Bart Ehrman Has A New Book Coming Out

[Huggy Bear]

Would you read it if I did...or would you run crying back to your fucking bible as usual?

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?i...0674033818


Careful....it has a lot of big words in it that may be beyond your limited intellectual capacity.

Says the guy who struggles with the meaning of 'exactly'...

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You guys never seem to realize that creationism/evolution aren't mutually exclusive.

Evolution doesn't explain how life came to exist....

And you don't understand that it is not supposed to!

I never said it was....

Atheists are the ones that always seem to act like it's creation vs evolution.....

read the op.

That's exactly what you said, asshole.


"Evolution doesn't explain how life came to exist...."    That's what YOU wrote.

Seriously?

need me to spell it out for you?

I said creationism/evolution weren't mutually exclusive, meaning both can exist.... are you with me so far?

Evolution doesn't attempt to explain where life came from, but creationism posits that there is a creator.

Therefore life being placed here by a creator can evolve.... Meaning one can believe in creation AND evolution at the same time.

Got it?

speaking of logical fallacies it's interesting is that you took my quote that "evolution doesn't explain how life came to exist...." and interpreted it to mean "evolution is supposed to explain how life began"....

I was simply stating what evolution doesn't explain, not what it does.....

now run along.

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*emphasis mine*

So don't lecture me on the complexity of words, when apparently in your world "Evolution doesn't explain how life came to exist" is EXACTLY the same as "Evolution is supposed to explain how life came to exist.

The limited spread of literacy in the classical world had diverse effects. It gave some stimulus to critical thought and assisted the accumulation of knowledge, and the minority that did learn to read and write was to some extent able to assert itself politically. The written word was also an instrument of power, and its use was indispensable for the construction and maintenance of empires. Most intriguing is the role of writing in the new religious culture of the late Roman Empire, in which it was more and more revered but less and less practiced.

Harris explores these and related themes in this highly original work of social and cultural history. Ancient Literacy is important reading for anyone interested in the classical world, the problem of literacy, or the history of the written word.

Remember when I said your sources tend to be dubious?

let me remind you of your statement.

Which of the 4 "Paul's" was the highly educated one?

And "jewish boys" were no more educated than males of any other peasant society of the age.  95% of them never learned to read/write at all.  Sorry to burst your little fucking holy bubble.





(Actually I'm not.)

I fail to see where your source addresses ancient Jewish society.

As far as recall Even your boy Ehrman doesn't claim that there were more than one Paul.

From the comments in the original article.

Bart Ehrman says the book of Acts purports to tell historical facts, but presents made up stories instead. He gives many examples of the differences between the letters of Paul and the book of Acts.

So now we can add Bart Ehrman to the list of things that you don't know shit from shinola about.

Paul didn't write the book of Acts, not to mention he refers to Paul in singular form. Again, I fail to see how the above equates to there being 4 different Pauls.