RE: 'Drich, which of the millions of different christian denominations goes to Heaven?'
January 14, 2015 at 10:29 am
(January 14, 2015 at 9:53 am)Drich Wrote:(January 14, 2015 at 9:43 am)Davka Wrote: Paul could not possibly have written anything regarding the Biblical canon, since the canon did not exist until at least a century (more like two) after Paul's death.Paul wrote about the gospel he personally taught (The gospel of Luke) what he personally taught was written down (by Luke) and was cannonized.
Paul Specifically blasted/rebuked the Church at Galicia for following another 'gospel' than the one he taught.
Gal1:6 A short time ago God chose you to follow him. He chose you through his grace that came through Christ. But now I am amazed that you are already turning away and believing something different from the Good News we told you. 7 There is no other message that is the Good News, but some people are confusing you. They want to change the Good News about Christ. 8 We told you the true Good News message. So anyone who tells you a different message should be condemned—even if it’s one of us or even an angel from heaven! 9 I said this before. Now I say it again: You have already accepted the Good News. Anyone who tells you another way to be saved should be condemned!
Quote:It is complete idiocy to claim that any New Testament writing which references "the scriptures" is talking about anything other than the Jewish scriptures, aka the Old Testament. That would be like someone in a 1950's TV show talking about "all the shows on TV," and you concluding that they mean stuff like The Walking Dead and Dr. Who.Oi-vey...
Yet this sort of ignorant blather is precisely what Christians - even supposedly educated ones, who should know better - say all the time. And you wonder why we find you to be less than observant and intelligent.
The word for scripture in the greek simply means writtings. The OT did not contain the writtings about Christ, salvation/The Gospel Paul is referencing. Therefore he is referencing the letters he himself has written. Those same letters became biblical cannon hence the term 'scripture' in the english.
Way to completely miss the point! Paul's letters were canonized long after his death, therefore he could not possibly reference the 'canon of scripture.'
As to your claim that Paul was talking about his own writings - there is not enough facepalm in the world. No Jew (and Paul was nothing if not a good Jew) in 1st-century Palestine would have referred to Holy Scripture and meant anything other than the Hebrew Ketuvim. Your ignorance is appalling.
Oh, and learn to spell "oy." Nu, nu, nu.