Identity, individuality

[Aupmanyav]

I'm quite certain that many statements attributed to Paul can sound that way. Anything in scripture that makes it sound as if people are under a command to spread the faith can be used like this. Any statement that appears to suggest that other religions are bad and or wrong (often enough in the NT or really both testaments are the stern disapprovals of pagans, though I do not recall if pagan as a term is firmly defined) The idea that the end is near which is an idea that people get out of NT material. Right next door to anything in Revelation which is NT material. And on and on.

To help you, here is one definition:
1. An adherent of a polytheistic religion in antiquity, especially when viewed in contrast to an adherent of a monotheistic religion."
2. A Neopagan.
3. Offensive
a. One who has no religion.*
b. An adherent of a religion other than Judaism, Christianity, or Islam.*
4. A hedonist.

An item marked with * applies to Hindus, a mix of Aryan (Vedic) and indigenous religions, both of which were/are polythiestic.
Item 4 may or may not apply to a Hindu. It does not apply to me.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Why not name a few?

"Skeptics Annotated Bible" does it better.

 

[TheLightWithin]

I'm quite certain that many statements attributed to Paul can sound that way. Anything in scripture that makes it sound as if people are under a command to spread the faith can be used like this. Any statement that appears to suggest that other religions are bad and or wrong (often enough in the NT or really both testaments are the stern disapprovals of pagans, though I do not recall if pagan as a term is firmly defined) The idea that the end is near which is an idea that people get out of NT material. Right next door to anything in Revelation which is NT material. And on and on.

To help you, here is one definition:
1. An adherent of a polytheistic religion in antiquity, especially when viewed in contrast to an adherent of a monotheistic religion."
2. A Neopagan.
3. Offensive
a. One who has no religion.*
b. An adherent of a religion other than Judaism, Christianity, or Islam.*
4. A hedonist.

An item marked with * applies to Hindus, a mix of Aryan (Vedic) and indigenous religions, both of which were/are polythiestic.
Item 4 may or may not apply to a Hindu. It does not apply to me.

You point out interesting things - but - You said so in reply to my quote above - those two don't seem connected. I was replying to something @Thomas said with my quote - something he said about whether people could get certain ideas out of the NT. Were you meaning to quote something different of mine and accidentally quote the above? I'm just puzzled about the connection between that particular quote of mine and your answer.

 

[Aupmanyav]

TheLightWithin said:
"Anything in scripture that makes it sound as if people are under a command to spread the faith can be used like this. Any statement that appears to suggest that other religions are bad and or wrong (often enough in the NT or really both testaments are the stern disapproval of pagans, though I do not recall if pagan as a term is firmly defined) The idea that the end is near which is an idea that people get out of NT material. Right next door to anything in Revelation which is NT material. And on and on."

Aup.: A quick search gave me this -
"go therefore and make disciples of all nations.” (Matthew 28:19–20)
"For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you." (Acts 17:23 - as if one knows the exact number of Gods)
".. and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath. (1 Thessalonians 1:10)
"No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons. Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?" (1 Corinthians 10:20-22)