new testament

In the NT there are 13 Epistles under the name of Paul and a character with the same name [Paul] is also found in Acts of the Apostles. It is said that NT Pauline Epistles were written before the NT Gospels because they contain very little about the Jesus character as mentioned in the Gospels...

Ever hear of the book Misquoting Truth by Timothy Paul Jones? A summary of the chapters are discussed here. http://www.rightposters.com/?blog&post=misquoting-truth This passage from the link confused me His defense falls flat because there are problems which debunk this found here...

I opened this for CplFerro who appears to wish to discuss it. I personally think neither is believable.

An interesting aspect of the gospels is that they all have pericopes. A pericope (pronounced: per-ih-CO-pay) is a story that, while being part of the gospel, is complete in itself, such as the story in the Gospel of John (though apparently added to it after the gospel was written) of the woman...

On DOC's thread about natural disasters being God's way of punishing the wicked, we got into a discussion of the two conflicting genealogies of Jesus. Since this threatened to derail that thread, the moderators suggested, if we really wanted to discuss the issue, someone start a new thread on...

When Protestant ministers choose to use a New Testament text as the basis for a sermon they are often likely to pick one of the Pauline epistles, rather than the words of Jesus. In one instance this is particularly problematic, since the doctrines enshrined in that document are inimical to our...

One of the things that I have wondered about skeptics for the longest time is why such a large number believe that Jesus of Nazareth was not a historical person, in spite of the overwhelming consensus of New Testament scholars and historians that he was a real person. When I've argued with...

I have been trying to read up on New Testament history, and while I have learned a great deal so far, there is still so much information to wade through. I was wanting to start a discussion on the subject of the gospel writers, based on what we know historically and through tradition, starting...

In the "Do Most Atheists know that Science..." thread I mentioned Norman Geisler and Frank Turek's book called "I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist" a few times because of its clear explanations of scientific theories. But, yes, they did talk about more than science. In chapter 11 of...

It is very apparent from reading the Old and New Testament that the two theologies described therein are not connected in any meaningful way. Christianity took on the Torah as the Old Testament for political reasons. The god described in the Old Testament is a rip off of intolerant Babylonian...

Hello everybody, Today, on the bus, I was lucky enough to witness a witnessing, which should be just about the poorest word play I will ever come up with. Bear with me, it's early and I'm still sleepy. Anyway, a gentleman started preaching to another gentleman, stating among other things...