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The Fishtales of Luke 24 and John 21

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The Fishtales of Luke 24 and John 21 *Taken from  The Meatless Kingdom 2nd Ed.    Jesus Ate Fish? Luke 24 and John 21 Even with explaining the context of Mark 7:19 and being given only bread to eat with the multitude , and in total defiance to all other evidence presented so far, people will still insist that Jesus ate fish. Their best example of this is Luke 24:41,42 where Jesus asks for food, receives fish and an honeycomb, and eats. But is this the case? It actually depends up on the translation. A survey of the verses on Biblehub will show which versions keep and which omit certain details. There are different categories of versions for ease of comparison: Modern Translations omit "and of an honeycomb" niv, nlt, esv, bsb, nasb, nasb 1995; 1977; amplified bible hcsb, cev, gnt, God's Word Translation, isv, net Classic Translations either omit (o) or keep (k) "and of an honeycomb" kjv (k), nkjv (k), kj 2000 (k), nheb (o), web (k),...
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When The Saints Don't Go Marching In

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WHEN THE SAINTS DON'T GO MARCH ING IN Is Matthew's Imaginative Scene in 27:52,53 Inspired? Introduction Something strange happened one day as I re-read the Gospel According to Matthew. I read Matthew 27:50-53, which says, "And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split. The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many." Surely, something so profound and miraculous as a mass resurrection event, in Jerusalem of all places, -- by eyewitnesses "no doubt"! -- would be recorded somewhere. Such a thing would lend credibility to Jesus' own resurrection. Yet my inquiry provided no such evidence. The above image is a screen shot of an Answer to a Question found on GotQuestions.Org...
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Gnosticism?

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GNOSTICISM? "Gnosticism" is probably the dirtiest word in Christendom. It shouldn't be surprising that "Gnosticism" is also misunderstood and has been perverted. "Gnosis" is Greek for "Knowledge." The first question I asked was, Shouldn't we all want to be "Gnostics"? Shouldn't we all want to have "knowledge"? When you allow yourself that question when faced with "Gnosticism", then you already can see where some of the perversion, or obfuscation, is when it comes to this discussion. I say this because ever since I first became a "Christian," I was told that Gnosticism is Satanic, Demonic, and will keep you from Christ. I once saw this statement: "Christ Consciousness isn't Christian." But if you really think about it, the necessary question is, W hy? If "Christian" means "Like Christ" or "Little Christ" and "Consciousness" means "1. The ...
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