This is the same point I will be making in the conclusion of the book as well, that Christianity has accepted a set of doctrines that leaves people fundamentally unchanged

The passage Paul quotes from to support his doctrine of righteousness by faith, as opposed to righteousness by law as Moses taught, starts out with “If you obey…and keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in the book of the law.” Notice that Paul totally leaves this part of the “scripture” out (about keeping the law) and instead

In his later years, Paul attempts to establish a doctrine that says that a person is not saved by works (keeping the law) because no one has ever been righteous (i.e., no one has been able to keep "God's" law). This is arguably the biggest premise of all Christianity, that "God's" laws are impossible to keep and that no one can keep them.

“One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, "What commandment is the foremost of all?" Jesus answered, "The foremost is, 'HEAR, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD; AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL

Origen claimed, among other things that the “letters” of Paul were not even written by Paul himself. In fact, he said, Paul only wrote a few lines ever. The books bearing his name were not authentic, he concluded. Origen therefore rejected all of the books of Paul as well as the book of Acts and 2 Peter as not being worthy of study. In fact, many

law is summed up in only one command. Note: “For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." Galatians 5:14 (NASB95) Paul entirely leaves out the part about loving God first and foremost.

But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?

that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.” (James 3:13-17) It is my belief that Paul has

is sad to me that this type of inquiry is so seldom heard in the modern church since the debate has literally been raging for thousands of years and has largely been hidden from the masses.