On Tuesday 01 April 2008 21:06, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Apr 1, 2008, at 8:56 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > > Jesus was with them for a month + after his death till Pentecost. Why > > wouldn't he return in a couple of weeks? > > After being in Heaven, why would he return to a bunch of smelly > desert guys? Are you saying he's stupid? > > > Why did it take long to start writing? I think it was the shock of > > loosing Christ and then enacting what their task was. > > Probably more like writer's block. After all, I'm sure that they > realized that 2000 years from then, small-minded people would be > literally interpreting the translation of the translation of the > translation of what they would write, and then killing lots of people > based on that. That's enough to give anyone pause! > > > Oh the early years and starting a new organization, > > the joy, the politics, the martyrdom. > > And the dues. Don't forget that collecting the dues from the new > membership must have taken up a lot of their time.
Hi Ed! In my unoccupied moments I find myself wondering if you are sliding from skepticism to cynicism. Are you? -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
