Despite Steven Carr's persistent refusal to answer questions such as that which I put to him recently, as in; "what is your motivation for wanting to highlight supposed evidence of the lies and deception of the Early Church?", I now have it on good authority that he is an atheist (obviously) that is well known to the likes of "Christians in Science" for picking arguments with Christians: Presumably, his motives are similar to those of some Christians for engaging Jehovah's Witnesses in conversation, namely; to steal from them the time they would otherwise use to infect more-susceptible people with their lies...
That being the case, despite his obviously detailed knowledge of Biblical (and other historical) texts, starting from the premise that the Resurrection of Jesus was not the same as ours will be; just as it was not the same as that of Jesus' dear friend Lazarus (see John 11), my question is...
According to the likes of Steven Carr, who think religious people of any persuasion are sadly deluded, what exactly was this Gospel (i.e. "Good News") that Paul went about preaching (and which his letters were designed to reinforce)?
For example, see Philippians 1:12-28, especially the last two verses:
"Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved - and that by God". Philippians 1:27-28).
This blog was originally created as a forum for comments/discussion on the content of my Geosccience and Jesus - The Case for Co-habitation (Geosus) website, although I have now decided to widen its purpose. However, the great thing about blogs is that they "give frustrated authors everywhere a voice in cyberspace". So, here is my contribution to the deafening cacophony of opinions...
2 comments:
Apparently this new scripture throws some new light on things...
http://skorohnomis.blogspot.com/2006/05/paul-addresses-asparagus.html
"Presumably, his motives are similar to those of some Christians for engaging Jehovah's Witnesses in conversation, namely; to steal from them the time they would otherwise use to infect more-susceptible people with their lies..."
Very un-Christian statement you are making here, and incorrect. In Phillippians 1:15 we see that Paul is warning Christians not to preach the Christ through envy and rivalry, but through goodwill.
The "Good News" that Paul was preaching was in accord with the prophecy from Jesus at Matthew 24:14. It is the Good News of the Kingdom of God.
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