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Article #12515Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
From: rbwinn
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:01
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:01
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On Jul 17, 6:14�pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote: > "Alex W." <ing...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:6ea404F63ha8U1@mid.individual.net... > > > > > > > > > "The Loan Arranger" <no...@nowhere.invalid> wrote in message > >news:5d-dnbl8Ndd98eLVRVnyvgA@bt.com... > >> Smiler wrote: > >>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message > >>> > The only writer of the new Testament who was a Roman citizen was Paul. > >>> ================================ > >>> All the writers were Roman citizens. > > >> I'm sorry to say, Smiler, Robbie's probably right for once. Roman > >> Citizenship was distinct from being a citizen of a country under Roman > >> jurisdiction, and was very hard to earn. > > >> What I'm unsure about is whether he was a full Roman Citizen, or whether > >> he held the Latin Right, which was a kind of halfway-house between > >> non-citizenship and being a full Citizen. Ordinary people in a subjugated > >> country probably wouldn't really appreciate the difference, or could be > >> blinded to it. It wasn't uncommon for LR holders to claim to their peers > >> to be RCs, to enhance their standing, but they definitely wouldn't try > >> that to an official, at least not if they valued their life or position. > > >http://www.jgames.co.uk/title/Roman_citizenship > > > Luke may or may not have been a Roman citizen; there is even speculation > > that he had been a slave, in which case he certainly would not have been a > > full citizen. > > > Being natives of Palestine, it seems unlikely that Mark or Matthew had > > been full citizens. > > Mark, Matthew, Luke and John were not the writers of the gospels attributed > to them. > The gospels were written long after the supposed disciples would have been > dead. > > Smiler, > The godless one > a.a.# 2279- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Well, discuss your ideas with Mark, Matthew , Luke and John after the resurrection. Robert B. Winn
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