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From Joe Above: "Just accept it as a contradiction. Paul's writings are full of contradictions and he clearly lacks credibility. ..." As in: "1 Corinthians 9:19-23New International Version (NIV) 19 Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win a...

http://stephenlaw.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/published-in-faith-and-philosophy-2011.html Philosopher Stephen Law. Stephen is Reader in philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London, and editor of the Royal Institute of Philosophy journal His "Contamination Principle" - an extract from ...

From the Jewish Encyclopedia "Hanina B. Dosa "Similarly, at the solicitation of Gamaliel II., Ḥanina entreated mercy for that patriarch's son, and at the conclusion of his prayers assured Gamaliel's messengers that the patient's fever had left him. This assurance created doubt in the minds...

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Various commentaries on John 8.57 explaining the "Thou [JC] art not yet fifty years old" and the problem it creates with orthodox belief that JC was about 30 years.
Mentions Irenaeus.

What makes us think that he is "not referring to the Jewish religion"? This: ""For the philosophy current with us flourished in the first instance among barbarians; and, when it afterwards sprang up among the nations under thy rule, during the distinguished reign of thy ancestor ...

Well I just presumed that 'Barbary' [sic] was those places that were not Greek and could therefore include Judea. I suppose it boils down to 'somewhere outside Greek cultural precincts', which could include Judea but the addition that it, the philosophy, "afterwards sprang up among the nations ...

Melito of Sardis - died c.177 - From the apology addressed to Marcus Aurelius Antoninus "For the philosophy current with us flourished in the first instance among barbarians; and, when it afterwards sprang up among the nations under thy rule, during the distinguished reign of thy ancestor Augus...

"If the earliest extant gospel artifacts are from the mid-2nd century ..." I'm not sure what that means but if I was inventing a piece of fiction that was set in an historical time period I reckon I would back date it far enough in time so that there would be a noticeable lack of possible ...

Relic The head of John the Baptist *....his head lies inside the Umayyad Mosque (left) in Damascus, Syria, while ... believe that a head on display at Rome's Church of San Silvestro in Capite is that of John the Baptist. Still others believe it is buried in Turkey or even southern France. [Time maga...

Ehrman 'I think when I first heard of him I was told that he worked in ancient history and classics, and the “classics” part just stuck with me" So he didn't check but made a derogatory put down in his book based on partly remembered second hand information - he 'thinks'? That's sloppy. and in ...