According to Christianity: the Christian God.iskander wrote: Which existing God was used to make the man Jesus ?
According to Carrier: the synoptic gospel writers.
According to Christianity: the Christian God.iskander wrote: Which existing God was used to make the man Jesus ?
Carrier proposes it was a celestial Christ -Carrier proposes this was largely the Christ of the Pauline texts ie. the Christ that Paul had a vision of.iskander wrote:The statement to explain is , in part, this:" Euhemerization is taking an already existing God, and converting them into a human being in a specific time and place in earth history "
Who was the already existing Christian God used to make the man Jesus?
Not really; You're being pedantic, & I was misled by your initial inability to articulate your question properly.iskander wrote: Your explanation is that: There was no Christian God already existing to be used for the creation of the man Jesus.
I don't intend to speak for Richard Carrier. Go to his blog. Ask Him there.iskander wrote:My question was a copy of the original . Richard Carrier says, :Euhemerization is taking an already existing God, and converting them into a human being in a specific time and place in earth history, who becomes a god (by definition after death or translation, since only by such means would one explain why they are no longer on earth).--- I have asked you to explain it.
You haven't succeeded in making any sense of it
I took you for one of his Apostles. Sorry .MrMacSon wrote:I don't intend to speak for Richard Carrier. Go to his blog. Ask Him there.iskander wrote:My question was a copy of the original . Richard Carrier says, :Euhemerization is taking an already existing God, and converting them into a human being in a specific time and place in earth history, who becomes a god (by definition after death or translation, since only by such means would one explain why they are no longer on earth).--- I have asked you to explain it.
You haven't succeeded in making any sense of it