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Would you like to explain what you mean when you say that someone is "under Nehushtan" then?

Yes, the new one is terrible. The original NIV is apparently much better. My Jewish-Christian friend who reads Hebrew, says that the original NIV is very similar to the Hebrew of her Tanakh.

The NIV (the older one--the new NIV was NOT an improvement) is thought to be the best Hebrew to English for the OT. The KJV has a few problems but it is excellent for memorizing the commonly cited Scripture verses. The NASB is a word-for-word and is a very good translation of the Greek to...

Well, gee--why would I have "hard feelings" about being called a Mithraist and an idolator who worships a brass snake.

You have incredible arrogance for one who is so ignorant. There are two kinds of Bible translations: Word-for-word, such as the New American Standard, which is considered to be one of the finest Greek to English translations. And there are dynamic translations which go for the meaning...

Technically, in Hebraic thought, Enoch and Elijah went to the Bosom of Abraham--Paradise. But, for all intents and purposes, Enoch was taken directly into heaven without dying. That is the reason why some feel that he will be one of the Two Witnesses--because Hebrews 9:27 tells us that we only...

I had to make some assumptions if I was going to reply to you at all--since you refuse to engage the subject after posting your verses taken out of context. I can read--but, I can also reason and hold more than one or two bits of Scripture in my mind at the same time. No wonder you can't...

Condescension? Gee whiz, how surprising.

B.S. They are not "witnesses". Those who wrote the New Testament were or they knew people who were eye-witnesses to the revelations and events in the life of the Messiah. They spoke truth at the risk of martyrdom. Your Johnny-come-latelys are making things up and are promoting the...

The woman who wrote that article is an ignorant fool--I wouldn't trust anything she has to say--even the most innocuous-seeming statement.

What unbelievable arrogance for you to think that you have ANY power over what I think! And furthermore, you are being a jerk for calling me "centurion". By the way, not all Roman soldiers practiced Mithraism. Quite a number of them who were assigned to Judea, became "God-fearers" and even...

The NLT has a lot of scholarship behind it. What you have is a load of wild speculation. You don't even know what you are talking about most of the time--and certainly no one else does. And which translation do you think is so wonderful? Because I can poke holes in that too.

Not without the other Scriptures that enter into the theology Jesus was presenting.

Yes, circumcision identified one as coming from "the loins of" Jacob/Israel. It did not necessarily indicate that one was a believer--the Israelites who practiced child sacrifice were almost certainly unbelievers--Yahweh had forbidden human sacrifice. An example of confusing nationality or...

And I'm to let your ego drive? No, thank you.

Beliefnet is full of questionable theology.

According to the Scriptures, there is something VERY wrong with Nehushtan worship. 2 Kings 18:4--->“He [Hezekiah] removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had...

I could but, I'd rather not as it appears to be wild speculation, on your part and I don't want to be spreading it on what is a Christian website. Take your own advice, please.

"Maybe not" what??! Do you ever complete a thought or a sentence??

bbyrd, why are you here? Is it just to try to confuse people?