(April 8, 2012 at 2:13 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:2 Corinthians 11:32-33
New International Version (NIV)
32 In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me. 33 But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands.
This describes an actual historical situation. Aretas of Nabatea did rule Damascus. Unfortunately for xtians, he ruled it between 84 and 64 BC.
They usually give this one a great big leaving alone because it fucks up their whole story line!
So Paul was definitely before the time of the Gospels. This means that the first churches established believed in a spiritual messiah? Mind = blown... AGAIN!
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle