Good points from John which I think conclusively answer beliefs some (not myself) Christians may have that moral ideas and equality were absent pre 30-33AD.I've appreciate both standpoints in this Blog! I think the source of Jesus' & Paul's beliefs has to be founded in OT theology due to their context which was most certainly Jewish?
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On the road filming the Life of Jesus
John Dickson and Greg Clarke are in Israel filming a documentary on Jesus. They are checking in while on the road with video updates that you can see here.
John August and Greg Clarke debate over whether the virtues heralded by many atheists - for example, freedom of conscience - in fact derived from a Christian understanding of humanity?