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by lsayre
Wed Jun 07, 2023 5:45 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Let's Have a Discussion About What is Authentic About Early Christianity OUTSIDE OF MARCION?
Replies: 48
Views: 2085

Re: Let's Have a Discussion About What is Authentic About Early Christianity OUTSIDE OF MARCION?

Was daily Temple animal sacrifice intended to cover merely lesser, such as (for example) inadvertent sin, or all sin at all levels, no matter how grievous? If the latter, then why have prisons, or tortures on up to capital punishment? Why not simply sacrifice an animal or two (etc...) and call it a ...
by lsayre
Tue Jun 06, 2023 6:26 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Reconstructions of Marcion's Antitheses?
Replies: 18
Views: 987

Re: Reconstructions of Marcion's Antitheses?

It seems that at least a couple of the above are not actually Antithesis. Rather they are adding additions that go beyond the original but seem to still be in support the original. I can't fully accept that these are Marcion's Antithesis.
by lsayre
Sat Jun 03, 2023 1:44 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Sunday service instead of Saturday?
Replies: 8
Views: 809

Sunday service instead of Saturday?

When and why did the Christian churches move services from Saturday to Sunday? Can this move be attributed to any individual?
by lsayre
Fri Jun 02, 2023 10:58 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Enough of "Textual Criticism"! What Do People Imagine Marcionism Looked Like If You Visited Their Synagogues?
Replies: 121
Views: 7634

Re: Enough of "Textual Criticism"! What Do People Imagine Marcionism Looked Like If You Visited Their Synagogues?

What Do People Imagine Marcionism Looked Like If You Visited Their Synagogues?

I can only imagine it to be about as utterly boring and depressing and repetitive as any modern Christian church service.
by lsayre
Tue May 30, 2023 9:46 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Demiurge or Evil Creator God in the Evangelion
Replies: 40
Views: 1887

Re: The Demiurge or Evil Creator God in the Evangelion

Perhaps Satan and the Demiurge (Creator) are to be considered as 'one' in the very same sense as for which: "I (Jesus) and the Father are one." A sense which infers a father and (unique) son relationship in both cases. Per April D. DeConick a quite literal reading of the Koine/Greek 'Gospe...
by lsayre
Tue May 30, 2023 5:08 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Ultimate Question With Patristic Commentary on the Marcionite Canon
Replies: 13
Views: 810

Re: The Ultimate Question With Patristic Commentary on the Marcionite Canon

Was Marcion's Evangelion violently suppressed and quite intentionally eradicated? If so, by Tertullian's time it may no longer have been available.
by lsayre
Wed May 24, 2023 6:43 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Does the lost Gospel Q Exist? | Dr. James McGrath Vs Dr. Mark Goodacre
Replies: 82
Views: 5255

Re: Does the lost Gospel Q Exist? | Dr. James McGrath Vs Dr. Mark Goodacre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor This philosophical razor advocates that when presented with competing hypotheses about the same prediction, one should prefer the one that requires the fewest assumptions - Wikipedia In his article "Sensations and Brain Processes" (1959), J. J...
by lsayre
Sat May 20, 2023 4:13 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: "the God and Christ" instead of "the Son of God" in Marcion's text of Gal 2:20
Replies: 29
Views: 1894

Re: "the God and Christ" instead of "the Son of God" in Marcion's text of Gal 2:20

Mark 8:34 (to me) seems not related to Galatians 2:19 at all. It wouldn't surprise me if the actual verse 8:34 could be traced back to it's living and breathing source it was likely spoken more along lines like this: If anyone would come after me, let him denounce the occupation and take up his swor...
by lsayre
Thu May 18, 2023 3:41 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Stephan Huller's 'horrible' book
Replies: 65
Views: 2901

Re: Stephan Huller's 'horrible' book

When I read Stephan's book a number of years ago I thought it was rather decently presented. It held my interest and educated me. I've never understood why Stephan has considered it an embarrassment for so many years now.
by lsayre
Wed May 17, 2023 5:28 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: the "LXX as Christian-created" hypothesis, and Philo
Replies: 13
Views: 891

Re: the "LXX as Christian-created" hypothesis, and Philo

The original LXX was comprised of only the Torah (Pentateuch). Any LXX which contains the books of the major Profits, minor Profits, the Apocrypha, etc... is fake. And any such LXX is likely intended to conform with corruptions found necessary to comply with the NT message.