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I think the reasoning of the TV producers in what you quote is poor,. I posted it because it matches exactly what scholars state on the topic, so you would be in error to state the quote is poor. I have heard these words from both Reed and Patterson's lips. Andersons review is one thing, im using t...

If it was an embarrassing datum, why would early Christians have passed it along? . Because it had become common knowledge. You cannot deny the truth, you have to live with it, whether you like it or not. How did it become common knowledge? What is your evidence that it was common knowledge? Why wo...

One of the arguments in favor of the historicity of the Baptism of Jesus by John is the criterion of embarrassment, i.e. that it is a story which the early Christian Church would have never wanted to invent.[70][71][72] If it was an embarrassing datum, why would early Christians have passed it alon...

Here are the methodological considerations that are relevant to using gMark as reliable source (same link as above): (1) On whose primary testimony does the secondary witness base his statements? (2) Did the secondary witness accurately report the primary testimony as a whole? (3) If not, in what de...

Argument from ignorance of credible historical studies, and ignorance of the evidence. Scholars are almost unanimous in that H1 happened with certainty. The fact you don't find it plausible is a personal issue, not one of credible research on the topic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Jesus...

My point is that we do not have sufficient evidence to accept H1, by standard, accepted methodological practice. . Argument from ignorance of credible historical studies, and ignorance of the evidence. Scholars are almost unanimous in that H1 happened with certainty. The fact you don't find it plau...

We have discovered evidence of evolution that was created contemporaneously with event we wish to examine. Organisms died and their remains were fossilized. Second, we have a theory of how evolution occurs and,third, we know the molecular mechanisms that provide for the evolution of species. We can...

Bzzzt. I've already answered you - I don't know. I never claimed to be able to tell you how Mark knows John baptised Jesus. I never claimed to have a provable answer. So how do you defend that it is "sound historical conclusion" that John baptized Jesus? How do you know that Jesus was any...

cienfuegos wrote: Well, that's the whole problem then, isn't it? This isn't doing history. You are making guesses and you have no actual source of information. In some respects, this is how "doing history" works. You run things down as far as you can and then attempt to come up with reaso...

Does anyone here know where I can locate studies that argue what/who might have been the contemporary reference for Isaiah's Servant as an individual? Most discussions I can find acknowledge the Servant is alternately depicted as a collective (Israel) and as an individual person. What I would like ...