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Well, then there is no hope for you Mental whatever.

And I don't think we can say that Jesus didn't teach (1) when he says - John 8:58 http://books.google.com/books?id=9ntwNm-tOogC&pg=PA355&dq=%22I+am%22+John+8+%22exodus+3%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FphyU7C7K8WHoQS824CYCw&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22I%20am%22%20John%208%20%22exodu...

And Jesus says "I am." (John 8:58) This might be a source that Mental whatever can accept http://carm.org/religious-movements/jeh ... -have-been

Yes thank you. Really appreciate this. I find it very fascinating. I do think that one can argue that the choice made by some artists to represent Christ in Eden or with Abraham is just that - an artistic decision. But the fact that Jesus is always represented (or perhaps almost always - I haven't l...

Yup. That reminds me of my friend at Monash University. He retired recently. Must have been weird bringing in your lunch box each day working on stuff that no one read. Like Eleanor Rigby.

And the reason I couldn't go through academia back then is the reason I can't do it now. It's prostitution. I have nothing against prostitution if it recognizes what it is - i.e. if it's all above board and everyone recognizes 'I am the whore and you are the whoremonger.' But the game is played is d...

Nah, I will get Uncle Simcha to make it for me. Too busy to put this together. But thanks for the idea. Some more images from the British Library. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mAHfOWvohQs/U3BlXWlbJwI/AAAAAAAAKFI/mkOKpEBdsG0/s1600/9e4ea93079de62a3feae1aab70327dd0.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MmFpLi2_2I...

I want the readers to note that the difference between my interest and that of other mythicists - my purpose isn't first and foremost to 'disprove' the existence of Jesus as much as better explain the oldest tradition in Christianity which is Marcionitism. Subtle distinction which demonstrates the p...

If I succeeded in making you laugh that was worth it. I don't know what credentials you need to be right in this field of study. I mean what is the 'accepted explanation' to why Jesus is understood to be wrestling with Jacob and in the burning bush with Moses and with two other angel 'guys' and Abra...

I know and I wish him all the success he deserves. But I didn't want to write an atheist mythicist book. I just wanted to explain what the most likely explanation for Jesus in the original Christian tradition, Marcionitism was. That and get laid. But I don't know what sort of women could be into a b...