THE HISTORICAL FALLACY OF ATONEMENT2 We learnt yesterday Jesus wasnt d one dt brought Christianity, Mr Paul did. Paul’s credibility in any capacity is questionable, however, when considering that:[1] there are four contradictory versions of his so-called “conversion” Acts 9:3-8; 22:6-10; 26:13-18; Gal The Bible says, in passages such as Num. 12:6, Deut. 18:20 and Ez. 13:8-9, that revelations come ONLY from God, and accounts of numerous disagreements between the other disciples and Paul regarding his teachings are recorded in Acts. Experience and observation had taught Paul that preaching among the Jews was not feasible; he, therefore, chose to go to the non-Jews. By doing so, however, Paul disregarded a direct command from Jesus against preaching to other than a Jew Mat 10:5-6. In short, Paul set aside the actual teachings of Jesus in his desire to be a success. The Pagan Influence Among the pagans of Paul’s time, a wide variety of gods existed. Although these gods had different names and were embraced by people from different areas of the world-Adonis from Syria, Dionysus from Thrace, Attis from Phrygia, for instance-the basic concept in each cult was the same: these sons of gods died violent deaths and then rose again to save their people. Since the pagans had tangible savior-gods in their old religions, they wanted nothing less from the new; they were not able to accept any sort of an invisible Deity. Paul was quite accommodating, preaching therefore of a savior named Jesus Christ, the son of God, who died and then rose again to save mankind from sin Rom 5:8-11; 6:8-9. The Bible itself points out the error of Paul’s thinking. While each of the four gospels contain an account of the crucifixion of Jesus, these accounts are strictly hearsay; none of the disciples of Jesus were witness to such, having fled his side in the Garden Mark 14:50. In the Torah, God says that one who is “hanged upon a tree”crucified-is “accursed” Deut. 21:23. Paul side-stepped this by saying that Jesus became accursed in order to take on the sins of man Gal3:13; in so doing, however, Paul set aside the very Law of God. The resurrection, wherein Paul says that Jesus “conquered” death and sin for mankind Rom6:9,10, plays such an important part that one who does not believe in it is not considered a good Christian1 Cor. 15:14. Here, too, the Bible lends little support to Paul’s notions; first of all, not only was there no eyewitness to the actual resurrection, but all post-resurrection accounts are in contradiction with each other as to who went to the gravesite, what happened there, and even where and to whom Jesus appeared Mat. 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20. Secondly, although Christianity states that the body following resurrection will be in a spiritual form 1 Cor15:44, Jesus had obviously not changed, for he both ate with his disciples Luke 24:30,41-43, and allowed them to touch his wounds John 20:27. Finally, as the divine son of God in Christianity, Jesus is said to share in God’s attributes; one cannot fail to wonder, however, just how it can be possible 4 God to die in his desire to win soul among d peoples, Mr Paul simply re-worked a number of major pagan beliefs to come up with d Christian scheme of salvation. No prophet- including Jesus himself taught such concepts, they were authored entirely by Paul. My dear friends in Christianity beware of Mr Paul.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 22:34:12 +0000
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