Patti, At 08:32 PM 11/19/2004, you wrote: >>There is good evidence that people have been getting Paul wrong (taking him >>and the Gospels literally) since the early days of the Christian Church:<<
IMO, the problem with much of Christendom is not taking Paul literally. It is taking most of what Paul said seriously. Paul, IMO, should have been taken as an example of how to contextualize the Gospel of Christ, not as an authority on biblical theology. Members of two fundamentalist Christian movements, Acts 28 dispensationalism and mid-Acts dispensationalism, do not even believe in the Gospel. To them, they belong to the previous dispensation. Their entire faith is based on the epistles of Paul, i.e., the Pauline dispensation. Mark A. Foster * http://markfoster.net "Sacred cows make the best hamburger" -- Mark Twain and Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
