Re: [TruthTalk] Baptism 4 dead?

[Kevin Deegan]

Not goimg anywhere. You asked who (read Pagans just north of then city where Paul issued the letter) practised such.

Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

DAVEH:   Where you going with this, Kevin?  Are you suggesting Jesus borrowed the baptismal rite from pagans???  Or do you think the below mentioned pagans derived their baptismal beliefs from Primitive Christianity?


Kevin wrote:

DAVEH:  What ppl, Judy?  Do you know to whom Paul was referring?

Paul used Pagan authorities to teach and contrast as in the Pagan poet he quoted on Mars Hill. Just north of Corinth was a city named Eleusis. This was the location of a Pagan religion where baptism in the sea was practiced to guarantee a good afterlife. This religion was mentioned by Homer in Hymn to Demeter 478-79 Bible Knowledge Commentary on 1 Cor. 15:29. Dallas Seminary Faculty.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/pr/pr04.htm THE GREATER MYSTERIES AT ELEUSIS

Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Judy Taylor wrote:

Hi Blaine: The scripture that comes to mind is Isaiah 8:20 which (to paraphrase) says that doctrine can not conflict with what has already been revealed in the law and the prophets - baptizing for the dead certainly isn't part of that. Paul

was referring (1Cor 15:29) to something ppl

DAVEH:  What ppl, Judy?  Do you know to whom Paul was referring?

were involved in - he was not teaching this or making new doctrine.  As for revelation.

My belief is that God reveals to us what has already been written and noone has as yet even  begun to plumb the depths of that. jt

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