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Do you have an ancient source of this apart from the "2nd Treatise of the Great Seth (NHC VI)? Is that telling going back to Valentine?

I wouldn't say "welcome". This guy was completely brainwashed. He said Buddha was a scholar of Isaiah, whereas he was rooted in the Brahman tradition of India, he told some rubbish that Jesus is distinct from Yeshuwa, stuff about Aryans (Nazi ideology), Christianity being polluted by the Talmud...

Your notion of "spirituality" is not really clear to me. You say, it is a sense of connection. Do you mean the connection to God (which is close to the usual understanding of the word) or connection between humans, a universal mindset that enables us to live together in a society?

I see the Talmud, both, Mishnah and Gemara as a pluralistic collection. The contributions of the Rabbis is complementary, in some cases they are even opposed to each other. This is indeed similar to Islam fiqh. However, I see also a difference: The Talmud has timelines set; you have the Tanach...

It cannot be expected that such words are contained in the Bible. You won't find anything saying not to listen to the words of Augustine of Hippo. But the latter certainly doesn't have the same authority as Jesus in the eyes of JW, and not even in the view of the traditional churches. Do you...

I knew that it's also contained in the Gospel accounts to an extent that I don't doubt that it goes back to Jesus. Besides, it's also confirmed in the Quran.

I'm not talking in particular about the passages of Paul's you quoted above, but Jesus actually commanded his followers to teach the teachings he, Jesus gave them. In my opinion, this doesn't include the teachings of Paul and other scholars whose epistles are part of the N.T. Don't you make a...

I didn't find any support for the thesis that יהוה is directly linked to this answer; "he will be" is יהיה, similar but not the same. I abstain from the discussion on the Canaanite deity because I have not studied the sources but only read quotes of quotes so far.

Nor in the LXX

This "Name" (which is rather a denial of a name) is not the origin of the name YHWH.

I don't know it either but there's much evidence that the author of the "Gospel of Matthew" used other written and possibly oral sources as a basis to his edition. This excludes the authorship of an eye witness. The sayings Matthew wrote down as mentioned by Papias must have been something else...

Not correct. It's true that the correct self-denomination was People of Israel. In this people, it means either the descendents of Juda or an inhabitant of the land of Juda (around Jerusalem) The term Ioudaios was commonly used in Greek for all people of Israel. The Gospel according to John...

A single view is not consistent with democracy; tolerance between different views is needed. Is democracy a question of belief? In my opinion, it's a means to avoid that a state is being ruled against the majority of the people. In a world where people with different religions and philosophies...

Although it is not impossible that teachings of a Jewish prophet reached India, they didn't found schools of thought or religion. I have never come across clear indicators of Jewish schools in India in that time. On what base or on whose behalf do you say that he was an apostle of Isaiah?

( I said, "it's taken the meaning of becoming a Christian, which in the beginning, was an act of reversion of a grownup person but now lost the contents." I said that the baptism doesn't have the content John and Jesus attributed to it if it's applied to an infant that doesn't understand the...

Most religions use ritual forms to preserve their traditions.To stay in your image: We have to be careful that we don't cultivate dumb nuts or take a hazelnut for a coconut. This is something that has happened to the baptism in most Christian denominations: it's taken the meaning of becoming a...

You seem to be very convinced of the symbols of your religion. The baptism in the sense of John and Jesus is a symbol of reversion towards a life with God. You put drops of water on a baby and say that this is in the sense of God, His Messiah and His Spirit. From Whom is the grace?

The Quran is clear in the message that we would be resurrected as individuals and we will be judged according to our present lives. It's well in line with the Gospel traditions, and it's clear. It's well possible that the revelation is a simplification; it may even be an image. But if it is an...

There's an absolute dimension of salary, concerning luxury or economic power, e.g. the liberty of travel abroad or to invest in technology. It tells a lot on the opportunity of average people to act on the international market. You will need the same amount of money to buy a knitting machine to...

Einst haben die Kerls auf den Bäumen gehockt, behaart und mit böser Visage. Dann hat man sie aus dem Urwald gelockt und die Welt asphaltiert und aufgestockt, bis zur dreißigsten Etage. Da saßen sie nun, den Flöhen entflohn, in zentralgeheizten Räumen. Da sitzen sie nun am Telefon. Und es...