RE: Why are Paul's writings in the Bible?
October 4, 2023 at 12:03 pm
(This post was last modified: October 4, 2023 at 12:12 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I think that what Bucky has been trying to communicate is not the position that Paul (or any other character) is wholly and purely mythological, but that the consensus of scholars on their historicity, while it exists, is not actually based on any evidence. It asks us to maintain a nested doll of other convenient assumptions for which there is likewise, no evidence. All the while, there's significant evidence to the contrary even as acknowledged by that consensus.
They can ask questions of motive - but this is explicitly fallacious. A failure of their own imagination. They can selectively apply the criterion of embarrassment. There are tons of unflattering narratives about Paul that the consensus thinks are purely fictional - the linked article described one right below invoking the principle..ironically. -but they can't point to any evidence of any historic paul. Truth is, despite having thousands of coins and manuscripts and inscriptions and warehouses full of archeological artifacts from the first century, the consensus can't even find any evidence of christians in the so called apostolic age.
They can ask questions of motive - but this is explicitly fallacious. A failure of their own imagination. They can selectively apply the criterion of embarrassment. There are tons of unflattering narratives about Paul that the consensus thinks are purely fictional - the linked article described one right below invoking the principle..ironically. -but they can't point to any evidence of any historic paul. Truth is, despite having thousands of coins and manuscripts and inscriptions and warehouses full of archeological artifacts from the first century, the consensus can't even find any evidence of christians in the so called apostolic age.
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