(November 18, 2017 at 3:03 pm)alpha male Wrote:(November 18, 2017 at 1:39 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: And it doesn't matter if one chooses the apocalyptic Judaism God that Jesus worshiped and advocated for or instead picks the revised, repackaged, rethought, sanitized, neutered and modified God of the Apostle Paul ??
LOL - if you don't see anything apocalyptic in Paul, that means that you haven't read Paul.
Why would you assume we have not read the bible?
We have, including the part where Paul advocating lying to gain converts.
YES we do see sick self serving language, not just in Paul, but from beginning to end. It is all about one entity, his narcissism, his need for attention, and bent on revenge for anyone who doesn't kiss his ass.
God, "Obey me or else".
That is the intent of the entire book.
NOW AGAIN, not because a real God exists, but because in antiquity in all religions WORLDWIDE, the mortality rate was far higher so it was far more important BACK THEN, to follow your local ruling family.
Theism, even Hinduism, and Buddhism, BACK THEN, was written in an age of a species WORLDWIDE, who confused success with some sort of magical entitlement.
So yea, it does not surprise anyone here that you make the claim you got it right. Muslims think they got it right, Jews think they got it right, Hindus think they got it right. Even the Mayans had their "end times" superstitions.
Paul? I don't care. Just another manufactured character used to glorify the man heros of the book.
