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Yes redacted into the text. The early traditions followed two separate deities before the monotheistic redactions gave all Els attributes to Yahweh document? source? by "redacted", do you refer to LXX? How do we know about the tradition of following two separate deities? Is this change to...

You're not desperate, are you? Are you afraid that Acts was actually written in the mid-sixties A.D.? Do you feel threatened, Philospopher Jay? He is not desperate. He is certainly not threatened. This is not an appropriate rejoinder, in my opinion. If you seek to impeach Jay's excellent post, abov...

No. Agnostic. There is not enough surviving evidence to draw a firm conclusion. And others believe the same, e.g. ficino, Ulan, cienfuegos.... Do these fence sitters possess sufficient "evidence to draw a firm conclusion", for Herakles? Superman? Mr. Spock? Lassie? Flash Gordon? The Korean...

Nice, Clive, very informative thread. Many thanks to Ulan and Leucius Charinus for maps, and an interesting illustration of the attempt to define what ancient Greeks meant by the term, “Asia”. Thanks to Roger Pearse, for his excellent web site: tertullian.org http://www.tertullian.org/articles/evans...

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question: Are the pages in Leipzig still white, 150 years later?

question: does anyone else observe an image at http://codexsinaiticus.com/en/manuscript.aspx?book=34

which, on higher magnification, suggests recopying?

There is, therefore, benefit in discussing each other's propositions, or in criticizing other's arguments AGREED! Unlike Doherty, who made strange bedfellows (against the common historicist enemy)... Umm, nope. Doherty's praise of Ms. Murdoch represents neither an alliance against a "common hi...

Tell us, do you believe that Carrier is inerrant and has proven that Jesus is a myth? If so, what is his best evidence? I have asked these questions before, perhaps you will be the first atheist/mythicist to honestly address them. Repeating Diogenes, of course, Carrier is not inerrant. However, tha...

The question was whether Christianity was rooted in Judaism. ... The only answer time and time again is that the gospel was written for an exclusively Jewish audience as it references only Jewish theological themes. a. “rooted in” b. “only answer” c. “exclusively” d. “Jewish audience” e. “only Jewi...

B: 'So how do you know?' A: 'I don't know. That's what I hear.' Key point here is that Stephan argues the case for Judaism as primary influence on the development and evolution of Christianity, and further, that those who disagree, do so, in ignorance of Judaism. I am not submitting this response t...

Hi Clive, http://www.gregtrimble.com/the-logic-behind-joining-the-mormon-church/ Some forum members will consider that link to be useless garbage, I think, contrarily, that it serves as an excellent explanation of the motivation of people who join the Mormon church. Why do folks join a religion, any...