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by Robert Tulip
Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:22 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: in defence of astrotheology
Replies: 432
Views: 350493

Re: in defence of astrotheology

The one and twelve relation of the sun and moon is a deep archetype, indeed stretching back in time as surrounding all DNA since the expulsion of Neptune at the late heavy bombardment 3.9 billion years ago , . . . wtf? Now now, there is no need for violent profanity where you don’t understand the t...
by Robert Tulip
Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:17 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: in defence of astrotheology
Replies: 432
Views: 350493

Re: in defence of astrotheology

I hesitate to introduce the 'P' word here, but if, as Robert Tulip maintains, Christianity was a result of reading the sky of 21 CE, how then do astrotheology proponents explain elements of Christianity existing 5000 years ago ? Pygmies could see the same sun and moon and stars in the same relation...
by Robert Tulip
Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:41 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: in defence of astrotheology
Replies: 432
Views: 350493

Re: Definition of Astrotheology

Astrotheology is not merely observations of the planets etc. It is the worship of the celestial phenomena -- worship of the planets, sun, moon, constellations. This worship was enabled by the creation of stories to tell the stories of the movements such as the equinoxes and precession, eclipses, et...
by Robert Tulip
Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:38 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: in defence of astrotheology
Replies: 432
Views: 350493

Re: in defence of astrotheology

It is a hypothesis and it should be evaluated. It might be the sort of thing that explains the origins of a religion. . Making it completely out of line for another member of this forum, who must have their own reasons for making such emotional responses, to make wild accusations which don't engage...
by Robert Tulip
Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:23 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: in defence of astrotheology
Replies: 432
Views: 350493

Re: in defence of astrotheology

Unfortunately, Stephan Huller shows himself in the above comments to be incapable of understanding reason and evidence. My focus is on reason and evidence, and if Stephan can't see that, but instead resorts to persecution as proposed in his comments here, then we will find it difficult to have a con...
by Robert Tulip
Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:16 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: in defence of astrotheology
Replies: 432
Views: 350493

Re: in defence of astrotheology

thank you for your long and detailed explanation to my questions. I can't say that it convinces me at all, though I appreciate the work that you put into it. But your points seem so adhoc, so arbitrary, that I find that I can't accept them. Thanks GD. My hypothesis here is that a core objective of ...
by Robert Tulip
Sun Mar 08, 2015 12:13 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Why was the Nag Hammadi library buried?
Replies: 5
Views: 6841

Re: Why was the Nag Hammadi library buried?

I have nothing very worthwhile to add to what has been said in this impressive 2014 essay: https://www.academia.edu/8105963/_Rethinking_the_Origins_of_the_Nag_Hammadi_Library_ Nicola Denzey Lewis Rethinking the Origins of the Nag Hammadi Library JBL 133, no. 2 (2014): 397–417 I read this article an...
by Robert Tulip
Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:17 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Blogging about the Gnostics
Replies: 18
Views: 19690

Re: Blogging about the Gnostics

What does source criticism have to say about the Gnostic concept of the cosmos? It seems likely to me there is an elision from the ancient equation cosmos=world (a cultural construct) to the modern view of cosmos=universe (the natural creation). I say this because it makes sense to my reading that G...
by Robert Tulip
Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:00 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Why was the Nag Hammadi library buried?
Replies: 5
Views: 6841

Re: Why was the Nag Hammadi library buried?

Just as the Dead Sea Scrolls were put in jars for safekeeping and hidden at the time of the approach of the Roman Tenth Legion, the burial of the Nag Hammadi library in a jar may also have been precipitated by the approach of Roman authorities, who by then had become Christian. p20, Introduction, T...
by Robert Tulip
Sat Mar 07, 2015 5:32 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Richard Carrier on McGrath's 'Did Jesus die in outer space?'
Replies: 16
Views: 13948

Re: Richard Carrier on McGrath's 'Did Jesus die in outer spa

Jesus died in the sky. Recognising that fools rush in where angels fear to tread, I acknowledge my knowledge on this debate is only partial. I have a copy of On The Historical Jesus but have not read it, and have not read the Ascension of Isaiah. Nonetheless, as I have explained in the In Defence of...