RE: The Historical Reliability of the New Testament
June 5, 2015 at 12:51 am
(This post was last modified: June 5, 2015 at 1:11 am by The Grand Nudger.)
1-There you go, inventing conspiracists again.
2-Evidence that both the screwtape letters and -the letters supposedly written by paul- are in the format of...letters? You don't think that's a fairly benign observation? I would think it strange if they weren't...since that was the authors intent(-at least- the second time I've had to correct you on this count alone).
3-I specifically mentioned that we could (and should) disregard acts on numerous occasions - mostly because it's full of obvious myth and legend and we're trying to find us some historical paul...whatever that means. Does that mean we're done..that once acts is gone the rest is really real (or that from that point forward we have to forget that acts exists), that there could be no further, subtler misinformation (for reasons which are, frankly..legion) within, say...these supposed letters?
You were saying? -And speaking of what you were saying...at what point will trading barbs or calling me a moron help you to establish the historicity of paul....whichever paul you have in mind? How does that work>?
2-Evidence that both the screwtape letters and -the letters supposedly written by paul- are in the format of...letters? You don't think that's a fairly benign observation? I would think it strange if they weren't...since that was the authors intent(-at least- the second time I've had to correct you on this count alone).
3-I specifically mentioned that we could (and should) disregard acts on numerous occasions - mostly because it's full of obvious myth and legend and we're trying to find us some historical paul...whatever that means. Does that mean we're done..that once acts is gone the rest is really real (or that from that point forward we have to forget that acts exists), that there could be no further, subtler misinformation (for reasons which are, frankly..legion) within, say...these supposed letters?
You were saying? -And speaking of what you were saying...at what point will trading barbs or calling me a moron help you to establish the historicity of paul....whichever paul you have in mind? How does that work>?
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