[editor-surveyor]

"You seem as resistant to new thought as the Bereans were open to it."

The bereans were not open to 'new thought,' they searched the scriptures to challenge anything that appeared to be 'new thought.' ("...there is no new thing under the sun...")

[SoothingDave]

The bereans were not open to 'new thought,' they searched the scriptures to challenge anything that appeared to be 'new thought

So the Bereans would have spontaneously become Christian without any teaching from Paul or another disciple?

Or are you playing word games? Did Paul bring a new message, a new good news, or was it all a re-hash?