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It could have been inspired by the episode of Enoch being wisped bodily into Heaven. The point of resurrection is to bring the deceased into Heaven. The idea that you go to Heaven upon death is not Biblically founded. So in eschatological beliefs, the dead would need to be bodily resurrected so as t...

Because they are a tangible reality that we can observe via the archaeological and manuscript records.

Okay. And you are who exactly? Why did you use a post I made on another thread, with an entirely different context? What was the point? We’re arguing dating here. Not meaning. We can have a different interpretation as to the meaning, but the dating is an objective reality. Mark is not a first centur...

2) GMark is the earliest of our extant NT Gospel stories and was written sometime after the first Roman-Jewish War , and the author was dependent on Paul’s letters for crafting his story. How do you know this? I don't know that. I set that statement as a basic assumption for my discussion in the OP...

Don't listen to Giuseppe. He doesn't know what he's talking about. Simon of Cyrene is a proxy for Lukuas, and this is confirmed by the tradition of another Simon being crucified in 117 ad, at the end of the Kitos revolt. Acts of the Apostles has Lucius/Loukios of Cyrene and may very well be a refere...

2) GMark is the earliest of our extant NT Gospel stories and was written sometime after the first Roman-Jewish War, and the author was dependent on Paul’s letters for crafting his story.

How do you know this?

The parallel with Simon can be made with the Acts of Peters, wherein Simon steals money from a too trusting woman after she agrees to let him stay the night. He later tries to buy the "name of God" from Peter. I'm surprised no-one has tried to claim Judas and Paul are the same person, but i suspect ...

That's a more measured approach from Roger there The idea Simon = Paul is only superficially appealing but i think it falls apart Way too many differences! Simon aligns well with what is known about ben Stada. But kinking them together has disastrous consequences for how we understand Christianity ...

No. You are not right. Dr Carrier is a real genius. Only, people are not enough humble to recognize that. Recognizing sarcasm is definitely not apart of your mental capacity. Humble? Giuseppe, you and Avery are the least humble idiots on this forum. You used the death of a man as an opportunity to ...

Thank you for admitting that I'm right.