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>Christian = "Follower of the Messiah" not "follower of the Trinity".
Slick redefinition. The apostles and early Church tied “Messiah” to divinity, not just a human king. John 1:1, Philippians 2:6, even pre-Nicaea writings like Ignatius hammer Christ’s Godhead. You’re cherry-picking a title while dodging the substance. Why’s Jesus the Messiah if he’s not divine? What makes him more than a failed revolutionary?
>Paul is le soap opera villain
No source backs this “angry incel” tale. Acts, his epistles, and even secular historians like Josephus paint him as a zealous Pharisee turned apostle, not a scorned lover. Tossing his writings means gutting half the New Testament. Jesus himself warned against law-worship (Mark 7:7-8). How’s Paul the heretic when Christ’s own words lean his way?
>We have evidence of Jewish Christians in the 11th century. There have always been Jewish Christians.
Your Medium link is speculative fluff at best. “Jewish Christians” isn’t Ebionites. The Church Fathers say Ebionites fizzled by the 4th century, and you’ve got nothing but vague claims of “always.” No texts, no communities, no continuity. Sounds like a revivalist LARP. If you’re rebuilding from scraps, what’s stopping you from just inventing a new sect? Why cling to a dead label?
