slg@ukma.UUCP (Sean Gilley) (08/26/86)
In article <323@mc0.UUCP> larry@mc0.UUCP (larry morales) writes: >5) Remember: the New Testament documents were distributed during a time > when the opponents and enemies of Christianity were still alive and > able to refute them had they been out and out lies. These documents *were* refuted. And then when the church came into power the documents that were considered heretical were searched out and destroyed. Fortunatly, some of these heretical documents were recently rediscovered. For the texts, get ahold of the book "The Nag Hammadi Library", I can give you pubilisher's info if you want. For a excellent commentary on why these texts.. and further on why it was so important that Christ rose from the dead and other politcal matters, read Ellaine (Ellen?) Paigals book "The Gnostic Gospels". These books, taken together, provide some real interesting insights into what was going on in the first couple of centurys after Christ's death. Sean. --- Sean L. Gilley Phone: (606) 272-9620 or (606) 257-8781 {ihnp4,decvax,ucbvax}!cbosgd!ukma{!ukgs}!slg, slg@UKMA.BITNET I've seen a thousand people kneel in silence I've seen them face the rifles with their songs And I always thought that we could end the killing But now I live in fear that I was wrong