11-23-2020, 11:35 PM
(11-13-2020, 04:38 PM)Jason Wrote:There's believers in judaism that don't believe plenary in the tanakh?(11-09-2020, 04:49 AM)Ismq Wrote: Then you don't believe in plenary what says the tanakh about the messiah.
I don't appreciate you trying to make the conversation revolve around what I believe. Nothing being discussed here hinges on if I believe it or not. My personal beliefs are none of your business.
The conversation is about what the text says, not about whether or not I believe what the text says. I prefer to interpret texts according to their contents. I approach the New Testament the same way, and I don't believe a word in it. (I'm even of the opinion that the likelihood of there having been an historical Jesus is slim to none.) That doesn't mean that I cannot read, understand, and discuss the New Testament documents. And my personal beliefs about those questions will not come into account as far as they are not relevant to the meaning of an ancient text.
Therefore, I would ask that you stop trying to put me in some corner. I'm not interested in playing that game.