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The Historical Fallacy of Atonement (part 1): Paul of Tarsus and the Concept of Salvation in Christianity<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


<\/span>Description:<\/strong> The effects that Paul of Tarsus and Pagan beliefs had on the forming of the idea of salvation in Christianity; while in reality Christ\u2019s mentioning of salvation was different from what is widely believed today.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Salvationcan be defined as the deliverance from sin and its penalties; the path to salvation, however, varies from one religion to another.\u00a0 In Christianity, salvation is found through the Doctrine of Vicarious Atonement.\u00a0 Since human nature is considered in Christianity to be wayward and sinful, this doctrine states that Jesus \u201crendered full satisfaction\u201d to God for the sins of man through his death and resurrection.\u00a0 In a nutshell, Jesus took our place, and his death absolves us of our sins.
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This is contrary to what is found in the Torah where God says: \u201c …every man shall be put to death for his own sin\u201d (Deut. 24:16)
The matter of Jesus, as savior of mankind, is refuted in the Quran, wherein God says that He
\u201c… has stamped them with their disbelief… for their saying \u2018We killed God\u2019s Messenger, Christ Jesus, the son of Mary\u2019 They neither killed nor crucified him, even though it seemed so to them…<\/span>\u201d (Quran 4:155-157)
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Salvation According to Jesus<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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Nowhere in the four gospels did Jesus explicitly state that he would die to save mankind from sin.\u00a0 When approached by a man who asked what he could do to gain eternal life, Jesus told him to keep the Commandments (Mat. 19: 16,17); in other words, to obey God\u2019s Law. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To a similar question put to him by a lawyer, as recorded in the gospel of Luke, Jesus told him to love God and his fellow man (Luke 10:25-28).
The role of Jesus is made clear in the Quran where God says:
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\u201cChrist, the son of Mary, was no more than a Messenger; many were the Messengers that passed away before him…see how God doth make His Signs clear to them, yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth<\/span>\u201d (Quran 5:75)
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The mission of Jesus was not, therefore, to set up a new method of achieving salvation, much less the founding of a new system of belief; as even the Bible points out, Jesus sought only to take the Jews from their emphasis on ritual back to that of righteousness (Mat. 6:1-8).
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Paul of Tarsus<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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For the origin of the doctrine of atonement, one does not go to the teachings of Jesus, but instead to the words of Paul, the true founder of Christianity; in teachings of present Christian terms and practices.
Like many Jews, Paul had no use for the teachings of Jesus, and he himself persecuted the followers of Jesus for their unorthodox beliefs. This zealous persecutor was turned into an ardent preacher, however, through a sudden conversion around 35 CE.\u00a0 Paul claimed that a resurrected Jesus appeared to him in a vision, thereby, choosing Paul as his instrument for carrying his teachings to the Gentiles (Gal. 1:11; 12:15,16)<\/strong>.
Paul\u2019s credibility in any capacity is questionable, however, when considering that: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(1)<\/strong> there are four contradictory versions of his so-called \u201cconversion\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Acts 9:3-8; 22:6-10; 26:13-18; Gal. 1:15-17)<\/strong>; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(2)<\/strong> The Bible\u00a0 says, in passages such as Num. 12:6, Deut. 18:20 and Ez. 13:8-9, that revelations come ONLY from God, and (3) accounts of numerous disagreements between the other disciples and Paul regarding his teachings are recorded in Acts.
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Experience and observation had taught Paul that preaching among the Jews was not feasible; he, therefore, chose to go to the non-Jews.\u00a0 By doing so, however, Paul disregarded a direct command from Jesus against preaching to other than a Jew \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Mat. 10:5-6)<\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In short, Paul set aside the actual teachings of Jesus in his desire to be a success.
The Pagan Influence
Among the pagans of Paul\u2019s time, a wide variety of gods existed.\u00a0 Although these gods had different names and were embraced by people from different areas of the world \u2013 Adonis from Syria, Dionysus from Thrace, Attis from Phrygia, for instance \u2013 the basic concept in each cult was the same: these sons of gods died violent deaths and then rose again to save their people.
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Since the pagans had tangible savior-gods in their old religions, they wanted nothing less from the new; they were not able to accept any sort of an invisible Deity.\u00a0 Paul was quite accommodating, preaching therefore of a savior named Jesus Christ, the son of God, who died and then rose again to save mankind from sin (Rom. 5:8-11; 6:8-9).
The Bible itself points out the error of Paul\u2019s thinking.\u00a0 While each of the four gospels contain an account of the crucifixion of Jesus, these accounts are strictly hearsay; none of the disciples of Jesus were witness to such, having fled his side in the Garden (Mark 14:50).<\/strong>
In the Torah, God says that one who is \u201changed upon a tree\u201d \u2013 crucified \u2013 is \u201caccursed\u201d (Deut. 21:23)<\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul side-stepped this by saying that Jesus became accursed in order to take on the sins of man (Gal. 3:13)<\/strong>; in so doing, however, Paul set aside the very Law of God.
The resurrection, wherein Paul says that Jesus \u201cconquered\u201d death and sin for mankind (Rom. 6:9,10)<\/strong>, plays such an important part that one who does not believe in it is not considered a good Christian (1 Cor. 15:14)<\/strong>.
Here, too, the Bible lends little support to Paul\u2019s notions; first of all, not only was there no eyewitness to the actual resurrection, but all post-resurrection accounts are in contradiction with each other as to who went to the gravesite, what happened there, and even where and to whom Jesus appeared (Mat. 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20)<\/strong>.
Secondly, although Christianity states that the body following resurrection will be in a spiritual form (1 Cor. 15:44),<\/strong> Jesus had obviously not changed, for he both ate with his disciples (Luke 24:30,41-43)<\/strong>, and allowed them to touch his wounds (John 20:27).\u00a0 Finally, as the divine son of God in Christianity, Jesus is said to share in God\u2019s attributes; one cannot fail to wonder, however, just how it can be possible for God to die…
In his desire to win souls among the pagans, Paul simply reworked a number of major pagan beliefs to come up with the Christian scheme of salvation.\u00a0 No prophet \u2013 including Jesus himself \u2013 taught such concepts; they were authored entirely by Paul.
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The Historical Fallacy of Atonement (part 2): The Ultimate Sacrifice and Original Sin
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Description<\/strong>: A look at how old pagan beliefs crept into Christianity through Paul of Tarsus. Also included, is mention of the history of original sin and salvation from an Islamic perspective.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>The Ultimate Sacrifice<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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Long accustomed to making sacrifices to their gods, the pagans easily grasped Paul\u2019s notion that Jesus was the \u201cultimate sacrifice\u201d whose blood washed away sin.\u00a0 A common ceremony during this time in various Middle Eastern cults, such as those of Attis and Mithras, was that of the \u201ctaurobolium\u201d: a person descended into a pit covered over with grillwork upon which a bull (or ram), said to represent the pagan deity himself, was then ceremoniously slain.\u00a0 By covering himself with the blood, the person in the pit below was said to have been \u201cborn again\u201d with his sins washed away.
It is worth noting that the Jews had given up sacrifice back in 590 BCE following the destruction of their Temple.\u00a0 Paul\u2019s notions, therefore, were in direct contradiction to both Old Testament teaching (Hosea 6:6) and even to the teaching of Jesus himself (Mat. 9:13) which stressed how God desired good virtues, not sacrifice.
While Paul stressed that God\u2019s \u201clove\u201d was behind the sacrifice of Jesus (Rom. 5:8), the Doctrine of Atonement instead shows a harsh Deity satisfied only by the murder of his own innocent son.\u00a0 Paul was way off base here, for the Old Testament is full of references to the love and mercy of God to man (Ps. 36:5-10; Ps. 103:8-17) revealed through His forgiveness (Ex. 34:6,7; Ps. 86:5-7), of which even Jesus spoke\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Mat. 6:12).
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Pagan influence in Christianity even extends to its sacred symbol.\u00a0 Although Paul calls the cross of Jesus \u201cthe power of God\u201d (1 Cor. 1:18), reference works, such as the Encyclopedia Britannica, Dictionary of Symbols, The Cross in Ritual, Architecture and Art point out that the cross was used as a religious symbol centuries before the birth of Jesus.\u00a0 Bacchus of Greece, Tammuz of Tyre, Bel of Chaldea, and Odin of Norway are just a few examples of ancient pagan gods whose sacred symbol was that of a cross.
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Original Sin<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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Central to the Doctrine of Atonement is Paul\u2019s notion that mankind is a race of wrong-doers, having inherited from Adam his sin in eating of the forbidden fruit.\u00a0 As a result of this Original Sin, man cannot serve as his own redeemer; good works are to no avail, says Paul, for even these cannot satisfy the justice of God (Gal. 2:16).
As a result of Adam\u2019s sin, man is doomed to die.\u00a0 By his death, however, Jesus took on the punishment due man; through his resurrection, Jesus conquered death, and righteousness was restored.\u00a0 To earn salvation, a Christian need only have faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus (Rom. 6:23).
Despite its prominent place in Christianity, the notion of an \u201coriginal sin\u201d is not found among the teachings of any prophet, Jesus included.\u00a0 In the Old Testament, God says: \u201c… the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son\u201d (Ez.18:20-22).\u00a0 Personal responsibility is also stressed in the Quran where God says: \u201c… no bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another… man can have nothing but what he strives for\u201d (Quran 53:38,39).
The doctrine of original sin gave Paul the means to justify pagan influence in his scheme of salvation.\u00a0 Irresponsibility became the hallmark of Christianity through this doctrine, however, for by \u201ctransferring\u201d sins onto Jesus, followers assume no responsibility for their actions.
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Salvation in Islam<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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By the seventh century, the doctrines conceived by Paul had been embellished to the point where Christianity was not almost entirely a man-made religion.\u00a0 At this time, God chose to send Muhammad as His Final Messenger in order to set things straight once and for all for mankind.
Since God is Almighty, He doesn\u2019t need the charade concocted by Christians in order to forgive man.\u00a0 In the Quran, God says we are all created in a state of goodness (30:30); He has not burdened man with any \u201coriginal sin\u201d, having forgiven Adam and Eve (2:36-38; 7:23,24) as He forgives us (11:90; 39:53-56).
As we are all personally responsible for our actions (2:286; 6:164) there is no need for a humanly concocted savior in Islam; salvation comes from God alone (28:67).
Thus did Islam seek to restore the true meaning to monotheism, for in the Quran God asks:
\u201cWho can be better in religion than one who submits his whole self to God, does good, and follows the way of Abraham the true in faith?<\/span>\u201d (Quran 4:125; 41:33)
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The Religion of Man<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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The evidence is overwhelming that the concept of salvation in Christianity \u2013 its Doctrine of Vicarious Atonement \u2013 came not from God but from man via pagan rituals and beliefs.
Paul effectively shifted the center of worship away from God by saying that Jesus was the divine agent of their salvation (Gal. 2:20).\u00a0 In so doing, however, Paul set aside all teachings of God\u2019s prophets, and even the concept of monotheism itself, since God in Christianity needs Jesus for His divine \u201chelper\u201d.
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Take a Closer Look<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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With one\u2019s very salvation at stake here, Christians should take a closer look at what they believe in and why.\u00a0 God says in the Quran:
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\u201cO People of the Book!\u00a0 Commit no excesses in your religion, nor say of God aught but the truth.\u00a0 Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, was no more than a Messenger of God… for God is One God; glory be to Him: far exalted is He above having a son.\u00a0 To him belong all things in the heavens and on earth.\u00a0 And enough is God as a Disposer of Affairs.<\/span>\u201d (Quran 4:171)<\/p>\n

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