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To: kosta50; Full Court; blue-duncan; HarleyD; Forest Keeper; 1000 silverlings
And, please don't quote Paul to me! He was useful for the success of the Church which otherwise would have died out, by brining the redacted Judaism to the Gentiles and creating a religion that would be unrecognizable to Moses.

In that sense, he did God's work, but let's put it in proper perspective. He changed dietary laws, circumcision, and just about everything that made Judaism Judaism externally, symbolically and historically. He is even suspected of being a Gnostic by some. What he did was good for Christianity, there is no doubt about that. Let's leave it at that.

Wow. That's the first time I've seen someone trash Paul on these threads. I guess when too much of what Paul writes contradicts what you believe, toss Paul out on his ear.

Amazing, yet it explains why you do not believe Romans.

6,309 posted on 05/11/2006 7:31:48 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg; kosta50; Full Court; HarleyD; Forest Keeper; 1000 silverlings

"He changed dietary laws, circumcision, and just about everything that made Judaism Judaism externally, symbolically and historically"

Isn't that funny. All along I thought it was Peter and James at the church meeting in Jerusalem who came up with the idea to write to the Gentiles that things were going to be different. Seems that meeting was one of the evidences used here to prove Peter's primacy since he had so much to do leading that discussion. I guess you use it when it is convenient and disavow it when it contradicts your position.


6,317 posted on 05/11/2006 7:41:23 PM PDT by blue-duncan
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Saying that what he did was good for Christianity is "trashing Paul?" Interesting.


6,321 posted on 05/11/2006 7:55:04 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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