(April 9, 2018 at 12:03 am)Godscreated Wrote:(April 7, 2018 at 3:55 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: What a bunch of dogmatic horseshit, GC. Paul's teachings did not come directly from Jesus. They came from his own warped mind.Prove your assumption, one atheist make all the time and never, ever give proof.
Here's a start:
https://www.jesuswordsonly.com/books/175...jesus.html
****The above link should be proof enough, but I can track down scholarly analyses arguing that Paul was unfamiliar with the life and teachings of Christ if you need further proof****
And some quotes from some of my favorite wise guys on the matter (not proof... just thrown in for flavor):
Søren Kierkegaard Wrote:In the teachings of Christ, religion is completely present tense: Jesus is the prototype and our task is to imitate him, become a disciple. But then through Paul came a basic alteration. Paul draws attention away from imitating Christ and fixes attention on the death of Christ The Atoner. What Martin Luther, in his reformation, failed to realize is that even before Catholicism, Christianity had become degenerate at the hands of Paul. Paul made Christianity the religion of Paul, not of Christ. Paul threw the Christianity of Christ away, completely turning it upside down, making it just the opposite of the original proclamation of Christ.
Martin Buber Wrote:The Jesus of the Sermon on the Mount is completely opposed to Paul.
Thomas Jefferson Wrote:Paul was the first corrupter of the doctrines of Jesus.