RE: The Historical Reliability of the New Testament
May 26, 2015 at 5:55 pm
(This post was last modified: May 26, 2015 at 6:36 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I don't know what you think occams razor provides here......or how it might even be applied...but...do you think occams razor is the best demonstration of some historical Paul?
You really are arguing on the basis of "Paul says so" alone...aren't you.........? I don't think that this is a very useful method for determining what historical core, if any, might be contained within -any- narrative. I;m gonna need some ackowledgement, on the above, btw. Do you or do you not agree that the "letter writing" format is represented in known works of fiction (the mad arab was another example of the same, btw)? I'm not asking you if you think it''s fiction..or if this proves that it's fiction...I don't think that it does...I'm asking you only what I've written. How have you cleared that, very obvious, hurdle?
with occams fucking razor...lol, I doubt it.....here use occams razor on these statements.
"The format found in the NT, specific example of the pauline epistles, is similar to the format of the screwtape letters"
or
"A man named paul wrote letters to churches, outside of the narrative, in reality"
Which is more likely...which makes fewer assumptions......Tell me, genious..how to even apply occams razor between those two statements.......? I think it's clear that here, you are comparing your explanation to some other, unstated, explanation - rather than any comment of mine. That you are, yet again, imagining a position and ascribing it to me. As soon as you stop doing that, you might find our conversation to be entirely different. Eh? I've already told you, if you want to argue against a conspiracist, go find one.
You really are arguing on the basis of "Paul says so" alone...aren't you.........? I don't think that this is a very useful method for determining what historical core, if any, might be contained within -any- narrative. I;m gonna need some ackowledgement, on the above, btw. Do you or do you not agree that the "letter writing" format is represented in known works of fiction (the mad arab was another example of the same, btw)? I'm not asking you if you think it''s fiction..or if this proves that it's fiction...I don't think that it does...I'm asking you only what I've written. How have you cleared that, very obvious, hurdle?
with occams fucking razor...lol, I doubt it.....here use occams razor on these statements.
"The format found in the NT, specific example of the pauline epistles, is similar to the format of the screwtape letters"
or
"A man named paul wrote letters to churches, outside of the narrative, in reality"
Which is more likely...which makes fewer assumptions......Tell me, genious..how to even apply occams razor between those two statements.......? I think it's clear that here, you are comparing your explanation to some other, unstated, explanation - rather than any comment of mine. That you are, yet again, imagining a position and ascribing it to me. As soon as you stop doing that, you might find our conversation to be entirely different. Eh? I've already told you, if you want to argue against a conspiracist, go find one.
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