(February 14, 2011 at 8:43 pm)theVOID Wrote: That's what I had suspected, Is it well established when the oral transmission of Mark's source began? From memory Paul doesn't touch on the narrative often save referencing some passages in common, I wonder how much of that specific tradition he was aware of.
Paul references two things about "the Christ" (I don't even think he mentions Jesus by name but I could be wrong, I'll flip through his epistles again sometime soon):
1. His death and resurrection
2. The last supper "take and eat" quote.
Both concept, dying-and-rising savior and the Eucharist, both appear in pagan myths.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
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