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by Joseph D. L.
Wed Apr 01, 2020 6:53 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Was God a fire-breathing dragon?: the Bible explained
Replies: 9
Views: 15519

Re: Was God a fire-breathing dragon?: the Bible explained

Wow! I like it. The Japanese written in large characters above the dragon, "ドン", literally spells out "Don". Freaky! (In Japanese, "don!" is the sound made when a heavy object drops, like "boom!") Just our Lord and Savior Kaido. If YHWH appeared to me like th...
by Joseph D. L.
Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:56 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: YHWH, not Judas, was the original betrayer
Replies: 75
Views: 42376

Re: YHWH, not Judas, was the original betrayer

Again, the onus probandi is on you to prove that Marcion, the man from Sinope, didn't hate YHWH, differently from his followers. I've got a headache and am coming down with something. I'm just going to address this point. The onus is on those who are saying Marcion hated YHWH because that is the po...
by Joseph D. L.
Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:23 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Matthew's gospel first written in Hebrew?
Replies: 90
Views: 102963

Re: Matthew's gospel first written in Hebrew?

"Most scholars believe the gospel was composed between AD 80 and 90, with a range of possibility between AD 70 to 110; Citation needed. a pre-70 date remains a minority view. Citation needed. The work does not identify its author, and the early tradition attributing it to the apostle Matthew i...
by Joseph D. L.
Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:05 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: YHWH, not Judas, was the original betrayer
Replies: 75
Views: 42376

Re: YHWH, not Judas, was the original betrayer

The Diaspora revolt is known to us as the Kitos War, a corruption of the Roman general, Lusius Quietus, who put down the Jewish revolt, "quieted them", and from which our English word "quiet" comes from. This was not a Christian war. There is no evidence or even lore of Christia...
by Joseph D. L.
Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:02 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: YHWH, not Judas, was the original betrayer
Replies: 75
Views: 42376

Re: YHWH, not Judas, was the original betrayer

Yeah I'm reading it and I'm not seeing what the fuss is. Jews believed YHWH was involved in their wars. He was their Man of War after all. I don't see how this proof of Marcion showing hatred to YHWH. 2) Celsus cares to point out that he knows the presence of Christians who assume that the creator i...
by Joseph D. L.
Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:44 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Question for Secret Alias about Ishu.
Replies: 22
Views: 17422

Re: Question for Secret Alias about Ishu.

As far as theories go it's certainly one of the better ones. I've tried applying some of your theories onto my model to see if it could work. What I've come up with is that Paul/Marcion saw himself as being transformed into a new Lawgiver by an angelic Isu Chrestus/Yashar--based on Ish and his trans...
by Joseph D. L.
Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:33 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Question for Secret Alias about Ishu.
Replies: 22
Views: 17422

Re: Question for Secret Alias about Ishu.

Man seems like you've lived an interesting life, and still find time for this stuff. In the thirty years I've lived I haven't even done a tenth of that. For myself, I divide my waking time working 40+ hours a week, trying to write my stupid stories, and being depressed. This field has always been mo...
by Joseph D. L.
Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:07 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Question for Secret Alias about Ishu.
Replies: 22
Views: 17422

Re: Question for Secret Alias about Ishu.

Okay that's clearer. Is there any Jewish mystical literature that discusses this idea?
With respect to the gospel, I have a theory. But of course not everyone is going to buy it.
Do you ever plan on publishing another book? I remember you saying that the last one kind of soured you on doing it.
by Joseph D. L.
Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:54 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: YHWH, not Judas, was the original betrayer
Replies: 75
Views: 42376

Re: YHWH, not Judas, was the original betrayer

This quote: I don't insist that there was a Jewish origin for anti-demiurgism. I reject that Marcion, Cerinthus, Velntinus, Cerdon, Menander, et al. were anti-demiurgists. ...seems to be in contradiction with this: Latter gnostics could have been radicalized and become more vitriolic towards creati...