Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives

[Secret Alias]

You know when my maids come in to clean the house and I can't find something my immediate reaction is "those fucking maids threw out my ______." I am wrong 99% of the time. But that's what you're doing and that's what I think Tselikas was doing.

[StephenGoranson]

Speaking of cleaning up, your act,
if the "declaration" knew of pre-1958 evidence, why didn't it cite it?
If you declare "Secret Mark" verses genuine
but the rest of Gospel of Mark non-genuine
how to pretend to combine these?

[Secret Alias]

So if they thought the manuscript was always in the monastery the "discovering" wouldn't be that important n'est ce pas? If I think I'm beautiful someone coming up to me telling me so isn't a big deal. If I have a nice house someone telling me I have a nice house isn't a big deal. If the document always was in the monastery, who is Morton Smith?

[StephenGoranson]

Whether cleaning house or spending a day in silence, it may be fair not to consider you a liar, cheat, and horse thief, given that you may not be a horse thief.

[StephenGoranson]

There is, so far, no evidence that Smith mentioned "Secret Mark" to any monk in 1958 or 1959.

[Secret Alias]

Ok. There's no evidence that he planted the manuscript.

[Secret Alias]

Why can't we just admit that there is no conclusive evidence either way that this manuscript is a forgery. Why isn't that a good starting point?

[StephenGoranson]

No.
You apparently can't even bring yourself, yet, to consider, e.g., the new evidence in April Atlantic.
And you, still of and on wavering whether Clement wrote it.

[StephenGoranson]

And, SA, as for your shotgun proposal, above Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:57 am, that WASPs
ganged up on Smith, wasn't Smith, um, a WASP?

[Secret Alias]

the new evidence in April Atlantic. = what does it matter if the text doesn't say "naked man with naked man."