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Paul – The Father of a New Religion

Paul – The Father of a New Religion

Paul is said to be the Father of a New religion. What did Paul establish as the main tenets of Christian faith? How did Christianity evolve to what it is today? Pagan religions of the time, such as those associated with the Roman predecessors, the Greeks, were steeped in mythology and superstition. Their manufacture of religious icons and heroes included the likes of Dionysus, whom they believed was the “Son of God.” They also attributed miraculous qualities to these figures such as virgin birt
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Do 500 brethern establish a reliable claim to the resurrection?

Do 500 brethern establish a reliable claim to the resurrection?

Paul claims that Jesus appeared to "more than five hundred brethren at one time." Does this present a reliable witness to the Christian claim that Jesus was resurrected? Answer: Some Christians maintain that hallucinations or visions cannot explain the supposed post-resurrection appearances of Jesus. They claim that some five hundred people, at one time, cannot be deluded with the same vision. It is true that it is unlikely that two or more people would have the same hallucination, not to men
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Zalman Kravitz

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Exploring The Syncretic Roots of Paul Properly

Exploring The Syncretic Roots of Paul Properly

Continued from Part 13 Syncretic roots of Paul’s Jesus Much of Christianity is the development of Paul and his theological descendants, who presented the pagans with a diluted form of Judaism in Hellenized garb.  It is true that the Hellenistic Jewish philosophy of Philo paved the way to such a syncretism, but Philo certainly would have been shocked at the resulting distortion which followed in Paul’s wake.  Philo expected the Messiah, but he never identified the Messiah with the Logos, as was
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
How The Spirit Terms Is Used Improperly In The Gospels

How The Spirit Terms Is Used Improperly In The Gospels

Continued from Part 32 Paul writes that “The spirit intercedes for us” (Romans 8:26), but also identifies who this spirit is in the context of this passage:  “Christ Jesus . . . intercedes for us” (Romans 8:34).   He also writes:  “But whenever a man turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.  Now the Lord is spirit, and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:16-17).  The veil is a reference to Exodus 34:34, “But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with Him,
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz