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Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:34 am
by Secret Alias
You know when my maids come in to clean the house and I can't find something my immediate reaction is "those fucking maids threw out my ______." I am wrong 99% of the time. But that's what you're doing and that's what I think Tselikas was doing.
Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:39 am
by StephenGoranson
Speaking of cleaning up, your act,
if the "declaration" knew of pre-1958 evidence, why didn't it cite it?
If you declare "Secret Mark" verses genuine
but the rest of Gospel of Mark non-genuine
how to pretend to combine these?
Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:38 pm
by Secret Alias
So if they thought the manuscript was always in the monastery the "discovering" wouldn't be that important n'est ce pas? If I think I'm beautiful someone coming up to me telling me so isn't a big deal. If I have a nice house someone telling me I have a nice house isn't a big deal. If the document always was in the monastery, who is Morton Smith?
Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:45 pm
by StephenGoranson
Whether cleaning house or spending a day in silence, it may be fair not to consider you a liar, cheat, and horse thief, given that you may not be a horse thief.
Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:53 pm
by StephenGoranson
There is, so far, no evidence that Smith mentioned "Secret Mark" to any monk in 1958 or 1959.
Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:56 pm
by Secret Alias
Ok. There's no evidence that he planted the manuscript.
Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:59 pm
by Secret Alias
Why can't we just admit that there is no conclusive evidence either way that this manuscript is a forgery. Why isn't that a good starting point?
Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:03 pm
by StephenGoranson
No.
You apparently can't even bring yourself, yet, to consider, e.g., the new evidence in April Atlantic.
And you, still of and on wavering whether Clement wrote it.
Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:56 pm
by StephenGoranson
And, SA, as for your shotgun proposal, above Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:57 am, that WASPs
ganged up on Smith, wasn't Smith, um, a WASP?
Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:32 pm
by Secret Alias
the new evidence in April Atlantic. = what does it matter if the text doesn't say "naked man with naked man."