Torah is also God's word, and people are willing to give up their lives for the word of God.
People are willing to give up their lives for many things. Giving your life for something does not in any way make that thing true or correct.
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Torah is also God's word, and people are willing to give up their lives for the word of God.
There is much truth in the statement "History is made by the historians of today"
To paraphrase George Orwell "He who controls the past, controls today"
People are willing to give up their lives for many things. Giving your life for something does not in any way make that thing true or correct.
Why?
That is true, but think about it, for Paul, there is no other incentive to do so, there is no glories fighting, nor loots/booties, nor sex nor power. He willingly give up his status and let others slap/beat/exile him. He was with people of power, of prestige and he had a cause and was firmly believe in that cause. And all of a sudden he has a 180 degree change. He give up everything, he can't fight back when people beat him, almost to his death, yet there is no anger in him. Only God can do such things.
Any human can learn the past, but only God controls today and tomorrow.
People are willing to give up their lives for many things. Giving your life for something does not in any way make that thing true or correct.
I don't believe his claims about his status, to be honest. A Pharisee who joined with the Sadduces with the express purpose of killing people? No, that doesn't make any sense to me. He seems more like a person very dissatisfied with is faith and when he found a way to kind of keep his faith but get rid of the parts he hated, he jumped on it.
I am very far from being knowledgeable about Judaism. But in reading the writings of Paul, I find it very hard to believe he had any form of Judaic education. I even have doubts he was even Jewish.
Strikes me more like a Greek finding a reason to pass him self off as a Jew, and not doing a very good job at it.
I suspect he preached to the Gentiles because he would not have been able to keep the pretense among Jews.
I will say that there are instances in his writings where he blatantly misquotes scripture to make his point. Misquotes beyond the idea of it being the Greek translation he knows rather than the Hebrew original.
His writings do not show any indication he was an authority on Judaism
Good point.
Not very long ago 17 very misguided fanatics willingly gave up their lives to deliberately fly planes into the WTC.
Would any sane person believe that made their action right and their cause true?[/QUOTE
To be honest that is a bad comparison. I think many people believe myself included that was not religion or Islam but something more sinister and quite frankly political and for power/ greed. You have to be a right sheeple to believe mainstream media.
Good point.
Not very long ago 17 very misguided fanatics willingly gave up their lives to deliberately fly planes into the WTC.
Would any sane person believe that made their action right and their cause true?[/QUOTE
To be honest that is a bad comparison. I think many people believe myself included that was not religion or Islam but something more sinister and quite frankly political and for power/ greed. You have to be a right sheeple to believe mainstream media.
The point is people die for a cause, religious or other.
Because one will find adherents dieing for a belief is not proof the belief is true.
Even today we are learning very much how the politicians have and continue to control the future of the masses by altering history.
Look at how the European invaders justifed the 'Manifest Destiny" by altering the history of the Native Americans to portray them as uneducated, uncivilized savages.
The point is people die for a cause, religious or other.
Because one will find adherents dieing for a belief is not proof the belief is true.
But it is relatively easy to see if the cause is good or bad.
I am a little bit surprised that you said this. This is more of a JaneTheBane style.
The politicians appears control the future, but we all know the future is in the hands of God.