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
No,but I have pretty good insurance.My insurance covered it 100%.I have no idea what we pay monthly for our insurance plan(wife does all the paperwork)But I'd guess roughly between $250-$400 per month for the family.
Trying to stay as high as possible.Lol!
But seriously,after a rough year last year with surgery and complications,I'm finally able to get active in life again.
And there's always the debates.lol
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!
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...
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!