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Haven't forgotten about ya Davros.Dealing with some stuff down here in Louisiana.I'll be back at it before too long. Hope all is well with you and yours

Hey Davros! Good to see ya again! I'm hangin out with the wife and kids today,but I'll get around to your posts in a day or two. Hope everything has been well. Happy 4th!

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Ehrman's not an atheist.He's agnostic. Why is he a "half ally"? There are two quotes in Josephus,referring to Jesus.One is considered completely authentic by scholars,the other is acknowledged to have been redacted by later Christians.But even the questionable passage still mentions...

An Apostle is a messenger.A disciple is a student. Jesus' inner circle was called both interchangeably. Most churches refer to the original 12 followers as Apostles(capital 'A'),and Paul they designate as an apostle(small 'a'). "Disciple" was originally reserved for his followers before ,and...

It's not that their belief is evidence of him,it's that their belief is evidence of their faith in him.

Nice post ThickStemz.

At the beginning of this thread you asserted that there was no evidence to even suggest he was real.Matter of fact,you said there was loads of evidence that the whole Jesus business was made up. Do you still say that there is no evidence? No. Have you presented this "loads of evidence"? No. Now...

Well.There's a non-surprising turn of events.In just a few pages you've went from "loads of evidence that this whole jesus business is made up" to "There is some evidence that Jesus existed".

First you say that Paul never mentions Jesus as a living,breathing human. After being shown that this was false, you now say that it's suspicious that Paul gives too much information that Jesus was human. If inconsistency is what you're after,congratulations!

Not your understanding? Didn't you say that there is "loads of evidence that this whole jesus business is made up"? And aren't you an advocate of Carrier's theory? He grants no historicity whatsoever.Claiming Jesus to be a complete myth.A 1st century celestial deity,crucified in the 2nd heavens.

Paul talks about Jesus as a poor,humble Jewish man;born under the law; from a woman.A descendant of David,Jesse,and Abraham.Preaching to the Jewish people.Crucified in Zion. Sounds to me like he's talking about a living breathing human.

P-52 is a fragment of John's gospel that dates to around 125 ad.Considering John is our latest canonical gospel,we can presume that the synoptics were recorded several years before 125 ad. Will you be providing "loads of evidence" in this thread? Or are we to take your word on ...faith? They...

We're not in disagreement about a "little change".We're in disagreement that Jesus came wholecloth out of mythology.The Christ myth theory denies even the most minimal of historicity.

"knowable" and "absolute" are not words that fit well when discussing history.Barring the invention of time travel,the best explanation to historical data,at the present,are varying degrees of plausibility. I'm not a traditionalist,but I have heard arguments in favor of James being from a...