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by perseusomega9
Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:54 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Book of Revelation - various viewpoints
Replies: 4
Views: 496

Re: Book of Revelation - various viewpoints

While not specifically on Revelation, this interview with a mathematician/biblical studies prof discusses how the 666 = Nero isn't nearly as clear cut as it's made out.

Mythvision Podcast- Decoding numbers in the bible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-vBx9wGWTM
by perseusomega9
Sun Sep 11, 2022 7:20 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: List of items who support a Marcionite influence on the gospels
Replies: 7
Views: 710

Re: List of items who support a Marcionite influence on the gospels

1) the emphasis on the "new": a new god, new wineskins, new followers, new authority etc 2) the emphasis on the "good": a good message, only god is good, golden rule, etc 3) the emphasis on the "alien": the good samaritan, the gratitude only by gentiles, nowhere where ...
by perseusomega9
Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:48 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: If No New Information, Data, Material Emerges About Christianity What's There to Write About?
Replies: 14
Views: 1014

Re: If No New Information, Data, Material Emerges About Christianity What's There to Write About?

This is why I laugh when some consensus gatekeeping cyclopians liken mythicism to creationism while pretending their own endeavors have the rigours of material science engineering.
by perseusomega9
Mon Sep 05, 2022 4:06 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Passages that show Paul thought Jesus was pre-existent?
Replies: 57
Views: 4286

Re: Passages that show Paul thought Jesus was pre-existent?

I don't think the issue of whether G.Mark preceded Marcion's Evangelion or the date of Paul's letter have any bearing (though whether Paul's letters were edited in the Marcionite community might) This has an impact because you have another chronology of the earliest sources and therefore you have t...
by perseusomega9
Fri Sep 02, 2022 12:25 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: What was Paul's primary lesson he wanted people to learn
Replies: 18
Views: 1715

Re: What was Paul's primary lesson he wanted people to learn

Simon Magus Peter Paul sounds like a great 60s band name.

eta: (Let's update to 90s hiphop) "Are you down with SMPP"
by perseusomega9
Fri Sep 02, 2022 12:23 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: What was Paul's primary lesson he wanted people to learn
Replies: 18
Views: 1715

Re: What was Paul's primary lesson he wanted people to learn

Philippians 2:8-11 (ESV) RE: Someone was awarded the name 'Jesus' post obedience leading to death on a cross. Whom that someone might be eludes me. But why bother bestowing the name 'Jesus' upon someone who was already named Jesus? And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedi...
by perseusomega9
Thu Sep 01, 2022 5:25 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Possible the original Pauline letters never mentioned Jesus?
Replies: 84
Views: 7590

Re: Possible the original Pauline letters never mentioned Jesus?

verses like 1 Corinthians 12:3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. are hard to imagine as originally without the name Jesus. Andrew Criddle And yet this passage can ...
by perseusomega9
Thu Aug 25, 2022 4:43 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: 2 Peter
Replies: 18
Views: 1576

Re: 2 Peter

and as Trobisch notes in his First Edition of the NT, the original NT mss order was Acts, then the general epistles, then the Paulines, with 2 Peter as the segue to the Paulines...to be read after framing Paul in Acts and the general epistles.