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Amazing resources from Wikipedia.
June 4, 2018 at 9:17 pm
With, some samples to discuss! First,
Quote:According to some, Mark's geography was not always accurate, for example Mark 7:31, describing Jesus going from Tyre to the Sea of Galilee by way of Sidon (20 miles farther north and on the Mediterranean coast). The author of Mark did not seem to know that one would not go through Sidon to go from Tyre to the Sea of Galilee, and there was no road from Sidon to the Sea of Galilee in the 1st century, only one from Tyre.[81][82] Catholic scholars have interpreted this passage as non-problematic since Jesus would have traveled in a wide circle, first north, then east and south.[83]
Historical_reliability_of_the_Gospels
And, Luke:
Quote:In Acts 21:38, a Roman asks Paul if he was 'the Egyptian' who led a band of 'sicarii' (literally: 'dagger-men') into the desert. In both The Jewish Wars[98] and Antiquities of the Jews,[99] Josephus talks about Jewish nationalist rebels called sicarii directly prior to talking about The Egyptian leading some followers to the Mount of Olives. Richard Pervo believes that this demonstrates that Luke used Josephus as a source and mistakenly thought that the sicarii were followers of The Egyptian.[100][101]
Historical reliability of the Acts of the Apostles
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RE: Amazing resources from Wikipedia.
June 4, 2018 at 10:34 pm
It's just a bunch of revisionist "history", with religion thrown in. (Not Wiki)
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RE: Amazing resources from Wikipedia.
June 4, 2018 at 10:44 pm
The thing about Wikipedia (in my opinion, positive) is that minority viewpoints are allowed to be expressed; still, it is clear from the articles that very few scholars are inerrantists, who believe the Bible to be "without error". Certainly, no mainstream scholar at the 3K+ 4-year institutions in the United States holds to such a POV.
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RE: Amazing resources from Wikipedia.
June 4, 2018 at 10:51 pm
I’m just guessing, but you wouldn’t believe my motorcycle trips either, by this reasoning (or work trips for that matter).
This seems like a minor and meaningless quibble, which is easily explained.
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RE: Amazing resources from Wikipedia.
June 4, 2018 at 11:00 pm
(June 4, 2018 at 10:51 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I’m just guessing, but you wouldn’t believe my motorcycle trips either, by this reasoning (or work trips for that matter).
This seems like a minor and meaningless quibble, which is easily explained.
If you said that you were abducted by aliens, I just might believe.
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RE: Amazing resources from Wikipedia.
June 4, 2018 at 11:04 pm
(June 4, 2018 at 11:00 pm)Jehanne Wrote: (June 4, 2018 at 10:51 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I’m just guessing, but you wouldn’t believe my motorcycle trips either, by this reasoning (or work trips for that matter).
This seems like a minor and meaningless quibble, which is easily explained.
If you said that you were abducted by aliens, I just might believe.
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That seems more like a dodge and doesn’t address the topic.
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RE: Amazing resources from Wikipedia.
June 4, 2018 at 11:08 pm
(June 4, 2018 at 11:04 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: (June 4, 2018 at 11:00 pm)Jehanne Wrote: If you said that you were abducted by aliens, I just might believe.
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That seems more like a dodge and doesn’t address the topic.
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RE: Amazing resources from Wikipedia.
June 4, 2018 at 11:08 pm
(June 4, 2018 at 10:51 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I’m just guessing, but you wouldn’t believe my motorcycle trips either, by this reasoning (or work trips for that matter).
This seems like a minor and meaningless quibble, which is easily explained.
You have a point. Perhaps like most men fucking jesus simply wouldn't ask for directions?
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RE: Amazing resources from Wikipedia.
June 4, 2018 at 11:18 pm
(June 4, 2018 at 11:04 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: (June 4, 2018 at 11:00 pm)Jehanne Wrote: If you said that you were abducted by aliens, I just might believe.
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That seems more like a dodge and doesn’t address the topic.
Clear evidence is presented in both of my OP links that demonstrate, beyond any doubt whatsoever, that the Gospels and Acts contain historical errors.
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RE: Amazing resources from Wikipedia.
June 4, 2018 at 11:24 pm
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(June 4, 2018 at 11:18 pm)Jehanne Wrote: (June 4, 2018 at 11:04 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: That seems more like a dodge and doesn’t address the topic.
Clear evidence is presented in both of my OP links that demonstrate, beyond any doubt whatsoever, that the Gospels and Acts contain historical errors.
Perhaps, but I was commenting on the example that you chose to post. If you had a better argument (edit -clear evidence), it’s curious why you didn’t go with that.
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