Re: Carrier, Aretas and Damascus
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2021 2:29 pm
Thanks Mary, and yeah, I feel that I got some of my monies worth this time.maryhelena wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 11:40 pmLane, he is just a buzzing mosquito - won't do me any harm. I lived in Africa (East and South) for over 50 years and although got a few mosquito bites never did come down with malaria. So no worries on my behalf.Jax wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 6:35 amStandard Christian apologist toolkit: make it seem that your opponent is ill-lettered and ignorant to negate anything that they have written. It's how their worldview operates, any flaw, no matter how trivial, is grounds for dismissing the whole thesis.maryhelena wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:19 pmStephenGoranson wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 4:40 am The posibility was raised whether 2 Cor. 11: 32-33 was an interpolation.
maryhelena responded in part (Tue Aug 24, 2021 1:05 am): “Interpolation in 2 Cor.11.32 - way too much to loose by that approach...” [presumably, for “loose” read “lose”]
Stephen - this thread is not a grammar or spelling test - all your continued attempts to set yourself up as a master of such is pathetic.
Good for you re coming back at Richard Carrier. At least you got more for your money this time......
https://www.richardcarrier.info/archive ... ment-32915
Perhaps part of Carrier's problem is his reluctance to put 'boots on the ground'. Much like the current US - strike from the skies......
Jesus from Outer Space is Carrier's thing - too much distraction to get involved with history - especially history of Aretas III i.e.first century b.c. history. A historical Paul active in b.c. - or heaven forbid - a paper apostle Paul - and Carrier has no where to place them in his Jesus from Outer Space theory. He needs the whole bang shoot of the NT chronological timeline. A working assumption that is seriously flawed. i.e. no historical Jesus means there is no need to have a historical NT Paul follow the gospel's timeline.
As for me - a paper apostle Paul opens the door wider for searching for early christian origins. (Yep, quoting Brodie on an ahistorical Paul is, so to speak, handy - but I've viewed the NT Paul as ahistorical before I read Brodie..) This thread has, re Aretas III, only added to that viewpoint.
If its historical research into early christian origins that interests one - then the NT figure of Paul, whether historical or a paper apostle - is simply a small fish in a far bigger historical context. The NT Paul is interesting for the theology/philosophy set down in the epistles. Apart from that - there are far bigger fish to catch in the historical search for early christian origins.
Working on my reply to his reply now but I can only post there once a month so have plenty of time to compose it.