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Hi Bernard, Thanks, I'll read it this weekend Warmly, Jay Raskin You got it right Jay in a sense the disciples and James, later the leaders of the Church of Jerusalem, stayed orthodox (& apocalyptic ) Jews, and never were truly Christians. Many arguments here: http://historical-jesus.sosblogs.co...

Hi all, Reading Acts, we find that Paul returns to Jerusalem for the final time about 30 years after Jesus' death. He has been preaching to Jews and Gentiles outside of Jerusalem for some 13 years, after his second visit with Cephas as described in Galatians (1.18Then after three years I went up to ...

Hi bcedaifu, Thanks for pointing this out. I have been meaning to write an article on this passage in 1 Corinthians 11 for a long time. I believe it contains Paul's accidental creation of the Eucherist ceremony. First, notice that the "new" in Paul has not disappeared but has migrated to t...

Hi McMacSon, Yes, the text certainly suggests a Jewish super orthodox Church of God led by Cephus in existence before Paul. They discover their Christ/Jesus (Anointed Joshua) through reading the Hebrew Scriptures. Their gospel is that through the Holy Spirit (having the spirit of God) the gentiles c...

Hi Robert, Yes, I agree, both the letters and Acts are pointing us in the direction of Paul knowing about the Christ, not from man, but from revelation (dreams) and figuring out the right Hebrew passages. We tend to read Paul In the letters and Acts in the light of the NT gospels. We should reverse ...

The text of Acts on the conversion of the people of Ephesus provides strong evidence that the story of Jesus of Nazareth was a later myth. According to the Biblehub timeline ( http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Asia+Minor ), it took 24 years from the death of Jesus till Paul reaches the city of Ephesu...

Hi Robert J., I agree with this. malakoi (soft) and Arsenokoitai (Man Bedders) might be referring to some subset of homosexual or sexual activity or even some other type of behavior. According to Strong's Greek, (http://biblehub.com/greek/3120.htm ) the term is used three other times in the New Test...

Hi andrewcriddle, Good point. Thanks. I don't take either side, but I think the ambiguity is interesting. Warmly, Jay Raskin ........................................................ 8. There is a vigorous debate regarding Romans 16:7 and the reference to an Apostle named either Junia (female) or Jun...

Hi Robert J. Thanks for pointing this out: According to http://www.wouldjesusdiscriminate.org/biblical_evidence/no_fems_no_fairies.html The word malakoi translated as effeminate literally means "soft". It would apply to all women and anybody who was not a manly man. Paul is just saying tha...

Hi Arnoldo, Thanks for the video. Always nice to hear the "oldies" again. I have added three more reasons to believe that "Ancient" and "Eagle" were married gay men: 8. There is a vigorous debate regarding Romans 16:7 and the reference to an Apostle named either Junia (...