RE: Satan Disproves Christianity
September 19, 2013 at 8:55 am
(This post was last modified: September 19, 2013 at 8:56 am by Zone.)
(September 19, 2013 at 8:42 am)John V Wrote: Thomas is generally not dated before the earliest canonical writings.
It may well have been contemporary with the canonical gospels. It contains all the same teachings/parables Jesus taught in the gospels only they are a little less elaborated. Certainly it is just a collection of sayings without a story of a virgin birth, miracles or a resurrection.
Quote:The speculative original source which hasn't been found.
It could easily have been something like the Gospel of Thomas which is a collection of wisdom sayings/path to immortality type of thing which was a popular kind of thing at the time.
Quote:Huh? I freely admit to faith. You're dishonest to suggest otherwise.
Faith is a belief in something you have no evidence for and I think it's best to avoid doing it. I have no evidence for materialism either so I can't really support that. Some atheists do but whatever floats their boat.
Quote:I don't care, unless it's being funded by a government grant, in which case I think the money could be better spent.
You care nothing about what is actually true at least we got that right. You're on a forum here for people who do care about these things.