Scuba Pete
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Non-fiction is often like that, huh?The latter doesn't even rise to the level of mediocre fiction.
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Non-fiction is often like that, huh?The latter doesn't even rise to the level of mediocre fiction.
In the excellent book Christ or Paul?, the Rev. V.A. Holmes-Gore wrote: "Let the reader contrast the true Christian standard with that of Paul and he will see the terrible betrayal of all that the Master taught....For the surest way to betray a great Teacher is to misrepresent his message....That is what Paul and his followers did, and because the Church has followed Paul in his error it has failed lamentably to redeem the world....The teachings given by the blessed Master Christ, which the disciples John and Peter and James, the brother of the Master, tried in vain to defend and preserve intact were as utterly opposed to the Pauline Gospel as the light is opposed to the darkness."
The great theologian Soren Kierkegaard, writing in The Journals, echoes the above sentiment: "In the teachings of Christ, religion is completely present tense: Jesus is the prototype and our task is to imitate him, become a disciple. But then through Paul came a basic alteration. Paul draws attention away from imitating Christ and fixes attention on the death of Christ The Atoner. What Martin Luther. in his reformation, failed to realize is that even before Catholicism, Christianity had become degenerate at the hands of Paul. Paul made Christianity the religion of Paul, not of Christ Paul threw the Christianity of Christ away, completely turning it upside down. making it just the opposite of the original proclamation of Christ"
The brilliant theologian Ernest Renan, in his book Saint Paul, wrote: "True Christianity, which will last forever, comes from the gospel words of Christ not from the epistles of Paul. The writings of Paul have been a danger and a hidden rock. the causes of the principal defects of Christian theology."
Albert Schweitzer, winner of the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize, has been called "one of the greatest Christians of his time." He was a philosopher, physician, musician, clergyman, missionary, and theologian. In his The Quest for the Historical Jesus and his Mysticism of Paul he writes: "Paul....did not desire to know Christ....Paul shows us with what complete indifference the earthly life of Jesus was regarded....What is the significance for our faith and for our religious life, the fact that the Gospel of Paul is different from the Gospel of Jesus?....The attitude which Paul himself takes up towards the Gospel of Jesus is that he does not repeat it in the words of Jesus, and does not appeal to its authority....The fateful thing is that the Greek, the Catholic, and the Protestant theologies all contain the Gospel of Paul in a form which does not continue the Gospel of Jesus, but displaces it."
William Wrede, in his excellent book Paul, informs us: "The oblivious contradictions in the three accounts given by Paul in regard to his conversion are enough to arouse distrust....The moral majesty of Jesus, his purity and piety, his ministry among his people, his manner as a prophet, the whole concrete ethical-religious content of his earthly life, signifies for Paul's Christology nothing whatever....The name 'disciple of Jesus' has little applicability to Paul....Jesus or Paul: this alternative characterizes, at least in part, the religious and theological warfare of the present day"
Rudolf Bultman, one of the most respected theologians of this century, wrote in his Significance of the Historical Jesus for the Theology of Paul: "It is most obvious that Paul does not appeal to the words of the Lord in support of his....views. when the essentially Pauline conceptions are considered, it is clear that Paul is not dependent on Jesus. Jesus' teaching is -- to all intents and purposes -- irrelevant for Paul."
Walter Bauer, another eminent theologian, wrote in his Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity: "If one may be allowed to speak rather pointedly the Apostle Paul was the only Arch-Heretic known to the apostolic age."
George Bernard Shaw, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925; in his Androcles and the Lion, we read: "There is not one word of Pauline Christianity in the characteristic utterances of Jesus....There has really never been a more monstrous imposition perpetrated than the imposition of Paul's soul upon the soul of Jesus....It is now easy to understand how the Christianity of Jesus....was suppressed by the police and the Church, while Paulinism overran the whole western civilized world, which was at that time the Roman Empire, and was adopted by it as its official faith."
Will Durant; in his Caesar and Christ, he wrote: "Paul created a theology of which none but the vaguest warrants can be found in the words of Christ....Through these interpretations Paul could neglect the actual life and sayings of Jesus, which he had not directly known....Paul replaced conduct with creed as the test of virtue. It was a tragic change."
Martin Buber, the most respected Jewish philosopher of this century, wrote in Two Types of Faith: "The Jesus of the Sermon on the Mount is completely opposed to Paul"
In one of the best books on early Christianity, Those Incredible Christians, Dr. High Schonfield reports: "It was not only the teaching and activities of Paul which made him obnoxious to the Christian leaders: but their awareness that he set his revelations above their authority and claimed an intimacy with the mind of Jesus, greater than that of those who had companied with him on earth and had been chosen by him....It was an abomination, especially as his ideas were so contrary to what they knew of Jesus, that he should pose as the embodiment of the Messiah 's will....Paul was seen as the demon-driven enemy of the Messiah....For the legitimate Church, Paul was a dangerous and disruptive influence, bent on enlisting a large following among the Gentiles in order to provide himself with a numerical superiority with the support of which he could set at defiance the Elders at Jerusalem. Paul had been the enemy from the beginning. and because he failed in his former open hostility he had craftily insinuated himself into the fold to destroy it from within."
What difference does it make, if I produce more biblical proof of the Everlasting Plan of Salvation formulated to destroy for ever, sin? What difference would it make to you if I prove from the scriptures that us humans are only incidental to the plan of salvation? What difference would it make; if us humans were to realize that our's is only an invitation to join the winning team; and that we have no part to play in helping Christ to win in his battle with satan?Anyways..........
Quote: (Originally Posted by precept)
1 Peter 1:18-21...."Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversations received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot; who verily WAS FOREORDAINED BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, BUT was manifest in these last times for you.
As far as I know, there are numerous additions in the Bible. So, unless you can find more evidence of this, I will treat it as an addition.
Really?!! Srrsly?! after 10 years you dredge this up from God knows where and respond to it???No*s,
re: "You aren't reckoning the days right. Jesus died and was buried on Friday. That is day 1. He remained there on Saturday. That is day 2. Then, Sunday makes the third day, and He rose on that day."
Y
es, 3 calendar days were involved, but where is the third night?
For the love of God! How many pages back did you have to go to even find this? It wants to die! Please let it!sojourner,
re: "Really?!! Srrsly?! after 10 years you dredge this up from God knows where and respond to it???"
If old posts are not supposed to be addressed, I would think that the topic would be closed. This one hasn't been.
 
re: "And your response isn't even cogent to the thread topic."
Croak in his original post (OP) #1, was questioning the three days and three nights of Matthew 12:40 in light of a Friday crucifixion. No*s responded to croak in post #14 by saying 'You aren't reckoning the days right'. I was merely commenting on that line of discussion. If that is off topic, then so are No*s' as well as croak's comments.
Jesus was crucified for the crime of insurrection.Was Jesus sent to be crucified? The answer is No!!!
Jesus was tried, convicted and put to death for blasphemy according to the law given to Moses by God in Deuteronomy.
Deuteronomy 18: 20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death."
Read your bible.Jesus was crucified for the crime of insurrection.
Study your history (and your bible). John had a theological, not a historical agenda. Historically, only the Sanhedrin would apply a charge of "blasphemy." Rome had nothing to do with "blasphemy." Historically, the Sanhedrin didn't crucify people. But Rome did. The charge was, of course, trumped up, and it was insurrection.Read your bible.
John 18:38
"What is truth?" retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, "I find no basis for a charge against him.
If there were no "basis for a charge,"
Study your history (and your bible). John had a theological, not a historical agenda. Historically, only the Sanhedrin would apply a charge of "blasphemy." Rome had nothing to do with "blasphemy." Historically, the Sanhedrin didn't crucify people. But Rome did. The charge was, of course, trumped up, and it was insurrection.
If there were no "basis for a charge," there would have been no crucifixion. Therefore, a Roman charge was offered: insurrection, because they claimed Jesus claimed to be king.
OK. I thought I addressed that point. What you're omitting is that the Sanhedrin didn't crucify people. Rome crucified people. And Rome needed a "legitimate" charge in order to do that. "Blasphemy" wasn't recognized as such, because "blasphemy" was a Judaic issue -- not a Roman issue. So they came up with "insurrection," as evidenced by the sign on the cross, "King of the Jews."The high priest charged Jesus with blasphemy.
Matthew 26:63
But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God."
Matthew 26:64
"You have said so," Jesus replied. "But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."
Matthew 26:65
Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
Again you are confused.OK. I thought I addressed that point. What you're omitting is that the Sanhedrin didn't crucify people. Rome crucified people. And Rome needed a "legitimate" charge in order to do that. "Blasphemy" wasn't recognized as such, because "blasphemy" was a Judaic issue -- not a Roman issue. So they came up with "insurrection," as evidenced by the sign on the cross, "King of the Jews."
Instead of leading with the conviction for blasphemy, Caiaphas claimed that Jesus was guilty of sedition. But that was rejected by Pilate.
Pilate read the reports that he had from his officials and saw that it was quite clear that Jesus wasn't leading a military revolution. There was simply no evidence against Jesus.
Pilate said, 'this man is innocent'.
Again you are confused.
So the charge against Jesus of insurrection and sedition was rejected by Pilate. But the Jews wanted Jesus crucified for blasphemy and Pilate gave in when even his offer to spare Jesus was rejected by the people.
That is why crucifying another Jew like Jesus was not a big deal to them especially when the Jews themselves were calling for him to be crucified. Why the Jews chose Barabbas to be releases instead of Jesus when Pilate made the offer proves the total rejection of Jesus as their messiah. The fact the Jews today are not repentant of their role in Jesus's death an innocent Rabbi who tried to reform the Jewish religion, shows how meaningless their adherence to the prophets teachings and scriptures are and have always been.Did you ever stop to think about the fact that all scriptures are subjective and that the early church had logical reason to demonize those Jews who did not accept Jesus? The Romans we know had no interest in Judaism one way or another as long as we kept the order and paid our taxes.
Yeah, but, again, the Romans had no reason to care anything about blasphemy. The charge was obviously trumped-up, in order to prevent a larger public problem. The Romans killed Jesus. The Jews didn't crucify people.Again you are confused.
So the charge against Jesus of insurrection and sedition was rejected by Pilate. But the Jews wanted Jesus crucified for blasphemy and Pilate gave in when even his offer to spare Jesus was rejected by the people.