"In that they do the right thing?"
What about the people who have lived in this area before the arrival of Islam. What about the Zoroastrians, Yazidi, Jews, Christians? Why would they want to live in an IS? They would not. That's why they are being killed off by ISIS. An Islamic state may be...
Erasmus did not even have enough Greek texts to translate the whole NT so he used some of the Latin vulgate for the rest. Also many of the oldest most complete NT texts were not known in his day, such as Sinaiticus, and many other older texts discovered after his time.
"Erasmus had been...
There were also many early Christians using texts other than the ones that are contained in the NT. Marcion's church rivaled the CC church until all other non-orthodox churches were outlawed when the orthodox church was named the state religion. All non-orthodox churches were persecuted and ran...
He was only an apostle in his own mind. He was one of the ones Jesus warned about that would come in his name.
"And he said, Take heed that ye be not led astray: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am he ; and, The time is at hand: go ye not after them."
Someone who knows their stuff. I showed a chart sort of like this to a tea party guy and he refused to believe it. Even when I showed him it was from the governments own website!
Ananias does not say Paul was an apostle. Neither does Peter say he was an Apostle. Neither did the Lord say Paul was an apostle. The word "apostle" is not in these verses, and for a very good reason. 2nd Peter wasn't written until after 100CE and thus could not have been written by Peter.
Besides himself, who in Acts refers to Paul as an apostle?
The only person to say Paul is an apostle of Jesus Christ in the entire New Testament is Paul himself.
There are hundreds of websites dedicated to the differences in the teachings of Jesus and Paul. You know this. It is a waste of time to debate it again here. If you want to learn the differences, start here. http://www.problemswithpaul.com/Apostle_Paul.html
When you are done there simply go...
Luke could not have written the 2 books, as they were written somewhere between 80-110ce. Unless he lived to be 120 years old. You can not use a fable to prove it's own authenticity. You need historical, textural, and physical evidence. There is no historical, textural or physical evidence that...