(October 31, 2013 at 7:35 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: I am having a hard time understanding why you need to appeal to a tiny, gnostic sect, miniscule in popularity compared to early Christianity,It wasn't. If anything, the evidence indicates Christianity was the small, unnoticed sect at that time.
Quote:If John the Baptist - a Jew - had told every single one of his followers NOT to follow Jesus, [...]I never said he did.
Quote:Isnt it much more likely that the Mandaeans were a small group of folk who only got part of Johns (pre-Jesus) sermons or who, like many other Old Testament Jews, agreed with “the voice crying in the wilderness” but didn’t think Jesus fit their idea of Messiah and so were left with no one else but John the Baptist to revere as a messenger of God. (The same God worshipped by Jesus’ followers in case you had forgotten.)No.
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
