(September 6, 2013 at 1:17 pm)John V Wrote: Herodias took upon her to confound the laws of our country, and divorced herself from her husband while he was alive, and was married to Herod Antipas
This is the line by apologists to shoe-horn the dates back before 30 CE. I've already mentioned the problems:
1. 27 CE is too soon for JtB's arrest because he didn't even start his ministry until 28 CE at the earliest.
2. So Philip just let it all go without incident? Is there any mention of him divorcing his wife in history outside this wikipedia article? Mind you, women, having very limited rights at that time, couldn't divorce their husbands. It had to be the other way around. Philip was a powerful man himself and his share of Judea was actually larger than Antipas'.
3. A Jesus that started his ministry circa 30 CE would have been too young to be "about 30". Luke places his birth during the reign of Quirinius, governor of Syria, which didn't start until 6 CE.
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"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"
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