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Mark 3:6 is not credible for more or less the same reason that it would not be credible if you read something purporting to be a historical record of the modern US saying:
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Twice now you have referred to 'all you can gather' from other people's posts. This appears to be a description of your limitations rather than of what other people are actually saying. You can't handle the truth.
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You yourself claim you don't know of anything true with regards to Jesus the Christ as stated in the NT. Quote:
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You do not know that Jesus was crucified, you do not know if he was buried or the where- abouts of his body, yet you fail to take into consideration that Jesus may have not existed at all, which is an obvious possibilty. But upon reflection, may be you have not even started your investigation about the matter, since like law enforcement before they begin an investigation, usually say, 'Nothing can be ruled in or out'. I have already past that stage, and although based on circumstantial evidence, I think I have a strong case against the HJ. I leave you with the so-called words of Saul/Paul, a hostile witness, 2 Corithinians 12:2-3, "I knew a man in Christ above fourteen ago, ( whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, God knoweth such an one caught up in the third heaven. And I know such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell; God knoweth;) Now if Saul/Paul cannot recall, who can? |
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Can I please have a straight answer? Do you or do you not acknowledge that the following two statements are logically consistent with each other (I am assuming that you know what this means)? (1) There never was a person with the supernatural characteristics attributed to 'Jesus Christ'. (2) Some of the statements about Jesus in the Christian Scriptures are historically accurate. Quote:
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If you had a strong case, or indeed any case, against the different hypothesis that some of the things the Christian Scriptures say about Jesus are true, then you would have presented it by now. Probable conclusion: despite having had the distinction pointed out to you several times, you are unwilling to accept the difference between the two hypotheses. You can't handle the truth. Quote:
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I've already told you that I can't point to any statement about Jesus in the Christian Scriptures which I am sure is true. And I've already tried to explain how this proves nothing. You think that if you exclude one possibility, you automatically prove another. It doesn't work. There are more than two possibilities. |
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I am not sure, however, that the authors of Matthew and Luke were motivated to vary from Mark primarily by concerns about historical plausibility. But it would take a lengthy digression to explain my thinking, so I won't go into it further now.
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