tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.comments2024-02-10T02:53:47.545-06:00Do You Ever Think About Things You Do Think About?Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955726889682177434noreply@blogger.comBlogger2256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-39942327737948954032023-10-01T19:02:29.503-05:002023-10-01T19:02:29.503-05:00I enjoyed reading thhisI enjoyed reading thhisRaiz Onhttps://raiz-on.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-81916451339752917062023-08-28T16:52:23.179-05:002023-08-28T16:52:23.179-05:00Nice post thanks for sharinggNice post thanks for sharinggLT Digital Mobilityhttps://ltdigitalmobility.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-62418139119933905892023-03-25T11:36:32.025-05:002023-03-25T11:36:32.025-05:00"Roman Law and Roman Society in the New Testa..."Roman Law and Roman Society in the New Testament"? Great book. Sherwin-White said there that the "we" passages in Acts are nothing other than a literary "trope" common to Hellenistic historical romance literature of the 1st and 2nd centuries CE. You can bet your ass Craig ignores that. <br /><br />Re the anonymous right above me, Sherwin-White may not have been Stith Thompson, but as a PhD classicist, he wasn't totally ignorant on myth, legend and folklore either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-82244789922519361232023-02-28T04:23:54.851-06:002023-02-28T04:23:54.851-06:00Our debate is now here:
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And, I am too much happy to find this website on the world of Google. <a href="https://hwaml.net/" rel="nofollow">حوامل</a>rthwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634812053107920563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-6797715640270207212020-03-07T01:33:27.417-06:002020-03-07T01:33:27.417-06:00The article looks magnificent, but it would be ben...The article looks magnificent, but it would be beneficial if you can share more about the suchlike subjects in the future. Keep posting. <a href="https://hwaml.net/" rel="nofollow">حوامل</a> rthwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634812053107920563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-13252017477961878842018-03-02T07:04:45.834-06:002018-03-02T07:04:45.834-06:00As examples of the judicious scholarly usage of Sh...As examples of the judicious scholarly usage of Sherwin-White's work (as a contrast with the dogmatic scepticism of the form-critics), see the Fr. Eric Mascall's books "The Secularisation of Christianity" and "Theology & the Gospel of Christ", which have not been mentioned by any poster so far.william arthurshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447813388196156894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-43135861227943388982018-02-28T16:54:34.469-06:002018-02-28T16:54:34.469-06:00Just checking in, as I do from time to time, but t...Just checking in, as I do from time to time, but there are two problems with this supposed problem with eyewitness accounts of the Resurrection.<br /><br />1. No one suggests there is no other evidence other than eyewitness testimony, and<br /><br />2. Paul invites people to seek out the many that were witnesses, of which there were hundreds. <br /><br />The law gives greater weight to eyewitness testimony as the number of witnesses rises. This doesn't mean absolute certainty, but logic dictates that the more witnesses there are, the more likely the testimonies are valid.Marshal Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01054268632726520871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-77987927618160420692018-01-14T15:23:46.446-06:002018-01-14T15:23:46.446-06:00"Fortunately, this is of little significance ..."Fortunately, this is of little significance to the empty tomb of Jesus..."<br /><br />Why a little significance? Wouldn't the guard legend have no relation to the story of the empty tomb? <br /><br />Let's not forget that, like most conservatives, Craig is an inerrantist. Admitting that the story of the guards is a legend (which the evidence assuredly suggests) the Bible would be fallible and that is the last thing Craig wants for the purposes of his apologetic ministry. That might be another reason why he defended it like he did in 84. <br /><br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-30393507650276975792018-01-14T15:16:56.569-06:002018-01-14T15:16:56.569-06:00ffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-67847900164197572332018-01-05T08:34:57.695-06:002018-01-05T08:34:57.695-06:00"It is astonishing that while Graeco-Roman hi..."It is astonishing that while Graeco-Roman historians have been growing in confidence, the twentieth century study of the Gospel narratives, starting from no less promising material, has taken so gloomy a turn in the development of form criticism that the more advanced exponents of it apparently maintain-so far as an amateur can understand the matter-that the historical Jesus is unknowable and the history of his mission cannot be written. This seems very curious when one compares the case for the best-known contemporary of Christ, who like Christ is a well-documented figure--Tiberius Caesar."<br /><br />A. N. Sherwin-White, Roman Society and Roman Law in the New Testament (Oxford, 1963), p. 187.<br />Quoted by E. M. Blaiklock in Jesus Christ: Man or Myth p. 9Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551201179946734836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-40599605738859187902017-11-05T07:46:23.896-06:002017-11-05T07:46:23.896-06:00They saw as much of it as the women did.
Of cour...They saw as much of it as the women did. <br /><br />Of course we can always think of ways a story might have been told differently. I can think of lots of ways that Joseph Smith might have improved his tale of the Angel Moroni and the Golden Plates, but that doesn't give me any reason to think that the story as Smith told it was true.VinnyJH57https://www.blogger.com/profile/17954441753543764706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-15740308172965743852017-11-04T13:54:30.184-05:002017-11-04T13:54:30.184-05:00If Matthew added the guard as witnesses, it's ...If Matthew added the guard as witnesses, it's odd he didn't have them witness the resurrection.Peter S. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17586211350414701540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-80778617633408577562017-11-01T11:46:56.985-05:002017-11-01T11:46:56.985-05:00Hi Vinny, I didn't know you had a blog. Way t...Hi Vinny, I didn't know you had a blog. Way to go!<br /><br />The James passage in the epistles may just be an interpolation against docetism, or maybe even mythicism. By the way, I just posted a new post yesterday on my blog about Noble Lies and the Origin of Christianity (I overhauled an earlier post I did in March). If you wouldn't mind, could you take a look at it and let me know if you have any suggestions? You always have such interesting ideas! Anyway, if you get a moment here it is: http://palpatinesway.blogspot.ca/<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />John MacDonaldPalpatine's Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16610828032059030221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-50624125898656436482017-09-13T19:11:28.147-05:002017-09-13T19:11:28.147-05:00Hi Vinny,
You left this comment on Dr. Michael St...Hi Vinny,<br /><br />You left this comment on Dr. Michael Strauss' blog:<br /><br />"Over the last two decades, hundreds of people have been released from prison after being exonerated by DNA testing that was not available at the time of their convictions. In many cases, the conviction was obtained by eyewitness testimony. Nevertheless, when faced with a choice between eyewitness testimony and scientific knowledge, the law goes with the latter. No court has ever considered the possibility that some supernatural event might explain the discrepancy between the eyewitnesses and the DNA.<br /><br />Even if it could be established that anything in the gospels could be traced back to eyewitness accounts, it is absurd to think that they could be used in a court to establish facts that are contrary to scientific knowledge."<br /><br />I hope you don't mind but I am going to repost this statement on my blog. I believe it is fantastic! It blows the Christian argument about eyewitness evidence and the Resurrection out of the water!<br /><br />Take care,<br />GaryGaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519721717265344702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-38421253136835335782017-05-22T10:58:08.123-05:002017-05-22T10:58:08.123-05:00Would you agree that "howls of protest" ...Would you agree that "howls of protest" is a little hyperbolic? It's been a while since I've heard biblical scholars howl about anything.<br /><br />I think there may be a distinction between the two lines of reasoning you mention. It is a rule of thumb in biblical interpretation that we prefer more difficult passages to less difficult ones. Almost no serious scholar would doubt the existence of John the Baptist because his existence poses so many theological problems for the Christianity of the Gospel era.<br /><br />Similarly, I think the brotherhood of James poses certain, if fewer, theological problems to a community suggesting the virginity of Mary. Especially if Mary's virginity is proposed as perpetual, but even without this, the existence of a brother to Jesus is not something that would readily be inserted by the Gospel-era community. Not only that, but Paul, who is constantly trying (especially in Galatians) to establish his own dominance in the Christian party's hierarchy would certainly be the last to propose the biological brotherhood of a rival who otherwise would have no such claim. <br /><br />The Guard at the tomb, however, is an explanation that fills in an existing gap. The invention of this story I think you might agree is much more likely than the invention of a brother to Jesus.<br /><br />In addition, Galatians predates Mark by possibly a decade and a half, while Matthew postdates Mark by possibly the same length of time. The absence of the guard from both Luke and Mark would call the guard's existence into serious question. In one or the other, there might be some evidence for the guard, but without either the historicity of the guard is highly doubtful. <br /><br /> moonspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04024211366450935966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-90580602837280829452017-03-18T14:20:45.775-05:002017-03-18T14:20:45.775-05:00I think we're indeed justified. We don't ...I think we're indeed justified. We don't have to have suffered as badly as those before us to recognize that millenials are pushing the envelope to outrageous proportions with regard to what constitutes and actual victim. I don't know too many of my generation who compare with the current one in terms of sensitivity to the most innocuous comment or expression. It's not so much a matter of thinking ourselves to be any "tougher", but only that millenials are just incredibly petulant whiners.Marshal Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01054268632726520871noreply@blogger.com