Re: [TruthTalk] Grammar & Worldview vs. The Spirit

[Lance Muir]

Iz:You will stay after school in order to write on the blackboard 100x 'corrupted by higher learning'. Thereafter you'll be required to write plain-spoken essay on 'why I don't yet understand what Slade's meaning is' on this point. For the time being you may carry on with your normal chores. From: ShieldsFamily To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 02, 2004 08:20 Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Grammar & Worldview vs. The Spirit Slade can answer this better than I can, but I wanted to say that most Jews I know�nomatter how unfamiliar they are with the Bible�are very cognizant of the Law.  Unless they are totally away from their Jewish roots they keep Sabbath and observe kosher rules.  However very few of them know scripture, as it is only read in the synagogue (the Torah only) on the Sabbath, and it takes a year to go through very selected parts of it.  I believe that only the Orthodox Jews (who are comparatively few in number) actually study scripture in any depth.  I think that during Jesus� day only the brightest and the best academically were kept in extended schooling for the purpose of learning Torah and Talmud.  The sons of fishermen, carpenters, etc., were probably trained in their father�s business rather than schooling.  Thus Peter, et al., were probably just considered �country hicks� like most of us on TT.   Jesus probably chose them for exactly that reason, come to think of it�they hadn�t been corrupted by �higher learning� from the frozen chosen. J Izzy   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry Clifton Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 8:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Grammar & Worldview vs. The Spirit   For what it's worth, in the tenth chapter of Acts, when Peter was in a trance and saw the sheet come down with all the food in it, God told him to eat.  Peter's response was that he had never eaten anything that was unclean.  That would indicate to me that he was familiar with some portion of the law, and if a portion, possibly all.  Terry Slade Henson wrote: New Yorkers calling Arkansans inbred idiots doesn't mean they are. To read anything further is to strain at gnats. Please understand. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Judy Taylor Sent: Monday, 01 November, 2004 06.36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Grammar & Worldview vs. The Spirit jt: You don't need to answer but I'm wondering why God's Word is wisdom only to those who live someplace other than Galilee?  Unlearned says to me they have no education which is why they would appear ignorant.   On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 05:42:42 -0500 "Slade Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: If the disciples had memorized the whole Torah then how come the Saducees took note that they were "ignorant and unlearned men?" (Acts 4:13).    Because they were from Galilee.