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Thats my opinion

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17. unreasonable nt

Reply to dimbear (Reply #11)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 12:52 PM

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Was Paul of Tarsus really martyred? [View all] Taverner Sep 2012 OP

well DonCoquixote Sep 2012 #1

Please don't link to lew rockwell. Warren Stupidity Sep 2012 #14

Interesting post Thats my opinion Sep 2012 #2

The only gnosticism in Paul's' teaching was his Leontius Sep 2012 #3

Well spoken. nt humblebum Sep 2012 #4

That would be if the Epistles were actually written by Paul Taverner Sep 2012 #7

I think only three of them are considered not to have Paul Leontius Sep 2012 #10

Check this article out Taverner Sep 2012 #12

I don't fully believe the conclusion he draws Leontius Sep 2012 #13

probably as many as five or seven Thats my opinion Sep 2012 #15

I'm not aware of many scholars who don't consider Leontius Sep 2012 #18

Elaine Pagels makes the case that Paul was a Gnostic Taverner Sep 2012 #8

The early history of Christianity is completely unknown intaglio Sep 2012 #5

There's a theory that there were three Jesuses Taverner Sep 2012 #6

"The fat one balances the two skinny ones." Nihil Sep 2012 #21

Josephus writes that during the siege of Jerusalem in 70AD, On the Road Sep 2012 #9

Reasonable nt Thats my opinion Sep 2012 #16

Flavius Josephus also wrote of Jesus and James, brother of Jesus, and SarahM32 Sep 2012 #19

Well, the Testimonium Flavianum is Disputed On the Road Sep 2012 #20

My favorite among these outlier theories is that the character Simon Magus is really Paul. dimbear Sep 2012 #11

unreasonable nt Thats my opinion Sep 2012 #17

Here's a link to the whole story starring FC Baur........ dimbear Sep 2012 #24

No. Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2012 #22

Thanks for the clarifications. nt Thats my opinion Sep 2012 #23

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