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This is the model I prefer: Mcn as proto-gospel addressed against Judaism and Messianism in toto , allegorized respectively with pharisees and military generic not-Jesuan messianists. Differently from Stuart, I think ''Peter'' is not still allusive of proto-catholics but is simply the generic icon o...

I already said "Mark" gave Peter the opportunity to know the God of Jesus is the Jewish God (10:6, 12:26). As I told you, Marcion, in his gospel, is never specific about matters he defended in his antitheses. His gospel allows for the anthitheses, but does not show them. Which is rather s...

The Strong Argument from Silence is this: Absence of evidence is evidence of absence only when that evidence is expected. But a Strong est Argument From Silence would be this: Absence of evidence is evidence of absence only when that evidence is expected in the interest of someone whose power is bas...

precisely.

Of course I'm supposing the priority of the marcionite Evangelion here.

Therefore not ''insertions'' in a previous hypothetical gMark o gLuke, but only different gospels based on a previous heretical gospel.

@Giuseppe What ever he mean by calling the author of Mcn (beyond he was or no the man Marcion) ''a far more obvious Joseph-Smith-style fabricator'' ??!!?? The answer : If we are admitting that the Gospel Jesus was deliberately constructed to sell a particular replacement for the OT and that no prior...

Why should I give evidence about Paul mentioning members explicitly by name? in order to prove that in Gal 1:19, where a presumed member is quoted by name (''James''), can only be interpreted as literal biological brother ''of the Lord''. Why not? Where, in his epistles, do you think Paul included ...

But the proto-catholic Luke inserted the first half of next verse Luke 8:29 (not attested in Evangelion ) because he had every reason to point out that he was not the man to be frightened, but the demon that possessed him. Hence the tone oddly apologetic, defensive , of the verse 8:29. Mark 5:6 He ...

But what he does confirms that he escapes the logic of the Creator god and the traditional messianic hopes. Even Mark did not take the opportunity to have Jesus clarify he is not simply the davidic Christ in traditional sense, but something of more. In Marcion Jesus seems the Jewish Christ but is t...

Richard replied about a question on Mcn priority. All too complicated. But I suspect this would cast into doubt historicity even more, or at least as much, because then you have a very late date for the first Gospel, from a far more obvious Joseph-Smith-style fabricator. http://freethoughtblogs.com/...