RE: Paul's Writings Underpin Western Thought
August 2, 2018 at 4:43 pm
(This post was last modified: August 2, 2018 at 4:52 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Is it really surprising to find that people who believe in an alternative history as a matter of faith also believe in alternative histories for matters of fact?
Not that it would help your contention if it did. Suppose god loves us because some of us are chuckleheads? Well..humor has long been seen as a valuable human trait. If you're going to continue with this charade I'll have to insist that you lay out precisely what it is in "pauls" writing that refers to any intrinsic value of man, and specifically some value that no one in the western tradition had already opined upon -at great length-. For him to have said it first or best..he;d have to have said it at all.
(August 2, 2018 at 4:42 pm)SteveII Wrote: No, not at all. The entire message is that God loves you enough to do this great thing.Extrinsic value, but only by implication even there...never quite gets around to why god loves you.
Not that it would help your contention if it did. Suppose god loves us because some of us are chuckleheads? Well..humor has long been seen as a valuable human trait. If you're going to continue with this charade I'll have to insist that you lay out precisely what it is in "pauls" writing that refers to any intrinsic value of man, and specifically some value that no one in the western tradition had already opined upon -at great length-. For him to have said it first or best..he;d have to have said it at all.
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