Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jclark@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (John Clark) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The Sabbath ! Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 91 19:25:05 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 27 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article rvp@softserver.canberra.edu.au (Rey Paulo) writes: +that you will not have to run away during the winter or on a SABBATH! For +the trouble at that time will be far more terrible than any there has ever Even Israelis don't lay down their arms on the 'Sabbath'. There is a certain pragmatism here. +James, the trouble with your and many other christians' understanding and +interpretation of the scriptures lies in the writings of Apostle Paul. +Apostle Paul's writings are really dangerous and could lead to easy +misinterpretation. My approach in reading the scripture is this. This is how some view such books as Daniel and Revelations! So much so that there are 'Bibles' which have reduced forms of these. Are you suggesting such a 're-write'. Also, Paul was a major contributor to the NT. I would guess that he is the most prolific writer, even with 4 or 5 of his books in dispute as to whether he wrote them. Further if one doesn't believe Paul was writing for 'God' then who was he writing for? Even more 'sinister' in this line is except for the 'tables of stone' for Hebrews where did the Diety directly write anything in the Bible? And who's to say that the other writers need similar 'conditioning'. -- John Clark jclark@ucsd.edu