Not exact matches
The apocryphal stories, in some instances, were understood to be «Gospel truth» on
par with accounts found in
Scripture.
’32 If Jewish tradition, as we have earlier seen, could reach the point of elevating Moses to a place in heaven even though the
scriptures clearly referred to his death and burial, then the disciples had only to com, to the conviction that Jesus was at least on a
par with Moses in order to draw the conclusion that the crucified Jesus too had been exalted to heaven.
Even though, as physicist Steven Weinberg has emphasized, most people who call themselves religious tend to adhere to only those bits and pieces from
scripture that appeal to them, by according undue respect for ancient religious beliefs in general, we nonetheless are suggesting that they are on
par with conclusions that have been drawn from centuries of rational empirical investigation.