RE: Whats even attractive about Christianity anyway that people want to stay in ignorance
March 1, 2012 at 8:31 pm
(This post was last modified: March 1, 2012 at 8:47 pm by Undeceived.)
(March 1, 2012 at 8:23 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Man, the timespan just keeps getting pushed farther back doesn't it, 5 years is the claim now? In 5 years you'll be claiming that christianity was huge 3 years before the supposed birth of christ, and if that weren't proof of god, then fuck me, I don't know what would be.
From my above link:
Quote:If we assume the earliest date for the crucifixion as A.D. 30, then Paul’s conversion would be placed at about A.D. 32. His first meeting with the Apostles at Jerusalem can then be placed at A.D. 35. So we can place the dating of the 1 Corinthians 15 material as already established and formulated doctrines of the early Church to within 5 years of the crucifixion – far too fast to be Legendary additions of any sort.
To say this interpretation is wrong would be to assume the writer of Acts (Luke) was clever enough to fabricate his whole book completely while fitting it into accounts of early church history that weren't even written yet. And the real Paul would have to be privy to this, allowing Luke to make up stories about him while he penned phantom letters to imaginary churches.
The dating of 1 Corinthians, from wikipedia:
Quote:The epistle was written from Ephesus (Acts 16:8), a city on the west coast of today's Turkey, about 180 miles by sea from Corinth. According to Acts of the Apostles, Paul founded the church in Corinth (Acts 18:1-17), then spent approximately three years in Ephesus (Acts 19:8, 19:10, 20:31). The letter was written during this time in Ephesus, which is usually dated as being in the range of 53 to 57 AD. In 16:8 Paul declares his intention of staying in Ephesus until Pentecost. This statement, in turn, is clearly reminiscent of Paul's Second Missionary Journey, when Paul travelled from Corinth to Ephesus, before going to Jerusalem for Pentecost (cf. Acts 18:22). Thus, it is possible that I Corinthians was written during Paul's first (brief) stay in Ephesus, at the end of his Second Journey, usually dated to early 54 AD. However, it is more likely that it was written during his extended stay in Ephesus, where he refers to sending Timothy to them (Acts 19:22, I Cor. 4:17). Also, his references to Apollos (1:12, 3:4, etc.) show that Apollos was known to Paul and the church at the time of writing, which would preclude the first recorded visit to Ephesus (See Acts 18:24-28).
