[CS-FSLUG] Still a "cult leader"

[Timothy Butler]

>
> So we make Jesus a liar when He said that there is
> no longer Greek nor Hebrew?

	I don't think when Paul says that he is suggesting every difference  
evaporates. Rather, he is suggesting that salvation is quite the same  
for all, isn't he?

> He was unable to write His Bible so that all could
> understand it except for those who adopt a pre-NT
> Hebrew legalism devoid of Hellenistic figurative
> thought?

	No offense, but you seem to be offering a false set of choices  
there. Usually, Greek thought is represented as heavily rational  
(see, for example, the logic of the great Greek philosophers). Near  
Eastern sensibilities seem to be much more fluid. For example,  
genealogies in the Bible skip generations without flinching -- that  
violates many Western sensibilities, but precisely recording every  
generation was not of interest to the Biblical writers, I'd suggest.  
In general, I'd say the Hebrews seemed to have a rich capacity for  
metaphor.

	Of course, I mean no respect to Greek thought. I happen to be a big  
fan of Aristotle, as well as his later disciple, Thomas Aquinas.

	-Tim




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