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Ill give you credit it is a decent reply. Thank you. But your ignoring the social and political climate of a first century Passover in this place. First and not up for debate. Tensions were already high during these Temple Passovers due to Roman occupation and the corruption in the temple. I don't ...

to cienfuegos, On thing I do, as much as it is possible, is to answer: When was the source, written or unwritten, produced (date)? Where was it produced (localization)? By whom was it produced (authorship)? From what pre-existing material was it produced (analysis)? Answer those questions here then...

Maybe you could try and create history for a change instead of trying to destroy it? Why don't you give a brief paragraph or two of what you think life was like say in Nazareth 25 CE, and then politics in the temple at 25CE. Let's take a look at one of your foundational assumptions; that the fact t...

Maybe you could try and create history for a change instead of trying to destroy it? Why don't you give a brief paragraph or two of what you think life was like say in Nazareth 25 CE, and then politics in the temple at 25CE. Create history? That's not the point. The point is to reconstruct what act...

to cienfuegos, Well, Bernard, there isn't really a point to continue this. You refuse to follow standard historical methods and concocted a methodology that really seems to serve the purpose of creating an impenetrable web of defense. I followed standard historical method, do you like it or not. Of...

steve43 wrote:What he wrote his PhD thesis on in Ancient History would be revealing. Does anyone know, or care?

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This is relevant to the Gospels: Gottschalk says that a historian may sometimes use hearsay evidence. He writes, "In cases where he uses secondary witnesses, however, he does not rely upon them fully. On the contrary, he asks: (1) On whose primary testimony does the secondary witness base his s...

to cienfuegos, You are asserting this. Yes, but that's after years of research and study, which I took the trouble to explain on my website. The fact remains that most new converts to Christianity did not witness any of the events related to the life of Jesus. Of course. And if they had witnesses t...

I see Carrier's name pop up all the time on thread titles here. On the internet he has a well-oiled publicity machine. Took some time to look at a bio. I see where he is an atheist and a metaphysical naturalist. Now, I sort of know what an atheist is, but what the heck is a metaphysical naturalist?...

to cienfuegos, So what is your methodology about source criticism? Can you answer that question? sure, I have previously many times: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_method See source criticism. I notice you make a point of not answering what I ask you. Why? I thought I was, but I am tryin...