I converted to Jehovah's Witnesses

Clear said: “…me’olam Le’olam (rendered “forever and ever”) refers to “forever past” from which ones spirit came out of and “forever future” into which ones spirit is going into. The spirit existed before this life and will exist afterwards in early Judeo-Christian Literature. “

Mohammad_Isa commented : “I understand that from Islamic literature as well.”


Yes. There are wonderful theological “crossroad” doctrines where Jahwistic, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions and theology align and tell the same story
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For example, the specific narratives surrounding Iblis/Satan/Lucifer refusing to honor Adam at the inauguration of mankind on the earth are the same In ancient Christian, ancient Jewish/Jahwist, and in ancient Islamic tradition.
 
I am trying to understand why the various Christian schisms and later movements feel their theologies and interpretations of sacred texts are superior to the theology and interpretation and texts of ancient Judeo-Christianity. What advantage does any modern Christian theology have over ancient Judeo-Christianity? I do not see any advantage to the creation of newer Religious theories since the ancient Judeo-Christian literature describes shared theology that seems (to me) to be more rational, more logical and more intuitive than theology created by the later Christian movements
I'm not sure that's quite right. What I THINK happens is that people today think that they have not been provided correct information by existing church tradition -- due to error or ignorance or malice or all three, from prior movements, so they read the bible themselves and come up with different conclusions than what tradition has taught them. If anything, contemporary people LOVE or WOULD LOVE to find that some sect of early Christianity resonates with them as reassurance that they (the modern sect) have "the correct belief"

Now as @Thomas points out it's not like there was always, or ever, one clear cut consensus in amongst early Jewish Christians. Or really anybody for that matter, until the institutional church got enough backing and power to start persecuting "heresies" and hurting people who didn't have the same theories they did. 😠 :confused:o_O:(😟
 
Since each one of these Scriptures are valuable to our understanding, how do we include each one of these Scriptures in our Conclusion?
Probably context, in light of the rest of the chapter and book they are in (literary context) as well as linguistic context (correct translation and the connotations of the words at the time) and cultural and theological context of what people believed at that time.
 
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