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- Thu Oct 25, 2018 6:31 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Why Marcion lost
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17407
Re: Why Marcion lost
I don't understand about celibacy and catecbumens, how do you get lay people who can marry if the y weren't catechumens first?
- Thu Oct 25, 2018 5:17 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Why Marcion lost
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17407
Re: Why Marcion lost
Because in orthodox christianity you're allowed to fuck
- Wed Oct 24, 2018 2:02 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Exercise of Coercive Authority in the Early Church
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20512
Re: Exercise of Coercive Authority in the Early Church
Lot of bad blood between sectarians during the Novation schism
- Mon Oct 22, 2018 6:14 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Who axed Acts 8:37?
- Replies: 242
- Views: 330304
Re: Who axed Acts 8:37?
The key weakness of textual criticism using it to entrench one's position by using church edited texts that date to over a century or more from the purported composition date.
- Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:27 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Philip
- Replies: 41
- Views: 39477
Re: Philip
I'm partial to the idea that the 'Daughters of Phillip' were a women's religious order.
- Fri Oct 19, 2018 8:29 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Philo's Synagogue/Place of Worship Had a Physical Representation of the Ten Commandments Where the Ten Were Abbreviated
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5553
Re: Philo's Synagogue/Place of Worship Had a Physical Representation of the Ten Commandments Where the Ten Were Abbrevia
so Roy Moore was right all along.
- Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:27 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Significance of the Gospel of Thomas if the Canonical Gospels are late?
- Replies: 73
- Views: 52971
Re: Significance of the Gospel of Thomas if the Canonical Gospels are late?
It is a good book, I got a little bogged down in the second half when he analyzes the Q sayings as I'm not well read in the Q-two source hypothesis arguments, but the first half is fascinating and really drives home the point that at least Luke is later and reviewed 'many' sources in composing his g...
- Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:11 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Significance of the Gospel of Thomas if the Canonical Gospels are late?
- Replies: 73
- Views: 52971
Re: Significance of the Gospel of Thomas if the Canonical Gospels are late?
vridar has reviewed MacDonald's Two Shipwrecked Gospels where he reconstructs what he thinks the format of Papias' Exposition was like, IOW it's not just a sayings collection as you're implying
https://vridar.org/2018/04/18/reconstru ... c-problem/
https://vridar.org/2018/04/18/reconstru ... c-problem/
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:46 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Was Jesus STONED and after crucified?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 21392
Re: Was Jesus STONED and after crucified?
it's his CONSTANT use of HYPERBOLE and overstatement. Proof is a high standard. Stop saying something is "proved" when nothing has been proved. It's so fucking annoying. Giuseppe is a complete simpleton add ridiculous deference to argument from authority, when it supports his suppositions
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:16 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Was Jesus STONED and after crucified?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 21392
Re: Was Jesus STONED and after crucified?
it's more like throwing up on