This book that written by Bart D. Ehrman, Jesus, Interrupted contains critical thinking –not to mention an attack– to the Bible especially the New Testament, and more especially the Gospel that tells a story about Jesus and who Jesus actually is. “We don’t have the originals of the Bible which opens the door to the possibility that the Bible is a very human book,” Ehrman wrote. Ehrman studied the Bible from a historical-critical perspective that led him to find there were flat-out discrepancies among the books of the New Testament. He explained in detail about the differences between one author and other authors towards Jesus’ stories, for example what was written by Mark compared to what was written by Matthew or Luke. “I came to see that many of the books of the New Testament were not written by the people to whom they are attributed,” Ehrman said. And he explained an argument that it was not Matthew who wrote The Gospel of Matthew, John did not write The Gospel of John, etc. Even th...
Tagar #kaburajadulu tampaknya sudah mulai sepi. Tetapi jika masih ada Gen Y (millennial) atau Gen Z yang mau kabur, jangan kabur ke luar negeri. Kabur saja ke Maluku Utara. Maluku Utara punya Gubernur hebat. Namanya Shirley Tjoanda. Bu Gubernur punya banyak cita-cita, banyak rencana, banyak program untuk membangun daerahnya, dan kamu para Gen Y dan Gen Z yang idealis dapat mencoba melamar jadi timnya. Shirley sebenarnya adalah seorang Ibu rumah tangga. Ia tak pernah menyangka apalagi kepengin jadi pemimpin daerah. Tetapi Oktober tahun lalu, suaminya, Benny Laos, meninggal dunia karena kecelakaan di tengah-tengah proses pilgub Maluku Utara. Benny maju sebagai salah satu calon. Di tengah kesedihan dan kegalauan itu Shirley bermaksud ke Jakarta ingin melupakan segalanya. Tetapi banyak yang meminta (termasuk partai pengusung) Shirley yang maju menggantikan suaminya sebagai calon. Ia sempat merenung, akankah ia menepi dan terus berduka atas kehilangan orang yang paling dicintainya, atau mas...