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by lsayre
Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:11 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Mark's downer Gospel
Replies: 155
Views: 219593

Re: Mark's downer Gospel

Your summary succinctly nails it. Given the Synoptics alone, and particularly more so for Mark alone, its hard to imagine that a Christianity would have ever achieved prominence.
by lsayre
Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:35 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: “In the entire history there has never been knowledge of one other case of somebody who survived a crucifixion”
Replies: 5
Views: 662

Re: “In the entire history there has never been knowledge of one other case of somebody who survived a crucifixion”

Those who directly witnessed the survival of the man whom Josephus saved from the cross may have perceived that which they witnessed as a resurrection miracle, later to be contorted and embellished via oral transmission.
by lsayre
Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:16 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: “In the entire history there has never been knowledge of one other case of somebody who survived a crucifixion”
Replies: 5
Views: 662

Re: “In the entire history there has never been knowledge of one other case of somebody who survived a crucifixion”

I wonder if the man whom Josephus brought down from the cross might have been one and the same as the Jewish revolt leader who was (later) tossed off of the Tarpeian Rock to his death in Rome? I.E., Simon bar Giora...
by lsayre
Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:05 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: "John the Baptist" == Qumran
Replies: 24
Views: 1725

Re: "John the Baptist" == Qumran

So John The Baptist is perfectly interchangeable with a building/fortress complex.
by lsayre
Thu Sep 28, 2023 7:17 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The right and wrong of Roman Provenance
Replies: 21
Views: 3318

Re: The right and wrong of Roman Provenance

For this position to exhibit coherence, Mark must be Marcion. As your opening paragraph grants the founding of Christianity to Mark, while your closing paragraph grants the same to Marcion.
by lsayre
Thu Sep 28, 2023 7:11 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: "John the Baptist" == Qumran
Replies: 24
Views: 1725

Re: "John the Baptist" == Qumran

The burden of proof lies with the beholder.
by lsayre
Tue Sep 19, 2023 8:33 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: πίστις Χριστοῦ (faith of Christ) survey question
Replies: 23
Views: 2813

Re: πίστις Χριστοῦ (faith of Christ) survey question

No, they have not misread Paul as they have forged and faked him deliberately from thin air. Indeed! The words 'Jesus' and/or 'Jesus Christ' (or 'Christ Jesus') appear to have been forced into all of these passages, with some padding in the form of 'cover ones tracks' insertional lead in cutting fo...
by lsayre
Tue Sep 12, 2023 2:38 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: A Play with Mirrors: The Parable of the Sower
Replies: 10
Views: 1702

Re: A Play with Mirrors: The Parable of the Sower

This statement "Then tribulation or persecution having arisen on account of the word, immediately they fall away." as found within the answer to the parable presents a clear indication that the Gospel attributed to Mark definitively dates later in composition than that which is commonly ac...
by lsayre
Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:59 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Simon bar Giora == Simon Peter
Replies: 1
Views: 7438

Re: Simon bar Giora == Simon Peter

Secret Alias (Stephan Huller) was saying this as far back as 2008.

http://therealmessiahbook.blogspot.com/ ... giora.html
by lsayre
Wed Aug 30, 2023 4:56 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: The Bottom Line: If You Believe in an Invisible God a Non-Existent Person is Always Possible
Replies: 3
Views: 20155

Re: The Bottom Line: If You Believe in an Invisible God a Non-Existent Person is Always Possible

I don't know if this holds true for gods, but as the saying goes, if you've seen one invisible man, you've seen them all.