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Originally Posted by EinsteinsGhost
What do social conservatives preach about prostitutes?
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If you're referring to the Pericope of the Aduteress, Jesus never said that. That story was made up and inserted later. I have argued in the past that this story was made up and attributed to Jesus by those in the Imperial Roman Catholic Church to justify the adulterous affairs (including bisexual and homosexual affairs) and rapes committed by many of the popes (one pope in particular used to rape women on the streets in front of horrified on-lookers -- in fact when that pope wasn't raping women he was murdering pilgrims and stealing their money and possessions -- he was later run out of town by the people, but came back with an army of assassins trying to get his job back).
That false information is based on
E13 which was written circa 1400 CE. These are a collection of gospel fragments. This group is very important, because it proves John 7:53 to 8:11 is a later addition (B. M. Metzger summarizes:
“the evidence for the non-Johannine origin of the Pericope of the Adulteress is overwhelming).
I thought I would highlight that for those who are hard of hearing.
Codices Alexandrinus and
Ephraemi Rescriptus do not contain the story at all.
Codices Bezae/Cantabrigiensis and C
laromontanus contain parts of it.
More embarrassingly, in some texts, the Pericope of the Adulteress occurs at John 21, while in other texts, it occurs at either Luke 21 or Luke 25.
For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, this is the story:
Pseudo-John 7:53 And each one departed to his own house. 8:1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 8:2 Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them. 8:3 The experts in the law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of them 8:4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery. 8:5 In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?” 8:6 (Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger. 8:7 When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, “Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8:8 Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground.
Pseudo-John 8:9 Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 8:10 Jesus stood up straight and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” 8:11 She replied, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “I do not condemn you either. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”
If it is attributable to Jesus, then it would be another flip-flop from his previous 3 separate statements requiring people to follow the Commandments to get Eternal Life.
Accurately....
Mircea
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