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Paul's "persecution" of the early Christians?
#81
RE: Paul's "persecution" of the early Christians?
Too bad religious scholars cannot come to the reasonable consensus that the entire Bible is a work of fiction.
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#82
RE: Paul's "persecution" of the early Christians?
(February 13, 2018 at 2:10 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: Too bad religious scholars cannot come to the reasonable consensus that the entire Bible is a work of fiction.

Careful.... I'm told that atheists don't make claims of such things.
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RE: Paul's "persecution" of the early Christians?
(February 13, 2018 at 2:12 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Careful.... I'm told that atheists don't make claims of such things.

I'm not most atheists. Wink
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#84
RE: Paul's "persecution" of the early Christians?
No doubt exists whatsoever that some New Testament letters, such as 2 Peter, were forgeries.
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#85
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(February 13, 2018 at 2:21 pm)Jehanne Wrote: No doubt exists whatsoever that some New Testament letters, such as 2 Peter, were forgeries.

Why?   What is your backing for such certainty?
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(February 7, 2018 at 10:15 am)Drich Wrote: To kill a non citizen was to kill a potential problem. Paul was held up and thanked for what He did with Christians.

Bullshit, somebody going around killing christians in c45-60 CE and being lauded for it would be like me killing somebody for being a worshipper of Sithrak and expecting to get a medal for it.

Christians weren't even on the radar at that stage in the Principate (frankly, they weren't on the radar until near the time of the Battle of the Milvain Bridge) because of one single fact, they were a tiny and insignificant sub-sect of the jewish religion, which itself was only a very minor player in the Roman world. Christianity didn't gain any prominence at all in Rome until it was officially adopted, and wasn't even the majority religion in Western Rome when the empire broke up.
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It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man.  - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire.  - Martin Luther
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-and yet magic book, as a whole, impresses you?  That's some awfully selective admiration.
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