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Originally Posted by noeticcenter  In all these comments there is a fundamental error of judging the Bible- a collection of books penned by over 40 writers of diverse backgrounds of priests, prophets, princes, poets, philosophers, physicians, farmers, fishermen, government officials and so on, in three different continents over a period of about 3,500 years- for what it does not stand for and totally ignoring what it essentially schematize. |
The books of the Bible do not collectively "schematize" anything. (Not that you could define this word, but that's quite beside the point.) The idea that they were ALL written with a single collective mission in mind (if that's what you mean by "schematize"), is nonsense. They were not all written at the same time or by the same people, so this is impossible.
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Originally Posted by noeticcenter It is NOT a book of science, or philosophy or psychology or astronomy or law or morals or ethics or religion, though occasionally it does refer to all these accurately and reliably. |
The Bible does NOT convey ANY of these things "accurately" or "reliably." It is factually wrong on MANY counts. Many people such as you like to repeat this, like a mantra, but that many people believe it, does NOT make it so, nor can endless repetition of a falsehood make it suddenly have veracity.
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Originally Posted by noeticcenter The central subject of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation is ONE SINGULAR PERSON – the Messiah. |
Wrong. The Bible books were written over a long period of time, from the middle of the last millennium BCE to the 2nd century CE. They do NOT speak of any single person, place, or thing, since these authors lived across a long span of time and could not have written according to any single referrent.
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Originally Posted by noeticcenter The central mission of the Messiah is REDEMPTION. |
"Redemption" ... from what, exactly?
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Originally Posted by noeticcenter The WAY of Redemption is the same in the Old and the New Testaments. |
Wrong. The Old Testament does not speak of "redemption" at all. It speaks of worship and honoring YHWH. The New Testament deals with redemption but does so in several ways, not all of which are compatible with one another.
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Originally Posted by noeticcenter To be effective, a testament involves the death of the Testator. |
Why? Who passed that law, and when was it signed?
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Originally Posted by noeticcenter The DEATH here is from the JUDGMENT of ‘Capital Punishment’. The Judgment is pronounced by the Creator Testator on a WILLFULLY rebellious creation. |
Really? We are judged to be worthy only of "death" because we "willfully rebelled"? What about, say, a 5-month-old baby ... does s/he merit "death"? If so, how is it even possible for an infant to have "willfully" done ANYTHING at all?
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Originally Posted by noeticcenter The Creator Testator takes the judgment upon Himself. |
Why? Wouldn't it have been FAR more efficient, instead, for him simply never to have made that "judgement" in the first place?
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Originally Posted by noeticcenter The judgment is CANCELLED for ever through the RESURRECTION of the Creator Testator, to those who WILLINGLY accept it. |
Again with the "willingly" stuff ... but you have yet to demonstrate that "willfulness" even comes into play in the first place.
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Originally Posted by noeticcenter Now, this is the Bible. It is in representative forms in the Old and the actualities in the New Testaments. |
Gibberish.
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Originally Posted by noeticcenter Note: A substitute term for Testament is Blood Covenant. Covenant alone will not do it. |
Wrong. A "testament" is a testimony, or evidence of something.
If blood is so important, you should, first, provide evidence of its importance; then, having done so, you would have to explain WHY it is that it's important. Only THEN can we even begin an intelligent conversation about the nature of "blood covenants."