OnceConvinced wrote:Carico wrote:. He also said; "He who is not with me is against me." there is no middle ground because if you think that Jesus is wrong in any way, then you can't trust anything he said.
The very fact that he would make a statement like "He who is not with me is against me", shows someone with paranoid delusions (as it would in this current day, especially if they claimed to be the son of God). The fact that Jesus would appear to be suffering from such a mental state is all the more reason not to trust anything he says.
I thought Bush said that.
Acctually the unknown author of Matthew wrote:
Matthew 12:30 (American Standard Version)
30 He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
Luke 11:23 (American Standard Version)
23 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
Mark 9:40
"For he who is not against us is for us.
I am going with Mark and there is no reason to think the author didn't invent it.