A Question regarding Acts

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Some of the research I've been studying makes Acts, which is not too bad to read in Greek, to be a later composition because it downplays the conflicts between Peter and Paul, but instead tries to paint a unified position of the apostles.

This aside got me thinking, that such a position is almost identical to the position which the LDS Church takes with regard to its internal dissent.

Some of the Pauline letters highlight the conflicts between Peter and Paul and they seem to support the more confrontational real world that existed during the first century.

Thoughts?

Since Acts was apparently written by Luke it was likely written decades after the fact.

Yes, Arch, all religions tend to engage in similar PR. That's a brilliant insight.

[SeattleUte]

Here is a worthwhile little essay I found a long time ago on the subject.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...tory/luke.html

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Since Acts was apparently written by Luke it was likely written decades after the fact.

Yes, Arch, all religions tend to engage in similar PR. That's a brilliant insight.

Quite sarcastic and snippy this morning are we?

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Quite sarcastic and snippy this morning are we?

Just going for a few laughs. That's all.

[ute4ever]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Just going for a few laughs. That's all.

Plagarist

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Just going for a few laughs. That's all.

BTW, the link is interesting. So thanks.

[Ceteris Paribus]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Just going for a few laughs. That's all.

Speaking of laughs, try making an offhand remark in HP Group about the fact that Paul did not write Hebrews and Moses did not write the first five books of the OT. Talk about your righteous indignation.

Fun to sit back and be an apostate for a day. It could become a pleasurable habit.