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by maryhelena
Fri Mar 14, 2014 2:59 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Gospels as "euhemerized" stories about Jesus?
Replies: 175
Views: 142732

Re: Gospels as "euhemerized" stories about Jesus?

Thanks, maryhelena, for spending the time on this definition. I think we have saturated the possibilities and have to just agree to disagree. I'm fine with letting any potential readers of this discussion draw their own conclusions out of it. This discussion has been fruitful for me, even though, w...
by maryhelena
Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:59 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Gospels as "euhemerized" stories about Jesus?
Replies: 175
Views: 142732

Re: Gospels as "euhemerized" stories about Jesus?

Euhemerism in the proper Greek sense is the belief that myth is nothing more than forgotten history, and what the Greeks enjoyed as their mythological heritage was, according to the doctrines of the fourth century B.C. Sicilian philosopher Euhemeros, just remote Greek history imperfectly remembered...
by maryhelena
Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:32 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Gospels as "euhemerized" stories about Jesus?
Replies: 175
Views: 142732

Re: Gospels as "euhemerized" stories about Jesus?

Apologies. The chart has come out a bit messed up - will try and fix it.....otherwise the link to FRDB is: http://www.freeratio.org/showthread.php?t=313038 However, you may have to be signed in in order to view this thread. ----------- OK - I think I fixed the chart..... :) -------------------------...
by maryhelena
Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:37 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Gospels as "euhemerized" stories about Jesus?
Replies: 175
Views: 142732

Re: Gospels as "euhemerized" stories about Jesus?

Euhemerism in the proper Greek sense is the belief that myth is nothing more than forgotten history, and what the Greeks enjoyed as their mythological heritage was, according to the doctrines of the fourth century B.C. Sicilian philosopher Euhemeros, just remote Greek history imperfectly remembered...
by maryhelena
Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:41 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Gospels as "euhemerized" stories about Jesus?
Replies: 175
Views: 142732

Re: Gospels as "euhemerized" stories about Jesus?

Hawthorne wrote: You quoted Richard Carrier October 4 Richard Carrier:, 2013 at 12:47 pm (UTC -8) If a wikipedia article says that (I didn’t see such a statement), it’s incorrect. That would be confusing what Euhemerizers thought was true, with what was actually happening. It would also be exactly n...
by maryhelena
Sat Mar 08, 2014 1:05 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Thoughts on Maurice Casey's new book
Replies: 571
Views: 319959

Re: Thoughts on Maurice Casey's new book

I'm trying to locate a page number for a comment Casey made in his latest rag. I was reading it on Googlebooks which for some reason has no page numbers. He's slagging Salm about such things as whether Julius Africanus refers to Judean villages or Jewish villages. The page starts "archaeologic...
by maryhelena
Wed Mar 05, 2014 12:02 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Gospels as "euhemerized" stories about Jesus?
Replies: 175
Views: 142732

Re: Gospels as "euhemerized" stories about Jesus?

I'm not sure why it matters to you whether Carrier uses the term "euhemerism" or "reverse euhemerism." They are apparently both recognized in the scholarship. My point was to challenge your linking of the sourced articles to a view that "myths" are somehow evolved from...