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The Pauline writer specifically identified his Jesus as a Mythological man made of Spirit. 1 Corinthians 15:45 KJV And so it is written , The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit [/b] Adam was a Myth character in Genesis and the Pauline Jesus is both Myth...

At Rev 11:2, Jerusalem is referred as "the holy city", not "the great city". Cordially, Bernard At Rev. 11.8 Jerusalem is the great city. Jerusalem is the great city where Jesus was crucified--Not Rome. The passage is self-explanatory. Revelation 11:8 NIV Their bodies will lie i...

In favor of an ultra minimalist & non-Christian historicist position on Jesus (from a revised posting of mine on Richard Carrier's blog): “In Paul’s epistles & ‘Hebrews’, Jesus is described as a descendant of Abraham (Galatians l3:16), Israelites (Romans 9:4-5), the tribe of Judah (Hebrews ...

Spiritual Sodom and Egypt most likely refers to Rome. And the Lord crucified is God himself, figuratively wounded because of the destruction of the temple of Jerusalem and the killing/enslavement of many Jews (by the Romans). Rev 11:8 is part of an entirely Jewish apocalypse written soon after 70 C...

The Pauline Gospel was invented after gMark's and is not even found in the Septuagint. gMark's Gospel, Good News, was that the kingdom of God [A New Jerusalem] was coming soon which was supposedly predicted in Isaiah 65. There would be no death, pain, sorrow or crying in the New Jerusalem. But, now ...

It will be noticed that those who argue for a pre 70 CE Jesus cult of Christians hardly present any supporting evidence for their position but are constantly ridiculing others who argue for a post c 70 CE Jesus cult. The very first thing that must be understood is that all Gospels are forgeries or f...

Markan Priority is the theory that gMark was the earliest version of the Jesus story in the Canon. Once gMark is accepted as the earliest Gospel in the Canon then it is imperative that it is clearly understood what was the earliest Good News. gMark was written about the beginning of the Gospel of Je...

Unless Atwill has some secret evidence then there is no known evidence that the Romans invented the Jesus Christ character. Up to at least c 133 CE the Romans fought with those who expected a Messianic ruler. The Romans Hijacked the religion of the Jesus cult sometime in 4th century and made Jesus t...

You imply that "Against the Galileans" is a forgery or manipulated [a composite job] and I will show that your claims are not logical unless the forgers were complete idiots. .... But the heavy emphasis on (undefined) Christian concepts in the second half of the book stands in contrast to ...

What is confusing about this statement in the opening paragraph of "Against the Galileans"? It is, I think, expedient to set forth to all mankind [/b] the reasons by which I was convinced that the fabrication of the Galilaeans is a fiction of men composed by wickedness. [/b] Though it has ...