So, the comment about rituals being man's futile attempt to get right with God had nothing to do with Islam. I would think others than myself would have read what you wrote as applying to Islam.
Yes, Acts 1:21-22 illustrates the importance that the disciples placed on having personally witnessed Jesus' ministry while he walked on earth. Paul did not observe Jesus perform miracles or listen to his sermons or parables. Paul did not even go to the disciples to learn second hand what Jesus said and did. Is it not utterly revealing to you that Paul therefore did not preach about what Jesus said or did during his life on earth, but rather what he supposedly did on the cross? Do you not think that the doctrine of atonement would have been clearly elucidated by Jesus while he walked among his disciples and that these same disciples would have been first and foremost in preaching it? Paul basically negated Jesus' entire life and ministry with his red herring switchero of Jesus' death, burial and resurrection as the sole means for man's redemption.
Brother Hamza beat me to the punch that Jesus will return to be a just ruler during the Last Days, break the cross, kill the pig and abolish the tax from non-Muslims. It will be awesome to see how he breaks the huge crosses that I have seen near Groom, TX and Effingham, IL.
