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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (17141)	4/19/2004 4:33:13 PM
From: Greg or e	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 28931

Holy fixed fonts Batman. What did you do to get the post that wide? I have to run out for a bit I'll respond later. Thanks

To: TigerPaw who wrote (17141)	4/20/2004 2:33:18 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

I enjoyed reading those links. Good stuff!

To: TigerPaw who wrote (17141)	4/20/2004 11:45:12 AM
From: Greg or e	Respond to of 28931

"But why, it must be asked, since this is so, is there no obvious evidence in the New Testament of Christian reaction to that war and its consequences?" The most obvious answer is that the vast majority of the New Testament was written before these events took place. This is clearly the case with Paul's writings as well as Acts which ends without mentioning Paul's death. I can't imagine Luke not including Paul's death. I agree there was a profound change in the relationship between Christianity and Judaism after 70 A.D. but that did not effect the writings that came before the war, and they do not support the hypothesis. <<<"Philo of Alexandria, a Hellenized Jew, is a figure that spans two cultures, the Greek and the Hebrew. When Hebrew mythical thought met Greek philosophical thought in the first century B.C.E. it was only natural that someone would try to develop speculative and philosophical justification for Judaism in terms of Greek philosophy. Thus Philo produced a synthesis of both traditions developing concepts for future Hellenistic interpretation of messianic Hebrew thought, especially by Clement of Alexandria, Christian Apologists like Athenagoras, Theophilus, Justin Martyr, Tertullian, and by Origen. He may have influenced Paul, his contemporary, and perhaps the authors of the Gospel of John (C. H. Dodd) and the Epistle to the Hebrews (R. Williamson and H. W. Attridge). In the process, he laid the foundations for the development of Christianity in the West and in the East, as we know it today. Philo's primary importance is in the development of the philosophical and theological foundations of Christianity.">>> Philo's main influence did not happen until Origen adopted his allegorical method to interpret scripture. This allegorical approach is not found in the New Testament except for one instance that I can think of, so to ascribe such a major influence to Philo is reaching a little. All in all though, it's an interesting viewpoint and I commend you for pursuing the truth.