The Jesus Itinerary

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Your theory is an argument from silence. Where are your Mandaean historical texts to the contrary?

What?

Yeah. Thats what I thought.
It's OK. Kids do that too as a defence mechanism when asked....did you eat all those cookies?

B. Only some of the early followers of John the Baptist didnt follow Jesus.

Prove any of them did follow Jesus. Good luck.

Now you are being disingenuous.
YOU were the one who was basing a theory on rival followers. Jesus' followers versus John the Baptist's followers.
Man that is lame!

Your theory assumes that John the Baptist told them Jesus was not the Messiah and they were obeying him.

No. My "theory" comes from reading history. That's what the followers of John the Baptist believed. That's why they were followers of John the Baptist.

I have asked you to consider the likelihood that a very small number of Johns early followers (a.k.a. Mandaeans) may have not heard John the Baptist speak of Jesus because they werent there with John the Baptist non-stop 24/7/365 and that is why they, (unlike people who DID see and hear John speak with and to and about the Lamb of God) remained unconvinced about the Messiah. The Christ. The One who John the Baptist must have been thinking of as he was calling people to repent and be baptised - a voice crying out in the wilderness exactly the way Isaiah had.
You STILL havent answered me on this. Whose advent was John preaching about?

C. Huge numbers of Johns' early followers DID then become followers of Jesus.

Prove it. Good luck.

Now you are being disingenuous. AGAIN!
YOU were the one who was making assertions about Jesus' followers versus John the Baptist's followers.
Man that is lame! I'm leaving this thread.

D. John the Baptist, (the Old Testament Jew) was preaching repentance and baptism for a very specific reason.
Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make straight paths. If not Jesus then WHO????

That's what the Bible says he said, all right.

Amen.

bye.