Before, I get kicked off this forum and move on to the next (seems that mods are on me again)....I need to post 2 more posts....
The first is an explanation of what Docetism is....
Docetism
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Christianity, Docetism (from the Greek δοκέω [dokeō], "to seem")
is the belief that Jesus' physical body was an illusion, as was his crucifixion; that is, Jesus only seemed to have a physical body and to physically die, but in reality he was incorporeal, a pure spirit, and hence could not physically die.
This belief has historically been regarded as heretical by most Christian theologians.
This belief is most commonly attributed to the Gnostics,
who believed that matter was evil, and hence that God would not take on a material body. This statement is rooted in the idea that a divine spark is imprisoned within the material body, and that the material body is in itself an obstacle, deliberately created by an evil lesser god (the demiurge) to prevent man from seeing his divine origin. Humanity is, in essence, asleep.
Added that to support this......
Marcion of Sinope (ca. 110-160), was a major 2nd century Early Christian theologian, founder of what would later be called Marcionism, and one of the first to be strongly
denounced by other Christians (who would later be called Catholic as opposed to Marcionite) as heretical.
What did Maricon believe?
...This position has led many in orthodox branches to label his teachings Gnostic, as they make use of the concept of the Demiurge and
a Docetic Christ.
Marcion believed in a Docetic Christ.....as defined by the definition above.
Maricon although later branded a heretic was credited as introducing the earliest NT canon....which included all the Pauline works as well as Luke and Acts....The OT and other Gospels were not included.
The premise of Marcionism is that many of the teachings of Christ (not Jesus  Marcion treated Jesus as being distinct from Christ) are incompatible with the god of the Jewish religion.
Focusing on the Pauline traditions of the Gospel, Marcion felt that all other conceptions of the Gospel, and especially any association with the Old Testament religion, was opposed to, and a backsliding from, the truth. He further regarded the arguments of Paul regarding law and gospel, wrath and grace, works and faith, flesh and spirit, sin and righteousness, death and life, as the essence of religious truth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcionism
In short...Marcion was a Paul only guy.....
is...
Rom 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God
sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Phl 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and
was made in the likeness of men:
Phl 2:8 And being found in fashion as (like) a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
concealed Docetism? Is this one of the reasons Marcion was a Paul only guy?
