RE: Plagiarism in the NT
July 24, 2017 at 11:27 pm
(This post was last modified: July 24, 2017 at 11:29 pm by Astonished.)
(July 24, 2017 at 2:37 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Entire phrases lifted from the OT and conveyed to this jesus character.
Quote:Psalm 22. 18: 'They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon them.
Mark 15.24: 'They part his garments among them, casting lots upon them.
Quote:Psalm 22:7-8King James Version (KJV)
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Mark 15:29-31King James Version (KJV)
29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
Quote:Psalm 22:1-15King James Version (KJV)
22 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Mark 15:34King James Version (KJV)
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Just cut and pasted bullshit by "mark". What could they have done with a word processor?
Well for one thing they'd have had a better thesaurus.
(July 24, 2017 at 11:22 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:(July 24, 2017 at 11:18 pm)Khemikal Wrote: The words placed into the mouth of your god are prophecies after the fact, coincidentally identical to other narratives, allusions from previous works of fiction....and poetic language that the authors were familiar with?
The only thing they don't seem to be, above...are the words of a god. How did that happen?
How did you come to that conclusion?
Um...that the evidence of this is what objective historians have concluded? And just what the fuck evidence do you have that it's in any way divine, or even coherent or ethical on a human level?
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
