Chrestianity + Judaisation = Christianity, and Mark and Paul are in the exact same mission there: Mark pretends to tell about the living Jesus (IS), Paul pretends to tell about the dead one (XS)davidmartin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 3:59 amOr he is re-booting it in a new direction so not completely from scratch, but he is innovating independently of the founders. how do you know what these shadowy original Chrestians thought? If all we have is Thomas it looks like a mystical group and they tend to exist as part of the esoteric traditions of the religion they're in, for them a Jewish one. If by 'Judaic' you mean formulaic, typical Judaism then no, they're not that and opposed to that stuff, but still in the Jewish orbit and inheriting from it's traditions (Thomas mentions Adam, the Sabbath, the tree of knowledge and other Jewish stuffs). The apostle wrenches that away from them either unwittingly or on purpose, who cares but, i think the injustice your seeing applies to the original Chrestians as must as to Jews. Jesus belonged to them and they stole his body, his teachings, his life and then got called heretics to be shunned, if that's the origins i can't but help take their side, your reading makes them seem most unappealing i'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt, but the apostle not so muchPaul is creating Christianity right in front of your very eyes, from scratch. That is to say, based on the new Christian spin which in essence is that all of it is a fulfillment of the Tanakh, up to including the complete bypassing of any and all Judaics
Stop your Jewishness - the word Jew should be forbidden because it focuses ethnicity and religiosity, and it is a terrible racist label. Judaic denotes faith, Judean or Palestinian ethnicity - do keep them apart under all circumstances because they are apart, and Philip, considering himself a Hebrew, explicitly does not call himself a Judaic
"Thomas mentions Adam, the Sabbath, the tree of knowledge and other Jewish stuffs"
And he's against them all, and you damn well know it, but for some dodgy reason choose to hide that, obfuscate that, but mention it.
Thomas doesn't mention the tree of knowledge, haven't you ever wondered why the trees don't move, in summer nor winter (which comprises all the known seasons to them), and why their leaves don't fall?
Because they're fucking dead trees david, how blatantly obvious must it all become?