul say he saw Jesus?
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What is circular logic?
"Paul is a prophet, therefore whatever Paul says is right because Paul is a prophet."
"How do you know he’s a prophet?"
"Because the Bible says so."
"Who wrote the part of the Bible that says that?"
"Paul."
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What is an appeal to authority?
"The Bible says X, therefore you are wrong."
Do you ever use the Bible to shut down conversation and critical thought?
What function do the scriptures serve?
What weaknesses do they possess?
How does God account for that?
How do you?
Who did Jesus say would guide his disciples when he left?
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If you say you are a Christian, are you?
The Pharisees claimed to be Jews. Were they?
Saul the Pharisee once claimed to be a Jew.
He then claimed to be a Christian.
(Uncomfortable thought)
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Where does this leave us?
Should we reject the Bible if it contains falsehoods?
Or just reject the falsehoods?
Who will make clear the truth from the error?
What is said in the Epistle of James?
Do you ask of God?
Does He give unto you liberally?
Why do so many modern Christians struggle with James?
Why do so many quote liberally from Paul's writings, yet so little from James, or the Sermon on the Mount?
Who do so few work miracles?
Was this Saul's goal?
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Who walked on water?
Who also walked on water--even though he had a boat?
Who healed the sick with nothing but a word, a touch, or a seemingly unrelated instruction?
Who also healed the sick with a word, a touch, or a seemingly unrelated instruction--even though he knew physicians?
What did Paul say of your works?
Dirty rags?
What did Jesus and James say of your works?
"Not everyone who says 'Lord, Lord' shall enter into my kingdom, but those who do the works of my father."
"Faith without works is dead."
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What is idolatry?
What is blame shifting?
What is false humility?
Who pushes idolatry, blame shifting, and false humility today?
Who said that we are helpless, completely dependent on grace?
Who said we are Gods, limited only by our faith?
What is blasphemy and who loved to accuse others of it?
What spirit did they obey?
Adam ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge--what does this mean?
What does it really mean?
What is the effect of this doctrine?
What has been the effect of this doctrine on you?
Humility?
Or faithlessness masquerading as humility?
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Who is Q?
Who cares?
Is the messenger more important or the message?
What has been the effect of Q on your faith in God, and in yourself?
What has been its effect on the world?
Light to dark or dark to light?
Truth is truth.
Onward Christian soldiers.
We are all waking up together.
I'm not interested in tarnishing the whole thing. I'm interested in encouraging Christians to communicate directly with God, so that not even the Bible itself can lead them astray.
Evil men put the Bible together and changed and distorted much of it for nefarious reasons but they forgot to remove the most important message of all: men can, through faith, commune directly with God and learn the truth of all things for themselves. Unlike the Pharisees and Sadducees who were readers of the word only, experts supposedly on the content but not the spirit of the Scripture.
Jesus on the other hand also knew the scripture but wasn't limited by what was or wasn't written. He went to the source and the Satanic Pharisees hated him for it for it was their expertise in scripture that they used to gain power over others. They weren't interested in pesky prophets using a workaround and going right to the source.
If the questions in my post scare you, that should scare you.
It's best to think of the Bible as a spiritual prompt, than a guide. Use it to get your mind into that space, and then commune with God with the spirit of open-mindedness and love and the truth will shine forth through it even if the text has been tainted or changed. If you get too tied to each word then you'll be too easily led to believe in lies. Question everything. Yes, even the Bible.