Abdurrahman wrote:
He introduced some pagan rituals into Christianity {as offering sacrifice, Acts 14:13
Kai replies:
What sacrifice are you talking about; did you ever read this passage in its full context? Do you really want the chock of your life?
Well here is the passage, in its full context then lets conclude what sacrifice Paul introduced to the Christian faith:
8 In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed 10 and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.
11 When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!” 12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker. 13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.
14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting: 15 “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them. 16 In the past, he let all nations go their own way. 17 Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.” 18 Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them.
Frankly this is the greatest embarrassing I have ever seen Abdurrahman
Virtually this is enough to discredit everything you will post on this forum.
And if I was not a Christian I would do that, but I guess the only problem is, that you have not studied the sources, nor those who fill your mind with this kind of propaganda.
Abdurrahman wrote:
and forming churches & churchmen hierarchy, Acts 14:23/20:28,
Kai replies:
Could you please post me the evidence that Paul actual inaugurated these posts in the Christian church.
As a matter of fact Acts 6 reveals the use of what we refer to as ‘deacons’ in the Christian church, and Acts 15 refers to the use of ‘elders’ in the church in Jerusalem.
Aburrahman wrote:
and also in Turkey (Corinth & Ephesus) when he found that disciples of John the Baptist had preceded them there preaching the true religion, he invented the ritual of receiving the Holy Spirit in baptization, Acts 19}.
Kai replies:
Have you ever read the book of Acts? Do you realise that the reception of the Spirit in the exactly same manner occurred in Acts 2, and Acts 8 and Acts 10; the first two prior to Paul’s conversion.
Abdurrahman wrote:
Although Paul referred to Jesus as the Christ/the Lord/the Savior of Israel, he still maintained God's superiority over Jesus [Acts 13:23/17:3/17:31].
Kai replies:
Could you please do a little study of the book of Isaiah; it may in fact answer your question.
Abdurrahman wrote:
The status of God & Jesus in Paul's epistles
Christians of today have a sound belief that Paul wrote these epistles (letters) by direct revelation from the Holy Spirit. Hence, they have included them as part of the Holy Book (found after Acts). Next, we will review some of the content of these epistles that became the core of the prevalent Christian faith of today (according to Paul).
Kai replies:
But you see, in the same way we Christians can’t believe that Muslim believe the Koran to be inspired and added to the divine books.
Lets now see how you manage to debunk the epistles of Paul