[July 2006 journal entry]
The writings attributed to Paul in Christian scripture seem deeply ‘religious’ in that (1) they build off the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm re ‘God’, human experience, and history, (2) the methodology is not in any way empirical/historical (in other words, they do not consider seriously the caravan news as does the ‘scrapheap’ Job or what happens ‘under the sun’ as does Koheleth), (3) they do not recognize/affirm innocent suffering as an in-fact reality, (4) they argue for proportionality re the righteous being blessed and the unrighteous being cursed, (5) they separate wisdom from careful and indiscriminate consideration of human experience, (6) they expect the end of time to come soon, (7) they juxtapose faith and doubt, (8) they . . . .
The writings attributed to Paul in Christian scripture seem deeply ‘religious’ in that (1) they build off the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm re ‘God’, human experience, and history, (2) the methodology is not in any way empirical/historical (in other words, they do not consider seriously the caravan news as does the ‘scrapheap’ Job or what happens ‘under the sun’ as does Koheleth), (3) they do not recognize/affirm innocent suffering as an in-fact reality, (4) they argue for proportionality re the righteous being blessed and the unrighteous being cursed, (5) they separate wisdom from careful and indiscriminate consideration of human experience, (6) they expect the end of time to come soon, (7) they juxtapose faith and doubt, (8) they . . . .
