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Politics : Should God be replaced?
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To: Solon who wrote (16680)3/14/2004 9:33:24 PM
From: Greg or e  Read Replies (2) of 28931
 
<<<All these statements fly in the face of the documentary evidence>>>

"He knew nothing personally about Jesus.

He wrote some of what he had heard as a member of the Christian movement.

He had not even heard of his "miracles"."

"This author is not aware of any such documents"

Ah...ignorance is bliss. Perhaps he, (and you for that matter) should actually read the bible before critiquing it. Here are three documented statements from Paul that directly refute your unsubstantiated claims.

For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.
For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. (Galatians 1:11-)

For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, (1 Cor 11:14)

Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead)" (Gal 1:1)

Rising from the dead is certainly a miracle, in fact it is Christ's central miracle. Without the resurrection all the other things Christ did would have been meaningless. Paul is testifying to the things he has personal knowledge of. The saving Gospel message of redemption through the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ on the Cross, which he received directly from the risen Jesus. This is the reason Paul does not mention the other miracles that Christ did. In a court you are asked to testify to those things that you have direct knowledge of. That is all that Paul is doing.
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