QUOTE(jha'dhur @ Apr 2 2006, 03:21 PM)

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It is my contension, that you and DAMAN are wrong about the Jesus thing also. And you are going to spin it off an a side tangent as well.
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Claim #1
I claim that there is a new testament story where Jesus presents an apostle with unclean meet, and he will not eat even after he has seen Jesus walk on water, and he is rebuked.
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Claim #2
I do remember also a new testament story where Saul/Paul while accompanied by some of the apostles is beaten by a Greek soldier, he replied to the soldier that he was a "Greek" and that stop beating him
That is my recollection, The fact that I dont have my annotated personal bible is the only reason you can cling to the last straw of credibility that you have.
Claim #1These are the stories of Jesus walking on water:
Mark 6:44-51
John 6:10-21
Matthew 14:17-34
I dont think there is anything in there that collaborates your claim.
Perhaps you are talking about Matthew 15:10-20?
QUOTE(NIV Matthew 15:10-20)
10Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand. 11What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' "
12Then the disciples came to him and asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?"
13He replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. 14Leave them; they are blind guides.[a] If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit."
15Peter said, "Explain the parable to us."
16"Are you still so dull?" Jesus asked them. 17"Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.' 19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20These are what make a man 'unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.' "
QUOTE(KJV Matthew 15:10-20)
10And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
12Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
16And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
17Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
I guess you could argue that this is proof he was a proponent of eating unclean food. But that certainlyis not my oppinion of this scripture. And there is definitely nothing here about him praying over pork and then rebuking his apostles for refusting to eat it.
claim #2I dont recall the story but if it is true that would not necessarily change anything since he was a helenistic jew. He might have even been an official citizen of rome but I doubt it.
QUOTE(NIV Acts 23:6)
6Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, "My brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. I stand on trial because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead."
QUOTE(KJV Acts 23:6)
6But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Either he was a convert and that would make him a liar or he was a full fledged jew.
Really claim #2 is trivial to me. It makes no difference to my faith. But claim #1 would alter my entire perception of christ. If you really do think you can prove this, please post the book chapter and verses.
@Puck
are you sure that Paul was anti-mosaic law? Or was he just anti forcing gentiles to follow the mosaic law?
Acts 23:1
Acts 25:7-8
Acts 28:17
these seem to suggest that he did live by the law and traditions as well. Really to maintain legitamacy within the pharisees and saducees they would have to live by the law and traditions. Much of what they did were legal arguements and debates at the synagogue . . .