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Originally posted by spamandham
Originally posted by edsinger
All of the New Testament was written by either those who witnessed the events first-hand or recorded direct eyewitness accounts.
, you're kidding right? If you can't even get this much correct, why should anyone bother reading the rest of your post?
Originally posted by edsinger
Readily admits he was not an eyewitness to Jesus? Huh? Ignorance is bliss.
Originally posted by edsinger
Acts 9:1 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord's disciples. He went to the high priest
Acts 9:2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
Acts 9:3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
Acts 9:4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
Acts 9:5 "Who are you, Lord?" Saul asked. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he replied.
Well that means he has met the Christ in PERSON.
Originally posted by edsinger
1 Cor 15:4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
1 Cor 15:5 and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve.
1 Cor 15:6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
1 Cor 15:7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
1 Cor 15:8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
1 Cor 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
emphasis mine of course....
Originally posted by sinta_ilfirin
Just becuase someone gets one or two facts wrong or misphrases something so it seems wrong in their entire post, you will discredit absolutley everything they say?
Originally posted by sinta_ilfirin
IMHO you should never believe everything that someone says whether you agree with there stance on a subject or not, and you should always do further investiagtion into what they are saying.
Most of the New Testament was written while first-hand witness to Jesus’ miracles and resurrection were still alive. If the events that are described in the gospels are not true those who knew better had the ability to speak out against their reliability.
Originally posted by madmanacrosswater
Then my question is and remains-Why if individuals knew Jesus was the messiah, witnessed the crucifiction, witnessed the resurrection, and witnessed the ascension WHY was it not recorded during the time period and in some cases took over 50 years to be written? Written by men who supposedly were witnesses. Written by man who would have aged considerably, and lived WAY beyond the normal life span for man at the time?
Originally posted by marg6043
The letters that were the earliest NT writings, Paul didn’t talk much about Jesus life, and nobody to this day can actually say what was been circulating in references of Jesus, his life and work, birth and so on.
Around the year 70 CE, the Gospel of Mark appeared, whatever the writer was he made an account of an adult Jesus in Jordan for the baptism by John.
This author never wrote anything of Jesus birth or childhood.
Then the Gospel of Matthew and Luke appeared with very nice details of Jesus and expanded to show more details of his origins.
But this was ten years later. Now the two accounts are suspicious in a way that they are separated accounts and conflict with each other. When it comes where and when Jesus was born.
It seems that the story of Jesus from a humble account sounded so good and was readily accepted that more expansion was needed.
Interesting how the great Jesus of divinity started to take form.
Originally posted by NEOAMADEUS
Hey Eddie:
Tacitus' Latin uses very biting language when talking of Jews and the Christiani: he writes :
"Christus, from whom this group gets its name, was executed during the reign of Tiberius ("under Pilatus the procurator", recte: PRAEFECTUS) so that this vile superstition once checked has managed to again re-surface, not only in Judaea, but also in the City (i.e. of Rome)..."
hardly a testimonial for the "divinity" of R. Yehoshua bar Yosef the Galilean (BC 12 to AD 36) !!
Originally posted by marg6043
I though Paul was considered a "Heretic" by Jews and early Christian's church.
Originally posted by spamandhamYes, why don't you crack that silly book of yours open to 2 Corinthians 12 and join along:
Here, Paul tells us the nature of his revelation. It is the form of a vision of inexpressible things. This is hardly the same as being an eyewitness to Jesus.
Originally posted by spamandhamActs was not written by Paul. It is irrelevant if the writer of Acts claims Paul met Jesus if Paul himself does not make such a claim. Paul was likely dead for decades already by the time Acts was written.
Originally posted by edsinger
Well you can think that if you wish, but it seems to me Paul was explaining his 'thorn' and how he does not boast.
Originally posted by edsinger
Originally posted by spamandhamActs was not written by Paul. It is irrelevant if the writer of Acts claims Paul met Jesus if Paul himself does not make such a claim. Paul was likely dead for decades already by the time Acts was written.
Oh you are wrong, its VERY relevant indeed, it tells that the Christ CAME to Paul Personally...
Originally posted by edsinger
2 Tim 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,