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The anthropomorfic God of Genesis (who walks and talks with Adam as a mere man) seems more "historical" than the Jesus of Paul and the other Christians, who is only "in form" of men and not really a man. Maybe the only exception is the Eucharist episode in 1 Cor. Disagree. Pauls...

Does this article have a ring of truth to it or just pure speculation? Sincerely, John T Speculation and imagination. The people were for the most part polytheistic and the ark itself is mythical. The pagan gods Baal and Asherah and El were all worshipped off and on until 200-400 BC since the exodu...

1. What was the "Kingdom of God" or, as Matthew puts it in several places, "The Realm of Heaven" (Moffatt Trans.)? I believe that it was a Real, Physical Place , probably in Antonia. CW To much certainty there. It has never been settled of the context of said kingdom. It is so m...

neilgodfrey wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:36 pm
No I do not ignore or trash anything

Lets find out, because Bernard is on to something here. Your hypothesis for the origins of Christianity sooner or later will cross lines of plausibility.

-- is that the prevailing model of Christian origins (and your approach and model is a variant of that prevailing model) is itself a theological construct. NON SEQUITUR So lets talk about Christian origins and what you actually agree on. Factually, due to Herods temple, Hellenistic Judaism light be...

Answering them makes no difference. Yes to people who cannot address the evidence, nor determine anything plausible that took place. Factually, no mythicist to date can even explain the origins of Christianity without be laughed at. Saying "I dont know" explains ones education level. The ...

. But for a humble poor Jew who in antiquity was credited to start a new religion Which is a point needing to be addressed. FACTUALLY He did not start a new religion, FACTUALLY Hellenist found value in the martyrdom and theology the concept generated whether he existed or not. Look at different eve...

A photograph proves nothing unless you already know who the person is. No it does prove a person exist in context to the example Mr Ehrman provided. Its great evidence, hell hearsay is great evidence if you know the exceptions, and rule #1 is there is always an exception. Many people have been hung...

How else could X'y have started? Why would they make it up? Why attack good questions, that's the easy way out. Try answering them instead. They are question no mythicst has ever answered with any credibility, or any amount of plausibility. If a Galilean was crucified and martyred by Hellenist, the...

"Don't take the Bible literally' says scholar who brought to light earliest Latin analysis of the Gospels http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/22/dont-take-bible-literally-says-scholar-brought-light-earliest/ They are not setting out to be literal accounts but they are set out to be symboli...