I'm a Christian and I've heard some of these before but it's always fun to find new things to look into. The early wacky variants of Christianity are pretty fu

I'm a Christian and I've heard some of these before but it's always fun to find new things to look into. The early wacky variants of Christianity are pretty fun to research (obviously I'm biased, and I think a lot of them would have made for an insanely incoherent religion and so I'm not really at all surprised they lost out), but they are definitely fun. The "this generation shall not pass" thing is hotly debated even in Christian circles as to what it really means, but I agree with you that it's fishy and that you present a plausible alternative explanation. I'll definitely take a look at some of those books about Paul.