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Isn't it amazing how all these jokers come at us one at a time like the bad guys in a low budget karate film. If there really was this army of nutbars who can't find a single flaw in anything Acharya has ever written, why haven't they taken over the forum in a coordinated assault? You know just swam...

My explanation for Peter = the 'interpreter.'

Kefa means a pebble or a stone, not a rock or boulder

Are you mitspelling woids on porpoise?

When you imagine the sentence in the Marcion gospel on its own rather than as part of a narrative where disciples are physically touching Jesus's hands and feet - i.e. just him saying: for a spirit hath not bones as ye see me having The idea of merely 'seeing' Jesus 'having bones' and thus disqualif...

But is there an example in Hebrew which exactly follows this formula?

A human has not whiskers and a tail, as you see me have.

A man does not wear pantyhose, as you see me have.

A sophisticated person does not walk around in a sports jersey, as you see me have.

Actually I didn't notice the difference in the two citations: Behold that I am I, because a spirit hath not bones as ye see me having (De Carne) A spirit hath not bones as ye see me having (Against Marcion) but our Luke: πνεῦμα σάρκα καὶ ὀστέα (flesh and bones) οὐκ ἔχει καθὼς ἐμὲ θεωρεῖτε ἔχοντα I n...

I noticed something in a side by side comparison of the two texts which I have noticed before. In De Carne Christi we read: In such a case he was a phantasm even after the resurrection when he offered his hands and feet for his disciples to examine, saying, Behold that I am I, because a spirit hath ...

Ghost, (a term usually reserved for white people among Chinese speakers, an African American or black person = 'black ghost') I remember seeing the same letters for 'praised one' appear in the Syriac epistles of Paul relating to Jesus. You should check it out since you're into this stuff. Too much t...

Jay, and the hanged Haman and the crucified Jesus were often paralleled when the dates of Purim and Easter collided. Yes very good point. I forgot about that.