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Ex pastor explains how Christianity is fake
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RE: Ex pastor explains how Christianity is fake
(May 17, 2019 at 11:03 am)Alan V Wrote:
(May 15, 2019 at 11:34 pm)Jehanne Wrote: It takes an expert in classical Roman and Jewish studies, who is fluent in ancient Greek, Aramaic and Latin to get at the true motives of those who composed the New Testament, the majority of which were written by pseudonymous authors.

Sure, but I was talking about what made sense to me when I was younger and still a theist.  Perhaps I should have made that clearer.

Now not much of the Bible is relevant to me about anything, because I agree with Bart Ehrman's assessment that Jesus was a Jewish apocalypticist, and that his sayings only make sense in that context.

The thing that people need to keep in mind about Professor Ehrman is that he is a mainstream scholar who authors textbooks:

https://www.amazon.com/New-Testament-His...019020382X
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RE: Ex pastor explains how Christianity is fake - by Jehanne - May 18, 2019 at 8:09 am

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