Great lectures here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IPAKsGbqcg
Be sure to watch all three!
"Simply amazing!" is all that I can say. Makes sense to me now that Paul never believed that Jesus was god; instead, he saw Jesus as probably some type of angel who came to earth to become man, a divine being, perhaps, but not "god". Most likely Jesus was an apocalyptic preacher, common to his day, who started off in Galileo only to end-up getting executed after starting trouble in Jerusalem.
For this thread, contrast the views of the synoptic Gospels with that of John and compare against Paul. The Gospel of John, for me, is completely unbelievable; it is, rather, ancient storytelling at its best, which is why one sees all of these highly developed stories about Jesus with dialogue that the authors of John could not have possibly known about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IPAKsGbqcg
Be sure to watch all three!
"Simply amazing!" is all that I can say. Makes sense to me now that Paul never believed that Jesus was god; instead, he saw Jesus as probably some type of angel who came to earth to become man, a divine being, perhaps, but not "god". Most likely Jesus was an apocalyptic preacher, common to his day, who started off in Galileo only to end-up getting executed after starting trouble in Jerusalem.
For this thread, contrast the views of the synoptic Gospels with that of John and compare against Paul. The Gospel of John, for me, is completely unbelievable; it is, rather, ancient storytelling at its best, which is why one sees all of these highly developed stories about Jesus with dialogue that the authors of John could not have possibly known about.
