| Title: | Discussions from a Christian Perspective |
| Notice: | Prostitutes and tax collectors welcome! |
| Moderator: | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE |
| Created: | Mon Sep 17 1990 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Marcion - a man not even mentioned in the Bible - yet the catalyst probably most responsible for the formalization of the canon we know today as the New Testament. Marcion, as I recall, campaigned for the New Testament to consist solely of the Gospel of Luke and some of Paul's letters. Peace, Richard
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Marcion also believed, as I recall, that the Yahweh of the Old
Testament was different, and inferior, to the loving Father of the New
Testament. I remember discussing Marcion very briefly with a Unitarian
minister, who argued that the Old Testament God displayed attributes of
love, and the New Testament God displayed attributes sometimes
exclusively assigned to the Old Testament God, and that therefore
Marcion's view was simplistic. I am inclined to agree, and feel that
criticizing the God of the Hebrew scriptures too much in that way can
lead to an intolerance towards the Jewish faith.
-- Mike
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