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We don't stop trying to understand the past because the evidence trail decreases. It means your skills set has to be sharper, and you have to rely more on cultural and physical anthropology because you cant even begin to squeak out anything plausible based on limited evidence. Now this is a fact an...

to ficino, ?? Galatians 1:4 "the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins..." 2:19-21 "I have been crucified with Christ ... faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me... If justice is available through the law, then Christ died to no purpose..." 3:1 &...

You keep throwing Crossan's words out there and then backing off them. I used to be a big fan of Crossan because I liked his social history analysis. In the end though, I feel like his conclusions are similar to those of National Geographic's "Face of Jesus." He has created a composite sk...

You have chosen to ignore this information and explanation, Because it doesn't agree with YOUR favored hypothesis. Sheshbazzar Im not interested in bias or conspiracy theories. I'm getting really fed up with your butchery of peoples posts. Don't take it personal, I liked that part of the comment. S...

draw the best conclusions they can, given the evidence available, remaining open to revising conclusions should new evidence come to light. Here is the problem that McGrath, as well as some posters here make. McGrath confuses drawing the "best conclusions we can" with sound historical con...

Isn't Crossan exactly referring to bloggers and forum posters like Spin, DC, or Neil? My context is a compliment to their knowledge. And to show how weak the kids argument is. Don't drag my comment and throw it in the ring with Crossans view on mythicism. Ok, so let's stay on topic: Evidence for th...

I think Crossans take on mythicist sums it up for him What's his take? He comes awfully close in The Power of Parable to mythicism. That most mythcist are an embarrassment to the field. And Im not talking about posters in forums. Im talking about the untrained bloggers and half educated that think ...

You are asking for special standards to be applied in this case: the case of Bible Studies. I would say, sure, because Bible Studies are not about history, but theology. Not asking, just stating what it is. You are refusing to accept that the study of early Christian history should be subject to th...

So you are acknowledging that you are attempting to apply methods that are not standard historical methods, right? We can establish that, right? No. Now your making it up as you go. What we can establish is what I stated before you tried to correct me from either a point of ignorance or bias, in th...

What do you make of the non canonical gospel and acts of the gnostic heretics? I am asking this because I think that is important for anyone who wishes to sketch an hypothesis or theory to answer the mystery of Christian origins to ALSO address the authorship and chronology of the non canonical boo...