Re: Bible Chronology question - OFF TOPIC

David Friedman wrote:

So the modern view would be that not only is there nothing equivelent
to the Christian concept of the devil in the bible ALL THREE of the
little bits of the bible Christians have cut and pasted togather and
added stuff to to create their devil character are allegorical and
unlikely to be talking about real characters.

Modern reform, modern conservative, modern orthodox, all of them, ...?

I think all three of the Yahweh based religions have a tendency to present themselves as monolithic. Maybe that is just human nature, to not only make yourself part of a group, but to ascribe your personal tenets to the entire group.

Obviously, to me, all Christians believe in life after death. Obviously, to me, babies who die are taken under the care of God and the angels, not sent down to hell to burn. What is obvious to me, is not nearly so certain in the minds of some rather large branches of the Christian faith. I'll assume that similar variations exist in the other groups.

Bill

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