(September 19, 2013 at 12:35 pm)John V Wrote: 1. OK, then I'll dismiss your speculation that gThomas is part of a myth-building scenario.
You can if you like but these kinds of texts were certainly floating around in great quantity.
Quote:2. What's your evidence that it's best to avoid doing it?
I could if I wanted to have faith in Odin and the Norse gods but if they don't exist that would be a bit mad.
Quote:Incorrect. They won't determine that a cyclical universe is actually true. They'll just build a model that can't be shown to be false, and atheists will eat it up.
Or it could be some kind of multiverse or continuum. There are religions that don't even suggest a God as a creator at all. There's Taoism, Buddhism, Jainism, Shamanism and pantheism. Anything is possible but you don't have to choose a team.