(May 28, 2016 at 1:16 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(May 28, 2016 at 11:48 am)Godschild Wrote: Peter did not write a Gospel, Peter wrote letters to the churches. None of the letters that Peter wrote that we have today are forgeries.
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This is not at all the view of modern scholarship. Peter was an illiterate peasant who spoke Aramaic; he did not know Greek, and hence, he did not write anything that is part of the historical record. Few individuals did. You can repeat a lie a thousand times; it does not change the fact that such is still a falsehood.
However, it amazes me that you can so readily dismiss the Gospel that bears Peter's name. Who do you think wrote it?
Peter didn't write it, it's contrary to what he did write. Peter wasn't illiterate, he was a business man, and scripture tells us that after Pentecost the people were amazed at who well Peter spoke, it was with great clarity and intelligence. Who said that Peter had to write in Greek, those are copies of what he could have wrote in Aramaic. Think these things through.
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God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.