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To: zonder who wrote (6981)	4/3/2003 8:00:09 AM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21614

" have always wondered why these "accounts" were not written within Jesus' lifetime? Why, exactly, did they wait 30-40 years for memory to fade, to put those "historical realities" to paper?" Final copies were COMPLETED in the late forties and fifties--only 15 to 20 years after Jesus' Resurrection. The original notes for these final copies were, no doubt, written during or immediately after Jesus' Resurrection. Paul was preaching the central doctrines of the Gospels in the forties, which means that he probably already had rough sketches and notes to direct his doctrines.

To: zonder who wrote (6981)	4/3/2003 8:13:33 AM
From: untilzen	Respond to of 21614

Good points! After many years of studying the "word of god" I have concluded that no man/women is closer to "god" than the next. We all are destined to fill a piece in this puzzle called "life". So enjoy and follow the true path to joy-the golden rule. Al

To: zonder who wrote (6981)	4/3/2003 8:48:42 AM
From: briskit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

Zonder, I am reading Leonhard Goppelt's (a German professor) life work on New Testament Theology. It consists of two thin volumes packed with information and insight. The subtitles are interesting. Vol I, "The ministry of Jesus in its theological significance." Vol II, "The Variety and Unity of the Apostolic Witness to Christ." His study incorporates the best of the scientific, or academic, approaches to the subject, as well as the implications for the significance or relevance of those materials. Faith is experienced in an astounding array of levels. Some isolated, simple, illiterate people with no scientific or literary understanding whatsoever hear the stories and for some reason re-orient their lives toward what resonates inside them from those stories. I consider that re-orientation the best evidence of faith. The price of talk has not gone up in billions of years, it is as cheap as ever. One's behavior is the best illustration of what one believes. Others are extremely sophisticated intellects, who do the same but on a very different level of understanding and experience, and aware of difficult questions and nuances distinctions. Goppelt is the latter. I'd hesitate to accept, as Jesus' message anyway, synthetic unifying summary statements, such as a nearby post that "all roads lead to Rome," etc. Jesus said nothing resembling these generic religiously synthesizing approaches. Let me know if you read the books, because I look for people to discuss them with.