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Old 06-10-2008, 04:56 PM   #101
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They clearly accepted the word of the angel when they went with joy (and fear) to relate it to the disciples.
sure its possible, however my story matches up as well, there aren't any contradictions, also where is that acceptance scripture that you bolded? still waiting for that.



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You need something to support your claim that Mary doubted the angel. You haven't got it but there is plenty to deny it. Your lack of surprise that Mary "might" have doubted does not qualify.
Actually, you need a reason to doubt that mary doubted the angel. I have plenty of support, like I said its called reasonable doubt, we can never know for sure what happened, but based upon the resources we have, there is nothing that contradicts Mary doubting what the angels said, if people can doubt that Jesus rose from the dead even while seeing him, it is not unlikely that mary could doubt the angels as well. I have plenty of support.


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Ah, the retreat begins. There is no justification for thinking a risen corpse who has gone on to Galilee ahead of the disciples where he will see them has been "lain" anywhere. The accounts simply do not match up on this point.
Ya actually they do match up, you need more than an argument from silence to support your claim that there is no justification, right now its just a matter of preference, does it contradict my narrative at all? no it doesn't.



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You haven't shown me to be wrong once, let alone "again".
can I see that scripture that says acceptance?



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In John's version, the angels don't tell Mary that he has risen. You've shown no difference that is relevant let alone that supports your ridiculous attempt at harmonization. You've only managed to highlight the difference.
argument from silence. Just beause Jhon didn't write about mary hearnig the angels is not evidence that it did not happen, like I said, the gospel are 4 accounts of the same thing, and we are discussing MY narrative as well, There is nothing in the other gospels that contradicts my narrative of Mary Magdelene hearing the angel talk, nor there any reason to believe otherwise.. There is a difference that is relevant. When she's talking to peter shes asking questions because she doesn't know whats going on, after she sees Jesus she gives a full account of what happened, 2 different ways of talking.


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Or been told that he had risen. You need to put more thought into your apologetics. Or, at least, reread the accounts before you reply. You keep forgetting you need to include everything. It makes no sense for the angels to tell Mary that Jesus has risen after Jesus has appeared to her and told her himself. And it continues to make no sense for Mary to wonder where the body of Jesus had been laid if, as the other accounts tell us, the angel informed her he had risen and would meet the disciples in Galilee.
have you even read my narrative?

The angels told Mary Magdele that jesus rose before Jesus appeared to her, and it makes sense if Mary doubted, or if Mary wanted proof from the angels, or if Mary didn't know the specifics of where Jesus was in Galilee.



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No, the point is you are still ignoring that Mary was specifically told where Jesus had gone (or would be) and this continues to destroy your harmonization attempt.
Incorrect. I am not ignoring anything, the angel said "Jesus goes before you into Galilee" which does not state he is in galilee at the moment, it states that Jesus 'goes' the word 'goes' does not translate to the word 'is'. It is not 'Jesus IS before you into Galilee', its 'Jesus GOES before you into Galilee'
So the angel could easily be telling Mary that "Jesus is going before you into Galilee"

2 different words. Is, and Goes.

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How disingenuous of you! She was not just told that "the body" was in Galilee (though that, alone, would be sufficient to contradict her alleged confusion). She was told the location of Galilee (specific enough to deny your nonsense) and that he would see the disciples there. There simply is no rational justification for her to assume Jesus was still dead and his body's location unknown given what the angel tells her in the other accounts. They simply and clearly do not match up.
wrong, where is the location in galilee? care to provide some scriputual evidence? where in Galilee is he at? evidene please, not to mention that the angel was basically telling Mary that Jesus was 'going to galilee before the disciples' so the angel was still not giving mary a location where Jesus was at the moment.



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The way I put it is the way the story must read if we take them all together. Pretending otherwise does your credibility no good.
except we are talking about my narrative, not 'the way you put it', You should be criticiszing my narrative.
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Old 06-10-2008, 06:07 PM   #102
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Thanks for stepping up Amaleq13. I'm tired of this and recognize that this is truly a pointless endeavor.

I've learned that there actually is no such thing as a contradiction, therefore the bible contains no contradictions.

dr lazer blast, I hope your beliefs serve you well. I'm truly amazed that a once objective atheist could become so thoroughly dogmatic about one religous tradition. But that's your choice and I respect it.

My apologies to those who've offered encouragement (via PM) to continue, but this has gone far beyond ridiculous and I've grown to find it quite tiresome.

Signing off on this one.
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Aight, as it's still entertaining me, I'll pull this one out:

Luke 23:46 "46Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last."

John 19:30 "30When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit."
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Old 06-10-2008, 06:49 PM   #104
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sure its possible, however my story matches up as well, there aren't any contradictions, also where is that acceptance scripture that you bolded? still waiting for that.
On the contrary, I've shown that your story fails to include all the details and, when it does, becomes incoherent. I've already explained what indicates Mary accepted the angel's message so I'm not sure what it is you are awaiting. I never said I was quoting anything. That Mary reacted to the angels with joy, regardless of the fear that accompanied it, and related what she was told to the disciples clearly contradicts your hypothetical doubt.

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Actually, you need a reason to doubt that mary doubted the angel.
Not really since there is no reason to suspect it in the first place but I've provided two reasons to reject the notion anyway. Your "doubt" is simply not reasonable given the evidence of the text.

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Ya actually they do match up, you need more than an argument from silence...
I have to wonder if you truly understand what an argument from silence is because you are not using it correctly here. My observation that the reassurance given by the angel in all three of the Synoptics has no place in the fourth version obviously does not rely on silence. Likewise, my rejection of your hypothetical Doubting Mary is not based on silence but incompatibility with the evidence of the text.

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can I see that scripture that says acceptance?
You need to pay closer attention to what I write since that is not a claim I have made.

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Just beause Jhon didn't write about mary hearnig the angels is not evidence that it did not happen,...
That is true but that isn't my position. The reassurance from the angels simply does not fit in the fourth version of the story. It does not make sense prior to Mary wondering where Jesus' body is located and it does not make sense after Jesus appears to her. It does not fit. Period. No argument from silence but an observation of incompatibility.

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have you even read my narrative?
Your attempted harmonization? Yes. Remember when I pointed out you already had a problem with the first line? The two Marys brought spices they knew were already there for an anointing they knew had already taken place and apparently forgot about the large rock they knew blocked the entrance. Moving on from that debacle, we see that you have skipped over the reassurance of the angels. Tsk, tsk.

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Incorrect. I am not ignoring anything, the angel said "Jesus goes before you into Galilee" which does not state he is in galilee at the moment, it states that Jesus 'goes' the word 'goes' does not translate to the word 'is'.
Your semantic quibble does not help you escape the fact that the angel's message is incompatible with the fourth version's depiction of her wondering where the body has been laid.

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wrong, where is the location in galilee?
As I already indicated, it doesn't matter for the purposes of being incompatible with Mary's question in the fourth version. Her question there requires that she think Jesus' dead body has been relocated to an unknown place while the reassurance of the angel contradicts both.

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...not to mention that the angel was basically telling Mary that Jesus was 'going to galilee before the disciples' so the angel was still not giving mary a location where Jesus was at the moment.
Doesn't matter. What the angel tells her and her joy in response are sufficient to conflict with the notion of her wondering where his dead body is located. It simply doesn't fit.

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except we are talking about my narrative, not 'the way you put it',...
I was responding to your comment about my response.

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...You should be criticiszing my narrative.
I have been. And it continues to be like shooting fish in a barrel.
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Thanks for stepping up Amaleq13. I'm tired of this and recognize that this is truly a pointless endeavor.
It is literally no problem at all though I'm sure I'll soon tire of shooting those trapped fish as well. :wave:
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Thanks for stepping up Amaleq13. I'm tired of this and recognize that this is truly a pointless endeavor.

I've learned that there actually is no such thing as a contradiction, therefore the bible contains no contradictions.

dr lazer blast, I hope your beliefs serve you well. I'm truly amazed that a once objective atheist could become so thoroughly dogmatic about one religous tradition. But that's your choice and I respect it.

My apologies to those who've offered encouragement (via PM) to continue, but this has gone far beyond ridiculous and I've grown to find it quite tiresome.

Signing off on this one.
cool, it was fun while it lasted, i learned a lot, hope you did too.
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On the contrary, I've shown that your story fails to include all the details and, when it does, becomes incoherent. I've already explained what indicates Mary accepted the angel's message so I'm not sure what it is you are awaiting. I never said I was quoting anything. That Mary reacted to the angels with joy, regardless of the fear that accompanied it, and related what she was told to the disciples clearly contradicts your hypothetical doubt.
Lets see, there was no Reaction of joy, you continue to assert things that arn't true.

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8And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
They departed with fear and great joy. So we don't know what their specific reaction is, you're just trying to bring me into semantic games.

Regardless of whether or not 'it matches up to you personally' does my narrative's of the gospels contradict anything? no they don't, is it possible that mary doubted the angels? yes it is, does her doubting anything contradict anything the gospels no it doesn't,





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Not really since there is no reason to suspect it in the first place but I've provided two reasons to reject the notion anyway. Your "doubt" is simply not reasonable given the evidence of the text.
Yes there is a reason to suspect doubt, I suspect she doubted the angels because she went to peter saying she doesn't know where Jesus was. You're just playing semantic games, does her doubting contradict anything in the 4 gospels? no it does not, is it possible for her to doubt? yes it is, given the accounts that everyone else doubted, and some even doubted when they saw Jesus himself.



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I have to wonder if you truly understand what an argument from silence is because you are not using it correctly here. My observation that the reassurance given by the angel in all three of the Synoptics has no place in the fourth version obviously does not rely on silence. Likewise, my rejection of your hypothetical Doubting Mary is not based on silence but incompatibility with the evidence of the text.
Your rejection stems from nothing but personal dislike, which is fine, however you're going to need more than personal dislike, as personal dislike does not disprove anything.

I am asserting that Mary doubted, Mary doubted because it was difficult to believe the fact that Jesus rose from the dead. I support this assertion with the following scripture.

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And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted,




Mark 16:11
11And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not



Mark 16:13-14
13And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.
14Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.


Luke 24:12
12Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass


Luke 24:11
11And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
Which confirms that numerous people found it difficult to believe to believe Jesus rose from the dead, it is more than likely that mary doubted the angels story, we cannot be 100% sure, but with the resources we have, it seems more than likely that it is possible that Mary doubted the angels story.
Just because the angels told mary doesn't mean anything, because some people even doubted after they had seen Jesus. Jesus, being of higher authority and of more importance than the angels, and still some people doubted, which easily suggests that regardless of who said what, or who appeared where, it was still possible to doubt.

Now I ask you to refute this claim with evidence and not your personal feelings.


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You need to pay closer attention to what I write since that is not a claim I have made.
actually it was.

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There is only fear, joy and acceptance of what they were told as being true.
so you made a claim that there was fear, joy, and acceptance.

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That is true but that isn't my position. The reassurance from the angels simply does not fit in the fourth version of the story. It does not make sense prior to Mary wondering where Jesus' body is located and it does not make sense after Jesus appears to her. It does not fit. Period. No argument from silence but an observation of incompatibility.
Yes actually it does.

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1The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

5And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted

5And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 5And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

6He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

7And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.





2Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
THe bolded is from matthew 28, and the bolded AND underlined is from mark. The reason I have mark there is just to confirm that they walked into the tomb, so the reassurance easily fits. If you remember my narrative i have all 3 women hearing what the angel has to say, then splitting up, with mary magdelene going one way, and the other women going the other way.

Now it is up to YOU to refute my claim using EVIDENCE, not personal "It doesn't match up to me"

Please keep in mind that we are dealing with my narriration, so any scripture should be resolved of the proper context, I would've commented on the rest of what you wrote, but it all boils down to you differentiating your personal dislikes, to providing actual evidence to support your claims. Right now you're just asserting 'it doesn't fit' without backing it up.
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Lazer, I still would like to see your opinion of these verses:

Luke 23:46 "46Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last."

John 19:30 "30When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit."
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Lazer, I still would like to see your opinion of these verses:

Luke 23:46 "46Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last."

John 19:30 "30When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit."
Can I try this one?

Jesus received a drink. After he drank it, he said "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." He breathed his last breath. While deeply inhaling so as not to exhale, Jesus then said "It is finished" and bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

You are using an argument from silence in assuming that just because Jesus breathed his last breath that automatically means he's dead. He could just be inhaling very deeply while not exhaling and that would still be his "last breath." The way I have written it shows there is no contradiction.

Do I get my bachelor of science in Bullshit now?
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Perhaps by "breathed his last" they meant said "It is finished"? Apologetics is definitely a good exercise for those who plan to enter politics, ehh?
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