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ARGUMENT FROM Exploring Our Matrix - Atheism Disproved

(1) Cats exist.

(2) Ancient Egyptians (as well as some current cat owners) worship cats as gods.

(3) Therefore, gods exist.

(4) Jesus was/is/will be a god.

(5) Therefore, Jesus existed.

Also, that quotation from Daniel Schwartz mentions the dating of the crucifixion in the Acts of Pilate: http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/reportpilate.html . Another reference to Claudius! I think this issue of Claudius being named as the emperor was handled by many past scholars by noting...

JW : Gundry's next (uniquely GMatthew): Matthew 17:24-27 Evil Editing Commentary 24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received the half-shekel came to Peter, and said, Doth not your teacher pay the half-shekel? 25 He saith, Yea. And when he came into the house, Jesus spake first to hi...

JW : Gundry's next comparison: Mark 9:2-8 Matthew 17:1-8 Evil Editing Commentary 2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them; 3 and his garments became glistering, exceeding...

JW : Gundry's next comparison: Mark 8:31-33 Matthew 16:21-23 Evil Editing Commentary 31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he spake the...

as from title. Why there is no suicide of Judah in Mark? It's strong the assumption that he is punished by his suicide, but Mark doens't say a word about his tragic end. Do you suspect that it's a strong clue that Mark is later? JW : In GMark's extreme theology, Jesus is the only One who can suffer...

A relative pronoun ought to agree with its antecedent (in this case, the masculine "greeting") in gender JW : Bit of interceding verbage in between these here but okay, thanks. My own theory for "Mark's" use of the Aramaic source is to draw attention to words/phrases that connec...

The thing to note with ho estin is that it is an idiom. For example in 15:16 ho estin marks a qualification of a feminine noun, but there is no gender agreement. Same with the feminine paraskeuh in 15:42 with same neuter ho estin . This is not Greek Greek. This is a Latin form (id est/quod est) tra...

JW : Continuing with the very critical Gundry Chapter 16: Mark 8:27-30 Matthew 16:13-20 Evil Editing Commentary 27 And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi: and on the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Who do men say that I am? 28 And they told him...

JW : Continuing with the critical Gundry Chapter 16: Mark 8:27-30 Matthew 16:13-20 Evil Editing Commentary 27 And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi: and on the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Who do men say that I am? 28 And they told him, say...