Discipulus
Have you ever considered that the oldest gospel (mark) is written by a person who is extremely unfamiliar with Jewish traditions and religious thought? Luke and Mathew take great pains to make corrections so that there versions of the synoptic gospels at least show a Jesus who was aware of basic Judaic ten nenes of faith.
These corrections are indeed for the target audience because otherwise they would have been dismissed outright as the works of novices.
2) does the fact that the ending to mark was added after later works make you doubt other parts of the bible?
3) John's gospel is the one with the most miracles. It also does not follow the core outline of the other three gospels. It earliest date in completed form is from the 200s. Without johns gospel the historical Jesus never says he is difinitively the messiah. How do you reconcile john to the synoptic gospels?
4) most of the New Testament is letters by Paul. Pauline Never met any other apostles. His letters predate the gospels by several decades. However Pauline Christianity never says that Jesus was a man who lived on earth. In fact Paul's letters point to a totally spiritual salvation and he never places the action in the kingdom of Judah. Knowing this how do you reconcile Paul as even part of the same religion as peterite Christianity? But without Paul the New Testament is devoid of much of its philosophical power?
Just curious
Have you ever considered that the oldest gospel (mark) is written by a person who is extremely unfamiliar with Jewish traditions and religious thought? Luke and Mathew take great pains to make corrections so that there versions of the synoptic gospels at least show a Jesus who was aware of basic Judaic ten nenes of faith.
These corrections are indeed for the target audience because otherwise they would have been dismissed outright as the works of novices.
2) does the fact that the ending to mark was added after later works make you doubt other parts of the bible?
3) John's gospel is the one with the most miracles. It also does not follow the core outline of the other three gospels. It earliest date in completed form is from the 200s. Without johns gospel the historical Jesus never says he is difinitively the messiah. How do you reconcile john to the synoptic gospels?
4) most of the New Testament is letters by Paul. Pauline Never met any other apostles. His letters predate the gospels by several decades. However Pauline Christianity never says that Jesus was a man who lived on earth. In fact Paul's letters point to a totally spiritual salvation and he never places the action in the kingdom of Judah. Knowing this how do you reconcile Paul as even part of the same religion as peterite Christianity? But without Paul the New Testament is devoid of much of its philosophical power?
Just curious
Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators the creator seeks -- those who write new values on new tablets. Companions the creator seeks, and fellow harvesters; for everything about him is ripe for the harvest. - F. Nietzche
