Marcion and John the Baptist

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Secret Alias wrote:So you can speak of the 'perversion' of the original tradition by 'Hellenistic Jews' but when it is convenient there is no original tradition? .
There are and were factual LAWS in Judaism

WHICH Christians FACTUALLY threw out the window as they divorced these filthy, rebellious, oppressed, murdered, Jews.
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But how do you determine which tradition 'corrupted' the original 'ur-tradition'? Don't all the surviving traditions represent a 'perversion' of the original ur-tradition? So why is Hellenism any worse than Pharisaism? You are so stupid you are merely playing an intellectual shell game where you don't actually know where the hidden penny or even that a penny is under one of the shells.
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Secret Alias wrote:Why can't the religion of the 'Hellenistic Jews' be purer or older than that of the Pharisees? Why is this a theoretical impossibility right at the outset?

Pharisees were made up of these Hellenist, and the Pharisees were perverted by Hellenism. They were corrupt politicians working hand in hand with Romans to keep Rome fat.

Pharisees are out of context to the whole debate of perverted Judaism, or Judaism light. Or Less Judaism.
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... these filthy, rebellious, oppressed, murdered, Jews.
Are you quoting Mein Kampf here or is this from your own head?
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Secret Alias wrote:But how do you determine which tradition 'corrupted' the original 'ur-tradition'? .

If you read the text, they tell you quite clearly the battles going on over "LESS Judaism" getting rid of the laws of Judaism, rewriting Judaism whole cloth perverting it as needed.
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So you still haven't answered the question. What is the 'pure Judaism' you want to idolize? Do you have a name for this tradition?
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Secret Alias wrote:
... these filthy, rebellious, oppressed, murdered, Jews.
Are you quoting Mein Kampf here or is this from your own head?

So you don't know how the Romans viewed these people your ignoring?
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Secret Alias wrote:So you still haven't answered the question. What is the 'pure Judaism' you want to idolize? Do you have a name for this tradition?
what is pure Judaism?

that is your word not mine

idiotic trick question, a sign of your desperation
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they tell you quite clearly the battles going on over "LESS Judaism" getting rid of the laws of Judaism, rewriting Judaism whole cloth perverting it as needed.
Do you have some sources to support this assertion? :cheeky: This is so dumb. You don't have a clue what you are talking about. 'More' or 'less Judaism.' Like Judaism is ketchup being handed out at a diner.
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Secret Alias wrote:Do you have a name for this tradition?
Stephens desperate ad hominem ?
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