RE: Is Accepting Christian Evidence Special Pleading?
September 13, 2017 at 11:21 am
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2017 at 11:22 am by SteveII.)
(September 13, 2017 at 10:42 am)TheBeardedDude Wrote:(September 13, 2017 at 10:19 am)SteveII Wrote: Two things wrong with that statement.
1. Paul's letters where on Christian living--not original statements of fact on the life of Jesus or other historical instruction (as Joseph Smith's were full of).
2. Where did Paul claim even his instructions on Christian living were divinely inspired?
Again, the comparisons are not there.
The quote you were referring to was about Paul. Even Bart Ehrman firmly believes Paul was real and wrote most of the epistles ascribed to him. He also believes the the NT is 99% today what it was when it was written.
Oh look, more special pleading. What a surprise.
Who founded the Christian church. Jesus or Paul?
Why do you even have to ask? I would think that you would know since you seem so certain of your facts...
Neither. If you had to pick one...Peter. --20 years before Paul started writing letters.