(March 8, 2013 at 9:15 am)Aractus Wrote: Wouldn't be hard, you only have to read Paul's epistles to get a sense of the early corruptions in the spread in the Church! As soon as a branch breaks off and divides itself against the established, "orthodox" movement it becomes sectarian, like the Samaritans and sects are known to change the religious canon to better reflect their world view like oh, um, the Samaritans.
Paul's genuine epistles are only one of the many views on Jesus at the time. Why should I trust him over any of the other legitimate beliefs on Jesus? The fact that some people so easily believed that Jesus was only a spirit and not flesh really highlights the weakness in Jesus' story, because how could you possibly not realise your bloody Messiah is preaching from town to town?!
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
