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StephenGoranson wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:47 am In my opinion.

Thank you for sharing your opinions here in this thread.

Conversation goes completely stale because you have nothing valid to say.

You keep saying invalid things, which are essentially the same things already said.

Then it's a "gotcha" if someone doesn't keep saying no.

Fun times in Ward 6, I guess.

Giuseppe wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:11 pm What is interesting is the silence by Peter Kirby about the Klinghardt's words above: is this silence evidence that he agrees with K and me on this point?

So, again, no.

Klinghardt gives me reason on this point: The Markan report of Jesus’ baptism not only places the beginning of the Gospel into a framework of salvation history, it also provides the opportunity to have God himself proclaim the true identity of Jesus as ‘my beloved son’ (Mark 1,11). Compared to Jesu...

Giuseppe wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:20 am Interestingly, Klinghardt means the Temptation Story as the proof that Jesus is really the son of YHWH.

But, no, it isn't.

In whiletime Peter Kirby continues to ignore the Klinghardt's argument above (that Mark 1:11 is revealing the identity of Jesus as son of a specific god: YHWH). It's not even properly an argument, as it doesn't lead from true premises in a sound way to a conclusion. It's just a claim. I can write &...

Giuseppe wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:11 pm What is interesting is the silence by Peter Kirby about the Klinghardt's words above: is this silence evidence that he agrees with K and me on this point?

No, so you're wrong again.

The Gospel of Truth calls God the Father-Mother as a fundamental aspect of its theology.

These alternatives are presented primarily for pedagogical reasons. They help to illustrate the implications of the evidence.

The natural conclusion here is that the text is the Greek handwriting of someone who lived before the 20th century.