Can Truth Be Told In Half The Truth?

[Archaeology cat]

[quote name='HisChildForever' date='10 October 2009 - 05:21 PM' timestamp='1255191715' post='1982386']
It is very possible that the rope broke down - due to scavengers, the weather, or even the poor quality of the rope - which caused the body to fall. The body, decomposed and therefore "soft," could have hit a rock and split the midsection open.
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Hanging was also seen as very disgraceful. And to handle the dead body would have made a person unclean, something to be avoided with a Sabbath coming up.

[jeffpugh]

[quote name='HisChildForever' date='10 October 2009 - 12:21 PM' timestamp='1255191715' post='1982386']
Post #117 in "Christian Confusion on Crucifixion" you [u]explicitly[/u] stated the following:
[b]"The point is that all written gospel testimonies are corrupted by men. The gospel will go to the world only when God puts the gospel in your mouth to speak."[/b]
That sounds a lot more than my "definition of what constitutes Scripture." You made an objective statement that encompasses the ENTIRE Bible.



Good, you're learning.



Again, my Bible came [b]before[/b] your King James (you know, the one you keep quoting). How can the original Bible be "God's enemy" and the Xth version be "true"?



The King James Bible - again, the one you keep quoting and insisting as "truth" - [b]also[/b] also contains two stories of Judas' death.

Matthew 27:5
"And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself."

Acts 1:18
"Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out."

So since we have established the Scriptures as "pure" in and of themselves (something which you apparently denied in another thread, as showed above), what are we arguing here?

It is very possible that the rope broke down - due to scavengers, the weather, or even the poor quality of the rope - which caused the body to fall. The body, decomposed and therefore "soft," could have hit a rock and split the midsection open.
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[quote name='Archaeology cat' date='10 October 2009 - 12:56 PM' timestamp='1255193792' post='1982399']
Hanging was also seen as very disgraceful. And to handle the dead body would have made a person unclean, something to be avoided with a Sabbath coming up.
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Wow, what wonderful learning is coming out of this discussion!

[elizabeth09]

Well, if you are saying that you tell a lie half way thought.

[Nihil Obstat]

What have you done??
It's going to summon him!

*hides*

[elizabeth09]