Stealing from Peter and Paul
Reza Aslan is an Iranian-American "Scholar." He has written the above book and spoken about it in-length in several interviews. Although I have not read the book, his interview on CSPAN2 BookTV, in his own estimation, was an apt and comprehensive explanation of his beliefs about religion. Although he does have a Ph.D. in Sociology and numerous other academic degrees, I think it necessary to place suspectful quotations around the word scholar above. The reason is this: His discussion of Christianity's origins and early history is so weak and inaccurate, one must wonder where he derives his conclusions from. Certainly, no honest and coherent reading of the New Testament. A first-year student at the most backward Bible College should be able refute his assertions. Professing to be wise, becoming fools I suppose... Essentially, Aslan's thesis is this: Jesus never claimed to be God, His Disciples never thought him to be God, instead it was an invention of Paul. The