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by hjalti
Sat Apr 25, 2015 4:07 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: A Plausible Reading of Mark, Well-Done with a Side of Ram
Replies: 87
Views: 59411

Re: A Plausible Reading of Mark, Well-Done with a Side of Ra

Fascinating post.

Have you seen any scholar posit something similar, or is this totally original?

Any explanation for the name "Simon"?
by hjalti
Sun Apr 12, 2015 3:46 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Romans 8 - an astral reading
Replies: 32
Views: 42037

Re: Romans 8 - an astral reading

Robert, here is Peter's question: (2) The earliest theological accounts of Jesus Christ are considered to be letters such as Romans, 1 Corinthians, and Hebrews. How much [astral theology] can be found in them, I wonder? Your "astrotheological reading" doesn't actually answer his question a...
by hjalti
Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:59 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Carrier's numbers and math in OHJ
Replies: 228
Views: 135275

Re: Carrier's numbers and math in OHJ

Has anyone else noticed that Carrier could, possibly , be trolling his readers? The Internet-famous Leeroy Jenkins video on Youtube has this figure as one of its most popular quotes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkCNJRfSZBU (over 42 million views) [2006] "What do you think, Abdul, can you g...
by hjalti
Sat Mar 28, 2015 6:51 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Richard Carrier slams Ehrman's latest book
Replies: 164
Views: 99210

Re: Richard Carrier slams Ehrman's latest book

There seems to be some confusion between "God" and "God the Father" from one of the parties (not Ehrman, who is clear on how he uses the term). It would be nice to discuss how that impacts the support for mythicism, but I'll leave it with the above on this particular topic, unle...
by hjalti
Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:37 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Richard Carrier slams Ehrman's latest book
Replies: 164
Views: 99210

Re: Richard Carrier slams Ehrman's latest book

There seems to be some confusion between "God" and "God the Father" from one of the parties (not Ehrman, who is clear on how he uses the term). It would be nice to discuss how that impacts the support for mythicism, but I'll leave it with the above on this particular topic, unle...
by hjalti
Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:14 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Bayesian Probability... in Space! (uhm... History)
Replies: 24
Views: 24309

Re: Bayesian Probability... in Space! (uhm... History)

Sometimes people are unintentionally funny... "Mythicism and Freeze-drying" http://criticalrealismandthenewtestament.blogspot.com/2015/03/mythicism-and-freeze-drying.html Carrier's got a bright idea, but that's all. That bright is that there is a 2 in 3 chance that Jesus did not exist. Th...
by hjalti
Wed Nov 12, 2014 2:52 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Fun with Bayes' theorem and the argument from silence
Replies: 20
Views: 20504

Re: Fun with Bayes' theorem and the argument from silence

That doesn't make sense. If both theory A and B make the same prediction X. Then finding that X is the case doesn't make either A or B more probable. Right? How does that not make any sense? IN the case of Jesus historicity though, the theory has been found to be malleable, thus it loses its predic...
by hjalti
Tue Nov 11, 2014 3:44 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: How mythicists are perceived by students and academics
Replies: 90
Views: 80610

Re: How mythicists are perceived by students and academics

Counterpoint Grow some balls and address the subject on its own merits. It's amazing how much we allow ourselves to wallow in our own subjectivity and concern ourselves with opinions. Yeah, exactly. I found this part interesting: ...and scholars like McGrath, who are willing to engage the topic, bu...
by hjalti
Tue Nov 11, 2014 3:19 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Fun with Bayes' theorem and the argument from silence
Replies: 20
Views: 20504

Re: Fun with Bayes' theorem and the argument from silence

If all competing theories both make that prediction, then no strong argument is made from absence of evidence. That doesn't make sense. If both theory A and B make the same prediction X. Then finding that X is the case doesn't make either A or B more probable. Right? How does that not make any sense?
by hjalti
Wed Oct 29, 2014 5:12 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Many Mythicists use logically invalid methods
Replies: 56
Views: 36019

Re: Many Mythicists use logically invalid methods

John T wrote:I could go on and on but you get the point.
The point should be: Don't trust John T to accurately represent what Carrier says.