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by arnoldo
Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:03 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Paul was wealthy
Replies: 156
Views: 138554

Re: Paul was wealthy

does anybody know of any historical persons in or before the first century C.E. who traveled as much as the writer of the epistles claims Paul traveled? Does anybody have a total for the number of kilometers he is alleged to have traveled? Strabo: 64/63 BC – c. AD 24 (Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/w...
by arnoldo
Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:54 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Paul was wealthy
Replies: 156
Views: 138554

Re: Paul was wealthy

. . .Even if one takes Paul at his word on this trip to Jerusalem, the expense would have been entirely reasonable in the context of a multi-year career. . . Time is an important variable, aside from money, to consider if Paul's travels were possible. Perhaps Paul's travels could be compared to the...
by arnoldo
Sun Feb 23, 2014 4:47 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Paul was wealthy
Replies: 156
Views: 138554

Re: Paul was wealthy

1 Corinthians 9:14 is one of the few verse where Paul quotes Jesus and it's concerning $$$. In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel . 1 Corinthians 9:7-14 In reference to Paul's travels, Jermome Murphy O'Conner IMHO has shown beyon...
by arnoldo
Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:08 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: The Mythicist Position
Replies: 54
Views: 69038

Re: The Mythicist Position

I actually agree with most of what D.M. Murdock is writing about concerning the interdependence of gnosticism and Egyptian religion. The only question I have is basically whether “the Gnostic movement preceded orthodox Christianity” as D.M. Murdock suggests in Christ in Egypt . The critical passage ...
by arnoldo
Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:02 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Paul was wealthy
Replies: 156
Views: 138554

Re: Paul was wealthy

The lower cost of travel certainly increase the likelyhood that Flavius Zeuxis's claim to have sailed to Rome seventy-two times was economically feasable in the first century. The merchants of the Empire had discovered the comparative cheapness of water-traffic, and the State and private individuals...
by arnoldo
Mon Feb 10, 2014 5:15 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Paul was wealthy
Replies: 156
Views: 138554

Re: Paul was wealthy

FWIW, Caroline A. J. Skell (1872-1951) wrote a book entitled," T ravel in the First Century after Christ " which apparently is in public domain and available in full at the link below; http://www.archive.org/stream/travelinfirstcen00skeeuoft/travelinfirstcen00skeeuoft_djvu.txt the followin...
by arnoldo
Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:57 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Paul was wealthy
Replies: 156
Views: 138554

Re: Paul was wealthy

Rational Skepticism has a nice recent thread called "The Entire Pauline Corpus is a Forgery" It is at http://www.rationalskepticism.org/christianity/the-entire-pauline-corpus-is-a-forgery-t42221.html Warmly, Jay Raskin To some skeptics, there is no such thing as irrational skepticism, and...
by arnoldo
Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:12 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Paul was wealthy
Replies: 156
Views: 138554

Re: Paul was wealthy

PhilosopherJay wrote:Rational Skepticism has a nice recent thread called "The Entire Pauline Corpus is a Forgery"
It is at http://www.rationalskepticism.org/chris ... 42221.html

Warmly,

Jay Raskin
Is aa5874 a good source?

Warmly,

arnoldo
by arnoldo
Fri Jan 31, 2014 4:18 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: 1 Thessalonians first?
Replies: 47
Views: 35877

Re: 1 Thessalonians first?

PhilosopherJay said: ... Today, the average person knows there is no atmosphere on Mars or the moon. ... I guess I'm above (or below?) average then, because I know there is no atmosphere on the moon and an atmosphere on Mars. ;) I'm below average because I thought travel was rather extensive in the...
by arnoldo
Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:54 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: 1 Thessalonians first?
Replies: 47
Views: 35877

Re: 1 Thessalonians first?

Hi Arnoldo, From Plautus, Menaechmi , Act V, Sc. 4. Messenio, a slave, soliloquizes: Well, this is the proof of a good servant: he must take care of his master's business, look after it, arrange it, think about it; when his master is away, take care of it diligently just as much as if his master we...