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The "Q" hypothesis is seriously flawed. Once it is admitted that the authors of gLuke and gMatthew used gMark then it cannot be shown that the author of Luke could not have used gMatthew where they both agree. In addition the "Q" hypothesis is based on the fallacy that all events...

There is a lot of evidence that the version of the NT Jesus story in gMark is the earliest and that subsequent authors of the NT altered the gMark story. Look at gMark 8 and gMatthew 16 where it is easily seen that the author of gMatthew inserted other passages unknown to gMark. gMark 8 gMatthew 16 ...

We can see that the Markan story is that his Jesus while alive preached the Gospel that the kingdom of God was at hand and that people must repent to be saved. The Markan Jesus story gives little or no salvific meaning to his death and resurrection. The visitors to the burial site of the Markan Jesu...

Finding fault, as O'Neill does with Jesus mythicists is the easy bit - what he cannot do is establish historicity for the gospel Jesus figure. O'Neill is an atheist, so I doubt very much that he is interested in establishing the historicity of the gospel Jesus figure. It's worth pointing that out b...

I'm holding a coin marked " Elizabeth II D. G. Reg. F. D. 5 Pounds " - all the abbreviations being religious or titular. I'd guess almost every high school kid in the UK would know what they stand for. Reminds me of the very prominent "G" in Freemasonry, and how many church book...

The author of gJohn claimed the Comforter was the Holy Ghost and that his disciples could not receive the Holy Ghost unless he went away but he seems to have forgotten his own story and claimed the disciples received the Holy Ghost before he had gone away on the very same day that Jesus supposedly ...

In gJohn the author claimed his Jesus would send the "comforter" [a holy ghost] but only after he has gone away. Correct But in chapter 20:20 the pentecost happens completely differently to what is found in Acts. Are you referring to John 20.22? This is found in John 20:22-23 22 And when ...

Pentecost as Acts tells it also bears a theological implication That the Holy Spirit only came after the resurrection Given what's in the gospel of John, it's curious it's almost as if the author wished to say that the Christian church did not begin during the ministry of Jesus, nor did he baptise ...

Justin’s claim that there was a leader of Christians who was called the president is corroborated by Lucian in the Death of Peregrine. Lucian wrote the Death of Peregrine sometime in the mid to late 2nd century and was a contemporary of Justin. The Death of Peregrine It was now that he came across t...

So actually its not bishops that Paul mentions, but deacons (Phil 1:1). Another interesting aspect of 1 Cor 11 is v19, where it reads: "19 For there also have to be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you. " Richard Last argues that "factions&q...