... all other women."8 Coupled with the Gospel of Philip's startling description, "for Jesus used to walk with her and kissed her frequently upon the mouth," it can easily be understood how the erotic view has gained traction.9 The idea of celibacy and Jesus' ascetic way of life, however, is expressly lauded in Christianity, and therefore this purported sensual ... became one of "passivity and submissiveness comparable to that already imposed on contemporary Jewish and Christian women."39 Moreover, Spellberg states that independence and vitality, the defining characteristics found in women ...

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... since they can't have complete knowledge of Jesus and He is the only path to salvation. In short, this approach proclaims that there is no knowledge of God to be found outside of Christ, that Christianity is in a category of its own, and that other religions are founded on inauthentic revelations that are human inventions and not based on Godly truth ... . In John 14:6, Jesus says "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Acts 4:12 states "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which w...

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