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To: kosta50; the_conscience
Oh, yes, I forgot, everything has to go through +Paul. With some Christians, he is the prism through which everything is interpreted, even Christ's own words. Where is "grace alone" (even "faith alone") in the Beatitudes? Or are they not important because +Paul doesn't interpret them? Why not change the name from Christians to Paulines?. Where does the OT, not Galatians, say we are saved by grace alone?

Well -- then just rip all those Pauline Epistles out of that Bible of yours and be done with it.

908 posted on 02/01/2008 6:31:28 AM PST by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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To: Uncle Chip
Well -- then just rip all those Pauline Epistles out of that Bible of yours and be done with it

Tha's one way to do it. The other way is to interpret Paul through the Gospels (which Christians believe are the living words of Chirst). Now, which is more important? Christ or Paul? Obviously, some think Paul.

909 posted on 02/01/2008 6:45:06 AM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: Uncle Chip; kosta50; the_conscience; MarkBsnr
Well -- then just rip all those Pauline Epistles out of that Bible of yours and be done with it.

That's what I don't get. Why don't they see that when they mock those who believe that Paul's writings are true, they are also mocking Paul, as well as God? Oh well. I guess for some, parts of God's truth are truthier than others. :)

1,073 posted on 02/02/2008 6:27:00 PM PST by Forest Keeper (It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)
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