[net.religion] The conflict between Jesus and Paul

dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) (10/01/84)

>>>It would seem that this Paul character is the antichrist that Christians
>>>have been speculating about for thousands of years.  He takes all of
>>>Jesus' teachings of love, tolerance, and justice, and subverts them
>>>into "thou shalt not"s and intolerance and the same "letter of the law
>>>vs. spirit of the law" that Jesus was supposedly trying to eradicate.
>>>Hmmm...  [ROSEN]
>
>> It's hard to understand what causes your misunderstanding, but I suspect
>> it is ignorance of the true character and mission of Yeshua (who is
>> returning to "rule with a rod of iron").  I recommend daily intensive
>> Bible study (the whole Bible, of course).  [BRUNSON]
>
> Or (perhaps more likely) it's due to YOUR ignorance and presumptions about
> a book of mythology.  I recommend that you re-take that LOGIC DESIGN class,
> or perhaps read a book on thinking for one's self.[ROSEN]

And perhaps you could give some EXAMPLES of the subversions of which
you so glibly speak.  Shouldn't be hard, since Paul subverts ALL (see
above) of the teaching of Jesus.  Every last one of them.

P.S.  You could start with, e.g., Jesus' expansive tolerance for the
moneychangers.  Or Paul's cruel and hardhearted directions to the
Corinthian church to receive back into full fellowship the guy he
told them to kick out for immorality, after the guy repented.
-- 
Paul DuBois		{allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois

"Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein
do I delight."
				Psalm 119:35