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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (17893)	7/16/2001 6:04:41 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 82486

I'm not a big fan of the rhetorical wars between Atheists and people with religious faith about who's opinion is more ridiculous so I'm not really commenting on the overall subject of your post but for some reason I can't resist the urge to nick pick about a couple of specific factual errors. >> Paul's dates are not definitely known, but he is believed to have lived from somewhere around 53 to around 674. Although these dates may not be exact, the traditional dates of Jesus’ ministry (27-30) fall well within them. >> 27-30 falls well within 53 to 674?? >> Paul tells in II Cor. 11:32-33 how he made a daring escape from the agents of King Aretas who were out to arrest him. Aretas is known to have died in the year 407 thus putting Paul’s conversion and the beginning of his career as an evangelist in the very late 30s, less than ten years after the alleged crucifixion. Therefore, he should have been personally acquainted with many who had had direct contact with Jesus during his lifetime. >> If agents of a king who died in 407 set out to arrest Paul then even if the King had a long reign and Paul's conversion happened at the beginning of it, Paul would not have been around in the same century as those had had direct contact with Jesus during his lifetime. Tim