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I ask because I am curious. I am aware, furthermore, that even if an idea is not mainstream, it can be accorded varying levels of respect - as with mythicism versus, for example, theories about the canonical gospels rejecting Q. I am also aware that even ideas dismissed as fringe have differing deg...

I have long wondered if the name Marcion might be a clue. As a diminutive form of the name Markon (Mark) and with Luke and Mark having much material in common, might it be possible that proto-Luke (Marcion's Gospel) was the blueprint of our canonical Mark? It's usually assumed that Luke copied Mark ...

yes. I know well that from a purely logical definition of existence, the dating should not count. But as I have said, when the entire world there out is persuaded, right or wrong, that Jesus suffered "under Pontius Pilate", then, to all practical effects , the denial of a such dating impl...

You are correct. I was using sarcasm on how some here on this thread think they are using logic, i.e. critical thinking but they are not. My apologizes if you felt I was pointing my finger at you. Well Jeezus, you quote my comment and then write your criticisms beneath it -- how silly of me to assu...

John T wrote: ↑Sat Apr 23, 2022 10:49 am
All that to say, Wells denied being a mythicist and did not appreciate being labeled (libeled that way). But hey, since when do atheist/mythicists care about the truth?

You are an idiot!

MrMacSon wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 3:04 pm fify Lane
Even after Constantine is said to have tried to banged (sic) everyone's heads together

Everything I have seen indicates that XC's were all over the map with what they thought. Even after Constantine banged everyone's heads together to get their story straight in the 4th century things were still a mess.

Preemptive comment. I don't have to read every page, of every book, by every pseudo-scholar to know they aren't dealing honestly with their material. But true ardent fans would know, if they knew or knew not about the demonology of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Woa! That's some next level shit if I ever he...

Ok, just spent a couple days going through Josephus and it looks like he is using Greek declination for all Jewish names, old and new.

@ SA, what source for Philo are you using? I would like to check it out.

John T, if you know about any mythicists who are conflating mythicism and mysticism, then please cite them to us. Otherwise, your claim seems false. :facepalm: John T is done with this thread. Do not get me wrong. Some mythicists claim that early Christianity, with its mythical Christ, arose from m...