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- Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:15 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Why There Is Not And Never Will Be Consensus
- Replies: 32
- Views: 21176
Why There Is Not And Never Will Be Consensus
We can easily distinguish between nine different and irreconcilable approaches to the study of Christian origins, characterized by the amount of intrinsic weight given to the two main sources of ideas that could guide and limit the multiplication of hypotheses: (1) Statements made by the Christian s...
- Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:18 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: New Book on Sethian Gnosis
- Replies: 14
- Views: 24763
Re: New Book on Sethian Gnosis
Perhaps we'll have to agree to disagree then. I don't see that there are any particular assumptions necessarily inherent to the mere use of the word "pagan" by modern historians. If I did, then I might agree with you.
- Fri Dec 13, 2013 6:21 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The quest for the historical Christian communities
- Replies: 22
- Views: 15750
The quest for the historical Christian communities
Victor Paul Furnish has some brief words to say against a crop of writers questioning the historicity of Jesus, including: http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/reviews/is-this-not-the-carpenter/ "Moreover, most of the contributors take little account of the role of the Christian communities withi...
- Fri Dec 13, 2013 6:06 pm
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: atheist sunday service
- Replies: 13
- Views: 31192
Re: atheist sunday service
There aren't that many highly visible opportunities - especially for someone who might otherwise be "socially undesirable" (old, fat, disabled, etc.) - to have a regular and supportive social gathering weekly, outside of the institutions that have aped the Jewish, Christian, and other reli...
- Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:39 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: my Testimonium article
- Replies: 88
- Views: 101020
Re: my Testimonium article
How often does Josephus refer to anyone as "the brother of"? Plenty. https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aearlyjewishwritings.com+josephus+%22brother+of%22&oq=site%3Aearlyjewishwritings.com+josephus+%22brother+of%22&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.6794j0j4&sourceid=chrome&espv=2...
- Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:33 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: New Book on Sethian Gnosis
- Replies: 14
- Views: 24763
Re: New Book on Sethian Gnosis
Right away I like how this guy thinks. I can't believe historians actually use the dumb Christian slander "pagan" as if it were appropriate or even meaningful. Hellenic is not a direct equivalent to "pagan." I don't think historians, in general, like the etymology of "pagan...
- Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:17 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Archaeological Evidence of pre-Constantinian Christianity
- Replies: 137
- Views: 124668
Re: Archaeological Evidence of pre-Constantinian Christianit
Your original point was to support your idiotic contention that there were no witnesses to Christianity before Nicaea. None of these sources do that - so shut the fuck up. Without dumbass quote mining, he'd have nothing to say. And avi should be ashamed for promoting it. I'd like to see the forum m...
- Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:47 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Megyn "Jesus was a white man ... He was a historical figure"
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11174
Re: Megyn "Jesus was a white man ... He was a historical fig
"Jesus was a white man, too. He was a historical figure. That’s a verifiable fact." [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV_9ch2kQ3c#t=118[/youtube] [youtube]http://youtu.be/LV_9ch2kQ3c[/youtube] [youtube]<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/...
- Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:03 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: “High/Early Christology”: A Crack in the Foundations?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 26126
Re: “High/Early Christology”: A Crack in the Foundations?
As Chester observes, it’s really the evidence that seems to require the conclusion that Jesus-devotion erupted rapidly and originated in circles of Jewish Jesus-followers in Judea . That conclusion (with variations in emphases) is now supported by a wide (and growing) spectrum of scholars. (a retir...
- Thu Dec 12, 2013 6:19 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Historicity of Jesus - the Talking Points
- Replies: 18
- Views: 40621
Re: Historicity of Jesus - the Talking Points
Herculean task, you say? Sounds like fun.