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    Is the Biblical IQ Test Too Advanced for Most People?

    They were pillars of the early Christian community. That doesn't mean they were disciples of Jesus.
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    Is the Biblical IQ Test Too Advanced for Most People?

    Where does Paul ever indicate Cephas or anyone else was a disciple of Jesus?
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    Is the Biblical IQ Test Too Advanced for Most People?

    Its a basic fact the 4 Gospels were composed after the letters of Paul. Encyclopedia Britannica: "The books are not arranged chronologically in the New Testament. The Epistles of Paul, for example, which address the immediate problems of local churches shortly after Christ's death, are...
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    Is the Biblical IQ Test Too Advanced for Most People?

    Composed AFTER the letters of Paul, Mark and Matthew were INTENDED as symbolic fiction, being written in a symbolic chiastic structure. Only with Luke-Acts did Christians start to view the four Gospels literally. The sayings of Jesus in the Gospels are things Paul originally said. See Nikolaus...
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    Is the Biblical IQ Test Too Advanced for Most People?

    Do you understand the 4 Gospels were composed after the letters of Paul? Nearly every saying of Jesus is from the LXX or Paul's letters. They are not real teachings of Jesus. For example, the section on turning the other cheek and other aspects of legal pacifism (Mt. 5.38-42) has been...
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    Is the Biblical IQ Test Too Advanced for Most People?

    Apostle doesn't mean disciple. Paul, who writes before the Gospels, never indicates Jesus was a teacher or Peter etc. were disciples. Gerd Lüdemann says: "Not once does Paul refer to Jesus as a teacher, to his words as teaching, or to [any] Christians as disciples." and "Moreover, when Paul...
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    Jesus is the same fictional Jesus from the LXX version of Zechariah.

    Apostle doesn't mean disciple. And Paul doesn't mean a biological brother: Ehrman and James the Brother of the Lord - Richard Carrier
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    Jesus is the same fictional Jesus from the LXX version of Zechariah.

    Paul, who writes before the Gospels, only ever indicates two sources of Jesus info: Scripture (the LXX) and dream teachings. Paul never indicates Cephas or anyone else was a disciple of Jesus. Philo independently confirms Jesus is the same Jesus from the LXX version of Zechariah: The...
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    Thoughts On the Eucharist

    Remember the Gospels and Acts were composed AFTER Paul's letters. Gerd Lüdemann: "Not once does Paul refer to Jesus as a teacher, to his words as teaching, or to [any] Christians as disciples." "Moreover, when Paul himself summarizes the content of his missionary preaching in Corinth (1 Cor...
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    Thoughts On the Eucharist

    Where does Paul, who writes before the Gospels, ever indicate Cephas etc. were disciples of Jesus? Apostle doesn't mean disciple.
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    Thoughts On the Eucharist

    Remember the four Gospels are composed AFTER the letters of Paul. Paul says he received the Last Supper info directly from Jesus himself, which indicates a dream. 1 Cor. 11:23: "For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was...
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    Jesus Wrote the Old Testament

    Remember the Gospels and Acts were composed AFTER Paul's letters. Gerd Lüdemann: "Not once does Paul refer to Jesus as a teacher, to his words as teaching, or to [any] Christians as disciples." "Moreover, when Paul himself summarizes the content of his missionary preaching in Corinth (1 Cor...
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    Jesus Wrote the Old Testament

    Yeah, Clement believed Jesus spoke the Old Testament: Clement quotes the Old Testament when quoting Jesus. Like Paul, Clement had no idea about an Earthly Jesus. • r/DebateAChristian
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    How are these Great Beings explained?

    Composed AFTER the letters of Paul, Mark and Matthew were INTENDED as symbolic fiction, being written in a symbolic chiastic structure. Only with Luke-Acts did Christians start to view the four Gospels literally. The sayings of Jesus in the Gospels are things Paul originally said. See Nikolaus...
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    How on earth can the Qur'an be considered the perfect book?

    Muhammad revealed Quran 4:24 to pressure his followers to rape married women. If you look at Ibn Kathir and the Hadith, we get the following story: -Muhammad's own followers initially refused to rape kidnapped married women, since their husbands were still alive. -As a result of this refusal...
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    Gospels Errors: There is no son of God or Trinity.

    Remember the Gospels and Acts were composed AFTER Paul's letters. Encyclopedia Britannica: "The books are not arranged chronologically in the New Testament. The Epistles of Paul, for example, which address the immediate problems of local churches shortly after Christ's death, are considered to...
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    The Bible declares that Jesus is God

    The Gospels and Acts were composed AFTER Paul's letters. Encyclopedia Britannica: "The books are not arranged chronologically in the New Testament. The Epistles of Paul, for example, which address the immediate problems of local churches shortly after Christ's death, are considered to be the...
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