From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!dyl
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.religion
Title: Christians should quote more often from the old testament
Article-I.D.: floyd.1165
Posted: Sat Feb  5 20:04:42 1983
Received: Sun Feb  6 06:43:39 1983

This is not a flame!  I am overjoyed that Jews are paying attention to
what Christians are saying.  I just like to clear up some things brought
out by Daniel Glasser in net.flame and encourage Christians to quote even
more from the old testament.

If you wonder why dragon, serpent, devil and Satan are equivalent, here
it is.
	Revelations 12:9
		The great dragon was hurled down - that ancient serpent
		called the devil or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.

The word 'Satan' appears in 1 Chronicles, Job, and Zechariah a total
of 18 times so the old testament is definitely good for quoting by
Christians.

I dislike the acts (but not the persons) of giving Christians a bad
image (i.e. Christians only read what their ministers allow) for no
apparent reason.  So for Daniel's information:
	In the old testament, 'Baal' appears about 58 times in the book
	of Numbers, Deuteronomy, Judges, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles,
	Psalm, Jeremiah, Hosea, and Zephanian.  'Baal' appears only once
	in the new testament in the book of Romans.
	I guess you missed Baal pretty badly and you also spelled
	testament wrong.

I for one would like to learn more about Jewish traditions, what books
are included in the old testament, how some of the prophecies are
treated etc.