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srd44 wrote: Additionally, although presenting Jesus as the sacrificial animal is a new element ...

What do you mean by "new element?"

It looks to me like there's an allusion to Exodus 24 over in Matthew 27:25 too.

In reply all the people said, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!”

srd44 wrote:On another note, “This is my blood of the[c] covenant, which is poured out for many,” seems to be a later interpretation of the event ...

Just curious: How did you arrive at that conclusion?

hjalti wrote:We have parallels of ritualistic eating/drinking of gods. I don't think we have jewish parallel of pretending to eat people.

Exodus 24:8?

ApostateAbe wrote:(2) Jesus was reputed to be the human founder of the cult of Christianity that revered him.
(3) Therefore, Jesus existed.

Jesus wasn’t reputed to be human. He was reputed to be the Son of God.

“But … but … but …”

ARGUMENT FROM PATTERN OF CULTS (1) There is an actual human being corresponding to the reputed founder of every cult in history and the modern world that reveres such a reputed human founder, in absolutely every case where the information is available. Basilides: Basilidians http://en.wikipedia.org...

JoeWallack wrote:JW:
Jesus, are you Bingo-the-Clown?

Sorry to be so negative.

But deal with it.

JW : The best existing detailed "critical" commentary on "Mark" that I'm aware of is The Gospel of Mark (New International Greek Testament Commentary) , 719 pages. Imho Michael A. Turton's Historical Commentary on the Gospel of Mark kicks incredible ass; and I’ll be very surpris...

Blood wrote:Funny, it's kind of hard to find a literary precedent for the Pauline Epistles.

What about the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation?

There is money to be made ... That's another good point. Think in terms of survival - evolution and economics. Which Bart Ehrman is more likely to survive? The Ehrman who asserts that Jesus never existed? Or the Ehrman who asserts that he did? Ehrman has no obligation to humanity to be honest. I’m ...