(November 15, 2016 at 10:13 am)vorlon13 Wrote: Besides, I find 2Tim316 extraordinarily useful in other regards. I use it here more than the Christers do. To their everlasting horror.
I know what you mean, but Paul gave them the Get-Out-of-the-Law-Free card so they can disregard whichever parts of Torah they find inconvenient. The 'good' stuff? They're happy to quote it and consider it inspired. The more embarrassing stuff? Well, we're not Orthodox Jews. Doesn't apply!
<Imagines what Christianity might have been if James the Just had publicly bitch-slapped the hell out of Saul/Paul in front of a jeering crowd>