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by ghost
Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:30 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Arab Jesus
Replies: 2
Views: 3453

Re: Arab Jesus

An answer might emerge in Philip Jenkins' "The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia — and How It Died". He mentions Merv: http://www.enotes.com/topics/lost-history-christianity That's where Ohlig says the proto-Koran...
by ghost
Tue Mar 11, 2014 6:57 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Arab Jesus
Replies: 2
Views: 3453

Arab Jesus

Do you have any ideas how the Arabs adopted and developed the Jesus myth?

How would you improve upon this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_o ... Christians
by ghost
Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:54 pm
Forum: Other Texts and History
Topic: Is the Mohammed story derived from the Jesus story?
Replies: 13
Views: 28632

Re: Is the Mohammed story derived from the Jesus story?

beowulf wrote:Is any alpha intellect already exploring this possibility?
I'm not aware of any.
by ghost
Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:41 pm
Forum: Other Texts and History
Topic: Is the Mohammed story derived from the Jesus story?
Replies: 13
Views: 28632

Re: Is the Mohammed story derived from the Jesus story?

What say you? I say it is possible. I think at the very least the idea is worth considering. I mean, worth exploring. Because it is relatively clear that the core idea of the Mohammed story is derived from the Jesus story. But then what also matters is the plot and the components of the story. I su...
by ghost
Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:31 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Christianity's contribution to western civilization?
Replies: 32
Views: 40014

Re: Christianity's contribution to western civilization?

The first thing I linked to does not depend on the phantom-time hypothesis.
by ghost
Tue Mar 11, 2014 5:03 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Christianity's contribution to western civilization?
Replies: 32
Views: 40014

Re: Christianity's contribution to western civilization?

Christianity slowly educated the Goths and the Franks, laying down a shared heritage that provided the ability to withstand the Muslim intrusion through Spain into France. The Muslims were Christians: http://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-karl-heinz-ohlig-muhammad-as-a-christological-honorifi...