Jesus: What the hell is wrong with so many of you “Christians”. I gave all sorts of examples about love being the way and practised what I preach, and what do you do? Act like Pharisees and follow the doctrines of a man who claimed to have seen me on the road to Damascus without any evidence
Not OP, but if read what Paul wrote, it's a whole lot different from what Jesus said.
He also begins laying down rules of do and don't, reward and punishment, which arguably is what Jesus' blood sacrifice was supposed to move us away from.
It's the same tit-for-tat codification of behavior that you see in Judasim and Islam. And it's very telling that most (all?) of the objections non-Christians have to Christianity stem from either the Old Testament or St. Paul. Why are all those problems from sections of the Bible that don't involve Jesus directly?
The reason Paul had to start spelling out some rules is only because Christianity was spreading far and wide. Some distant groups were coming up with their own heresies and rules, so Paul was instructing the fellow apostles on what to do.
Jesus: What the hell is wrong with so many of you “Christians”. I gave all sorts of examples about love being the way and practised what I preach, and what do you do? Act like Pharisees and follow the doctrines of a man who claimed to have seen me on the road to Damascus without any evidence
Ooo, are we venturing into St. Paul critiques? Bold move.
Someone's got their eyes open.
Don't push him, he'll hurt himself trying to hard
Are you salty because, there is no moral system thag can be created without a pure moral source?
I do not claim to be as smart as Dostoyevsky but, I agree with him completely.
I was atheist and, I reasoned my way out of that fog of nonsense and hypocrisy.
https://youtu.be/ZB9bMFjHlYo
Are you a christian? What is it that lead you to believe Paul is a false apostle? This is the same conclusion I have come to.
Not OP, but if read what Paul wrote, it's a whole lot different from what Jesus said.
He also begins laying down rules of do and don't, reward and punishment, which arguably is what Jesus' blood sacrifice was supposed to move us away from.
It's the same tit-for-tat codification of behavior that you see in Judasim and Islam. And it's very telling that most (all?) of the objections non-Christians have to Christianity stem from either the Old Testament or St. Paul. Why are all those problems from sections of the Bible that don't involve Jesus directly?
The reason Paul had to start spelling out some rules is only because Christianity was spreading far and wide. Some distant groups were coming up with their own heresies and rules, so Paul was instructing the fellow apostles on what to do.
We have to warm them up slowly. No one can do it all at once. They are on their own path and, will come back to God when they are ready!