Duvduv

I am specifically referring to a bible-like life story of the Christ similar to the 4 gospels. They were clearly produced as a set of similar stories intended to stand alongside the Old Testament as part of the official "Bible".

outhouse

they clearly were not.


we had different communities copying Gmark and added to it, because their community had different oral tradition and importance to what they valued



they were written with a OT foundation by people that worshipped the OT and wanted to add their theology as additions to the OT they were following to certain extents, but not completely




the bible evolved over a thousand years, none of it was written to match one book from the next except when they copied, YET THEY ALL ARE SIMULAR even with thousands of years in between books

outhouse

Love ya brother but your trying to make a square wheel, out of a Ferrari rim

Duvduv

There is no documentary or other evidence whatsoever of the existence of any "communities" that followed only one or another of the canonical gospels. Indeed, even AA's pal Justin never distinguishes among gospels followed since he lumps everything together as "Memoirs of the Apostles." Personally, I think the claims of some ancient propagandists about various sects is legend, myth, heresay and outright invention.

I suppose if Eusebius had written about the Bubblegumists who believed only in the Gospel according to Bazooka there would be some who would quote him widely.

outhouse

False

you have been told this before, we now have to repeat known facts to you. Gjohn states it was written by a Johaninne community, and all scholrships back that information.

The gospels thenselves are the evidence

Gmark the first and served as a foundation to the others written to a roman audience FACT!

Gluke added other sources to Gmark FACT! also written to a roman audience

Gmatthew written to community that adhered to more judaism then the others but still used the roman foundation of Gmark. FACT!



all different places and semi different cultures based on geographic location.

Duvduv

FACT or HYPOTHESIS, Outhouse??
It's a BIG difference.

outhouse

Those are facts

Duvduv

How can be demonstrable empirical facts unless you can show they are?

outhouse

not only is the scripture were left with obviously what I stated

You also have no case at all for anything other then what I stated as fact.


thats why they call it a fact.



if you cannot view the basic facts as a foundation to build your knowledge from, do you think you can turn that square wheel into something a Ferrari would start running on their cars?

Toto

Not facts, inferences.

"Scholars" infer the existence of communities from the gospels, because the gospels appear to be liturgical documents that must have been preserved because someone used them.