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Clivedurdle · 07-04-2006, 01:29 AM

If there are serious questions about who Paul was, who wrote these letters when, who amended what, and that Acts does read like religious fiction, what possible reasons might there be for choosing these towns?

I don't know, I am wondering if there are mythical or political reasons behind choosing these towns, or was it someone sticking a pin in a map?

Might there be other letters that have been lost?

I thought someone had proposed that the letters were written to answer theological questions, not to specific communities.

Might they be one document that has been chopped?

dog-on · 07-04-2006, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Gamera

The fact that Acts is later doesn't change the fact that it's highly unlikely that the author would have added material to give credence to Paul's evangelizing procedure in a way that would help validate redacted letters about cities he visited, all to trick modern Christians two millennia later.

It makes no sense that anything in Acts was added to help validate changes in Pauline letters about what church they were addressed to.

You add alot to what I say, don't you. Be that as it may. Is it possible that Acts was written to "tame" Paul?

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Clivedurdle Contributor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: London UK Posts: 16,024	If there are serious questions about who Paul was, who wrote these letters when, who amended what, and that Acts does read like religious fiction, what possible reasons might there be for choosing these towns? I don't know, I am wondering if there are mythical or political reasons behind choosing these towns, or was it someone sticking a pin in a map? Might there be other letters that have been lost? I thought someone had proposed that the letters were written to answer theological questions, not to specific communities. Might they be one document that has been chopped?

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