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I really like his spotlight on crazy theories about the Bible. He's very good at what he does. He even tries to avoid humiliating the influencers which is great. But I think they are killing the spread of religion even inadvertently. Religion is supposed to be stupid. I am not sure that Christianity...

Explains a lot. I never got the problem with prostitution as long as you weren't doing a cosplay worship of another god. I mean sexual relations in modern society is based on dishonesty. You love someone up to the point of coition. After that love becomes something else. Jews are supposed to be hone...

Got a copy of that for free from David Trobisch a few months back. Meh.

Again all these debates about the Marcionite gospel are stupid. It's stupid in the way that porn is stupid and never shows women rejecting sex which is 100% of the experience of most men in reality. Making the debate about a "published" Luke and an unpublished or "secret" Marcion...

Here's the blind spot about Marcion. Ken wrote: I'm suggesting that Luke may have published a book about Jesus "Published" implies a public transmission of the gospel. I don't think THE gospel of the Marcionites was EVER published. That's what Secret Mark taught me. The Orthodox defeated t...

Another good reason for thinking the Marcionites are first. In some ways Marcion stands closer to Justin than Irenaeus, his supposed "successor." It just naivete to take everything the Church Fathers say about the situation at the end of the second century at face value.

I just phoned George Dragas and left a message to see if he remembers what journal article Kallistos was speaking about in 1983 where he saw the document referenced. Dragas was in the room listening to the conversation between Kallistos and Quesnell. I am going to email him the notes from Quesnell. ...

I think there is only one publication that Kallistos likely found this reference to the Letter of Clement. Nea Sion. I only had access to titles from 1904 - 1939. Here is what I came up as possible candidates for his statement to Quesnell. January February 1912 DIAKONOU T.P. THEMELI, Excursion to th...

I have sent my third email to the authors of the book just now asking for clarification.

I said already it made no sense to me why is the certificate said this that it should be placed on page 133 rather than page 1. I didn't understand why Tselikas would have brought forward a certificate like this as part of his case that the letter was a forgery given the fact that most of his argume...