The Mythicism Files

[Quixie]

i have nowhere (yet) made such an assertion in my blog, though I may in the future.

[John T]

i have nowhere (yet) made such an assertion in my blog, though I may in the future.

Peter would you care to translate that last reply and straighten me out on it before hand, so I don't make another inaccurate assumption?

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,
John T

[John T]

Never mind Peter I think I got it figured out.

Dorothy M. Murdock,[1][2] also known by her pen name Acharya S,[3][4] is an American author and proponent of the Christ myth theory.[5] She writes books, and operates a website named Truth be Known. She argues that Christianity is founded on earlier myths and the characters depicted in Christianity are based upon Roman, Greek, Egyptian, and other myths.[6] Her theories have received negative commentaries from academic scholars.[7][8][9]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acharya_S

I just watched a 13 minute infomercial about her crazy unproven theories and that will do it for me.

http://freethoughtnation.com/dm-murdock ... -s-on-dvd/

Granted she (D.M. Murdock a.k.a. Acharys S.) has a superior vocabulary and writes very well, however there is no there, there.
Very much in the same left field as Carrier, et al.

Quixie, if I pegged you wrong once again please say so.

[Quixie]

Never mind Peter I think I got it figured out.

Dorothy M. Murdock,[1][2] also known by her pen name Acharya S,[3][4] is an American author and proponent of the Christ myth theory.[5] She writes books, and operates a website named Truth be Known. She argues that Christianity is founded on earlier myths and the characters depicted in Christianity are based upon Roman, Greek, Egyptian, and other myths.[6] Her theories have received negative commentaries from academic scholars.[7][8][9]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acharya_S

I just watched a 13 minute infomercial about her crazy unproven theories and that will do it for me.

http://freethoughtnation.com/dm-murdock ... -s-on-dvd/

Granted she (D.M. Murdock a.k.a. Acharys S.) has a superior vocabulary and writes very well, however there is no there, there.
Very much in the same left field as Carrier, et al.

Quixie, if I pegged you wrong once again please say so.

Have you pegged me wrong? I don't know.
Do you think I am Acharya S? Do you thin I'm an Acharya S acolyte?

If so, you are wrong on both counts.

I invite you to read my post about her ... http://mythicismfiles.blogspot.com/2014 ... rdock.html

[Quixie]

The fact that you would go to the length of writing an entire post about her in response to me only adds to my negative impression of your reading comprehension and motives. If it's all the same to you, I'm going to ignore you until you show signs of being a serious individual.
Peace be with you.

[perseusomega9]

The fact that you would go to the length of writing an entire post about her in response to me only adds to my negative impression of your reading comprehension and motives. If it's all the same to you, I'm going to ignore you until you show signs of being a serious individual.
Peace be with you.

Don't worry, you're not the only one.

[John T]

The fact that you would go to the length of writing an entire post about her in response to me only adds to my negative impression of your reading comprehension and motives. If it's all the same to you, I'm going to ignore you until you show signs of being a serious individual.
Peace be with you.

Now if I wasn't serious then why would I waste a couple hours of my time reading your blog and researching the authors you recommend?
Still, I'm tired of the guessing game.

So then, after this post, I will step back and wait it out (what you are really trying to sell will manifest to others sooner or later, that I'm sure of)
and until then, you will not have to worry anymore about probing questions from me.

Funny story. When I first started on this forum, I was falsely accused of being Robert Eisenman because I knew too much (imagine that).
But all it was, is that (perhaps like you) I spent some time reading Eisenman, Bart D. Ehrman, Tabor and others.
I was even attacked by someone I thought was the son of Geza Vermes. Funny thing, once the son of Geza Vermes went to jail for slander on Biblical forums, that source of personal attacks against me stopped, just a coincidence I'm sure.

Anyway, I already read several of your blog posts (you write very well) and to your credit you come across as someone who appears to be well read and open-minded but once again I prejudged you wrong.

So, by all means, put me on your ignore list because what you have written on your blog is old hat and I really don't care to go over the errors.

Best wishes in what you hope to get out of this.

John T

[MrMacSon]

DM Murdock/ Acharya S's propositions regarding an Alexandrian origin of Christianity are interesting

• Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection by DM Murdock, Acharya S

[Peter Kirby]

DM Murdock/ Acharya S's propositions regarding an Alexandrian origin of Christianity are interesting

• Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection by DM Murdock, Acharya S

Is that interesting "and sounds about right to me" or interesting "but I'd rather keep my distance"? (Forgive me for probing, but sometimes just pointing out something "interesting" isn't all that interesting by itself...)

Either way, would you want to break it down for those of us without the book?

[MrMacSon]

Interesting b/c it is a non-'astrotheological' proposition by Murdock/Acharya. Interesting b/c it proposes a centre for Hellenism. Interesting b/c it proposes a non-Israel/non_Judean geography for the fate of the Jewish diaspora after the Roman-Jewish wars, and possible consequential processes b/c of that.