What Do You Do With a Chocolate Jesus? by Thomas Quinn

Author:Thomas Quinn [Quinn, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation, New Testament
ISBN: 9781439264256
Google: qgUuQwAACAAJ
Amazon: 1439264252
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Published: 2010-01-12T16:00:00+00:00

We first meet Paul around half-way through the book that immediately follows the four Gospels—the Acts of the Apostles.

Acts was written by the author of Luke, who was allegedly Paul’s traveling companion. Actually, there is a lot of “allegedly” in Acts. Most scholars are very skeptical about its historical accuracy, whether it’s talking about the growth of the early churches or about Paul’s evangelical journeys. It’s packed with fanciful episodes that read more like propaganda than history. And, yet again, no non-Christian writings verify any of it.

Acts begins with Jesus hanging around with his disciples/apostles for forty days after his resurrection. He dodges the question of whether or not the kingdom of Israel will be restored as everyone hopes and, instead, promises to send down the Holy Spirit—a kind of portable force-field to guide their actions. Then, finally, Jesus makes the spectacular exit we’ve been waiting for:

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