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Recalling that even the 'Christians' were not originally known as 'Christians'. The 'Believers' _who can know with any certainty at this late date exactly what it was that these original Believers believed? I tend to think that there were a lot of regional variants of loosely associated beliefs, bef...

ARGUNENT FROM BALONEY
I like baloney.

Jesus is made up holy baloney.

Therefore the holy baloney that is Jesus existed.

Praise the holy baloney and pass the Jesus!
Praise Jesus and pass the holy baloney!
Amen.

Paul, in his letters, clearly indicated the meaning of "seed" (='sperma') when related to a human origin context. And the meaning is "descendant" or "descendants": In 2 Cor 11:22 => Of Abraham: Israelites, Hebrews, Paul In Gal 3:16 => Of Abraham: Christ In Gal 3:19 => ...

He contends that every informal argument you've ever had about empirical subjects--every single one--could be represented in this form. Then he gives a specific example of the claim found in Mark 15:33 and parallels, that the Sun went out for a full three hours during the crucifixion. First, how ty...

Nice theory Peter, maybe even the true explanation for the Gospels. A bit elaborate, and with abstract speculations about the employment of names in obscure materials outside the ken of any average person. Not much chance at widespread comprehension or any wide acceptance, even among unbelievers. Mo...

Are they?

Knowledge is cumulative. There is no one 'expert' or writer who is going to be able to provide a total and unbiased analysis of every aspect of these texts. There are a lot of unknowns as to where, when, and by whom these texts were written, and how much of what they report is fact, how much of it i...

No doubt RM Price writes with all good intentions . That he has no intention to mislead, is no indication nor assurance that he does not. Reminds me of a certain well known proverb. The problem with RM Price's creative 'translation', with its redacted in personal commentary/interpretations, is that ...

The number 12, I suspect, almost certainly originally took on significance because of astronomical observations long predating the biblical literature. But we see evidence that over time that same number took on other special meanings unrelated to astronomical phenomena. Numbers in ancient philosop...

robert j, For conscience sake, I must say, I agree with the 'Celtic solution', ie that 'Paul' was addressing gentiles who had fallen back into the observing of the times, festivals, calendars, and ways of their various ancestral non-Israelite gods. 'Paul' as he traveled made a point of teaching in t...