RE: Why are Paul's writings in the Bible?
October 8, 2023 at 9:45 am
(This post was last modified: October 8, 2023 at 10:05 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I mean, Paul Bunyan actually did have a sibling, and tons of the stories about paul bunyan are about his mom and dad and childhood. I think it would be more accurate for you to state that because the church was invested in mystical virginity they elected not to include these types of stories in their canon...though, even for jesus, they did exist - and no one thinks they were biographical.
Its pretty clear that the people who included the story we're discussing still didn't read it as though it was referring to jesus actual brother. Think it through. Any rate, they did invent some brothers of the lord. There's a whole cast of apostles that follow magic man around constantly surprised by his miracle act no matter how many times they've seen it and it's a yuuge sausage fest. For at least some mythicists, this is actually closer to the truth than the official version. Describing an inner circle of people witness to the mysteries of the cult in fraternity - common for the time.
I think one of the more illustrative details here is that james is supposed to be the brother of the lord, not jesus, the lord. Obviously this is not something that anyone would have said before there was already a christian movement. By the time whoever wrote the lines put them in pauls mouth jesus had become a god. Speaking of the words in his mouth, brother falls out quite a bit, and usually not in reference to blood family.
Its pretty clear that the people who included the story we're discussing still didn't read it as though it was referring to jesus actual brother. Think it through. Any rate, they did invent some brothers of the lord. There's a whole cast of apostles that follow magic man around constantly surprised by his miracle act no matter how many times they've seen it and it's a yuuge sausage fest. For at least some mythicists, this is actually closer to the truth than the official version. Describing an inner circle of people witness to the mysteries of the cult in fraternity - common for the time.
I think one of the more illustrative details here is that james is supposed to be the brother of the lord, not jesus, the lord. Obviously this is not something that anyone would have said before there was already a christian movement. By the time whoever wrote the lines put them in pauls mouth jesus had become a god. Speaking of the words in his mouth, brother falls out quite a bit, and usually not in reference to blood family.
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