(June 9, 2012 at 11:59 am)Drich Wrote: Then, "Make is So."
Everyone take out your Bibles and turn to Mark chapter 13.
Quote:Mark 13:1-2 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
This is a reference to, at the earliest, the Jewish uprising and sacking of Jerusalem in 70 CE. At the latest, the Bar Kochbar revolt of the 2nd century. Since 70 CE is the earlier date, conventional apologists use this as the date of publication for the Gospel of Mark. Fringy apologetics tries to push the date even earlier but must account for the "little apocalypse" in Mark 13.
To cite Robert Price, "The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man" p32
Quote:No one denies that Mark 13 …has the immediate destruction of Jerusalem in its sights, so apologists admit Mark must have been written in the general neighborhood of 70 CE.
Most apologists do, at least. Skeptics claim the apocalypse is a reference to the Bar Kochbar revolt and places the date of publication c 130.
Can I continue with my analysis of the order of the NT books and what they indicate?
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
