RE: Where did the Jesus myth come from?
September 3, 2012 at 9:59 pm
(This post was last modified: September 3, 2012 at 10:02 pm by Lion IRC.)
(September 3, 2012 at 9:21 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: ...Preaching unto Gentiles was a radical and controversial thing in the church. It took Peter's vision to legitimate it...
A few pages ago you were saying that preaching to the Gentiles was started by PAUL!
(September 3, 2012 at 8:45 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: Remember when Paul or whoever had that vision about it being ok to eat unclean animals? That's when the Gentile mission started.
Neither Peter nor Paul were confused about Jesus' explicit invocation (instigation) to preach The Kingdom to EVERYONE....(who was willing to listen.)
And this is a critical thing for strong atheists and anti-theists to note. The Great Commission is to make the effort to spread the Gospel - nothing more. If a person tries their (humble) best and fails to convince an atheist that the Christian message is true, they are not condemned for failure.
Nobody can be forced to accept evidence they claim is unconvincing to them - for whatever reason.