RE: Jesusism - Just Another First Century Mystery Cult
October 19, 2017 at 11:43 pm
(This post was last modified: October 19, 2017 at 11:45 pm by RoadRunner79.)
(October 19, 2017 at 11:04 pm)Minimalist Wrote: And who is going to decide? You? You are a scholar of ancient Greco-Roman Literature, I suppose?
No... but I can read... and I like to check things out.
I just want to go back to the source, to see if it is accurate. As well, to see the context, and what origin said in response.
In the end, this is just one man's opinion so I don't see it as a big deal. Especially when there are others who contradict him about the early Church (including those outside of Christianity).
Besides, if all he did, was pull the words of Celsus out (remove the words of Origen), then I dont' think I need to be a scholar to evaluate if that is accurate.
Unlike some, I don't dismiss things, just because of who wrote it. But I do want to know what they based it on. And especially with Carrier and Jehovah Witnesses, I have learned that you should always go back and check the original source.
(October 19, 2017 at 11:37 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Wouldn't this line, from the first post in thread...respond to the above?
Quote:To say Christianity was a mystery religion is not to say that Christianity is exactly like any other mystery religion, any more than any mystery religion was 'exactly like' any other.
I read the rest of that link.....and I found exactly what I expected. A man calling the gospels eyewitness accounts and insisting that we had some empty tomb as evidence....lemme guess, Habermas is an apologist?
Does that matter?
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