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Gday all,

DCHindley wrote: ↑Mon Sep 25, 2017 2:17 pm Has anyone noticed that it does not seem to be a good url?

Here is the correct URL :
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Gday, I don't believe it is reasonable to have any firm conclusions about the historicity of Jesus based on the uncertainty of the core documents from early Christianity. Yup. This enquiry is about Christian origins - specifically which early Christians existed. It's not leading up to whether Jesus ...

Thanks, glad you agree And the idea that the reason we post here is to get people to 'agree' with us is a wretched motivation to post here. We should participate in this forum to float ideas or ask questions and be as rigorous as possible with the outcomes for the sake of the truth or truthfulness....

There is a middle ground, and a view that I "advocate" outside of statistics (besides its home turf, statistics is also applied in niches in many fields - use Bayes liberally there, IMO). George Polya's book abstracts most of what's useful in Bayes outside of statistics using very few num...

Gday all, Which Paul? The Paul of Acts of the Apostles or the Paul of the Acts of Paul and Thecla? The Paul of Galatians? The Paul of 2 Thessalonians? The Paul of 2 Timothy? The Paul of Ephesians? The Paul of Valentinus? The Paul of Marcion? The Paul of Tertullian? The Paul of Robert M. Price? The P...

Gday maryhelena, It is by stepping outside the story and allowing evidence based history to shine a light upon the story - rather than hoping ones interpretation of the story will shine light upon history - that has the potential to move along the search for early christian origins. Thanks, glad you...

Gday, Just as a worked example, what do you estimate about John the Baptist? I reckon the best evidence for him is secondary (Josephus Antiquities , their lives don't overlap), and the rest of the evidence coincides with the Jesus corpus (both men are mentioned in the same four books which focus on ...

Gday all, 'Paul'. 98% Someone wrote several letters in mid 1st century which have come down to us as seven letters by 'Paul' - from primary evidence, although corrupt. Various cities around the North Eastern Mediterranean. I'd put Paul at 20-60% and, like Robert M Price, I'd put him in the early 2nd...

Gday gents :) Thanks for all those useful comments. Here is an improved list in response (I bumped Tatian to 98% on re-reading his personal account) : 'Paul'. 98% Someone wrote several letters in mid 1st century which have come down to us as seven letters by 'Paul' - from primary evidence, although ...