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Old 11-05-2011, 09:08 AM   #241
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[ Agreed. So what?
As far As I can tell this only illustrates that there are two opposing positions.
And that is already obvious....
"So What" you ask??? How bizarre!!!! You are the one who INITIALLY introduce the absurd charge. Have you forgotten what you wrote so soon?

Please don't ever FORGET from now on that HJers CANNOT comprehend that the Jesus story was NOT based on an actual human.

HJers CANNOT comprehend that the Jesus story was based on a PHANTOM, the sea-water Walker who Transfigured.

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It is UNHEARD of that actual evidence of Mythology is REJECTED in order to re-construct the past.
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...Oh come now. Almost every famous person that has ever lived has had certain myths attached to them. And historians routinely reject any obvious myths.
Alexander the Great according to one myth was fathered by serpent. How many serious historians ACCEPT this myth in their efforts to re-construct the past? ...
You KNOW the Myths about Alexander the Great are NOT rejected. They are documented to SHOW what people of antiquity did claim about Alexander the Great. You KNOW that there is CORROBORATION for the historicity of Alexander the Great.

The mythology and history of Alexander the Great are DOCUMENTED and CANNOT be REJECTED.

It must be KNOWN all what was claimed about Alexander the Great to DETERMINE the historicity of Alexander the Great.

Now, tell me of the MYTH and History in gMark for Jesus.

If Jesus was an ACTUAL figure of History then we would EXPECT MYTH and History of Jesus like Alexander the Great.

There is ALL MYTH and NO history in gMark.

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No-one dares REJECT the evidence of Mythology for Romulus and Remus in Plutarch's Romulus.
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...Not quite an accurate claim. It is recognized as being Mythology, so there is nothing to reject. Who is claiming it as being actual history?...
Well who is recognizing gMark as history? Are you claiming gMark as being ACTUAL history?

I recognize gMark as mythology


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Your line of argument is NOT logical. HJers CANNOT argue for an Historical Jesus based on Silence. HJers CANNOT re-construct the past on IMAGINATION.
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...This is funny. You have text that are chock FULL of obvious horse-shit, and you wish to 're-construct the past' so as to CONFORM to that fabricated horse-shit? ...
What!!!! You want me to accept HORSE-SHIT as history like HJers!!! That is funny indeed.

I accept the HORSE-SHIT in gMark as MYTH. What do you do with the Horse-Shit in gMark?

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People can BELIEVE whatever they want but to argue for an historical Jesus of Nazareth then one MUST have sources.
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And you only have 'sources' that give nothing but a bunch of fabricated horse-shit myths and lies, and would rather accept these fabricated horse-shit myths and lies as being valid points to reason upon, than the more rational position that they are fabrications of absolutely no value at all in determining anything at all with regards to any possible earlier flesh and blood human Jebus. aa5874 can also believe any foolish thing that he wants...
I accept HORSE-Shit in gMark as HORSE-SHIT.

Some people want to dismantle the Horse-shit in gMark looking for the history of their HJ.

Horse-shit when dismantled will only be DISMANTLED Horse-Shit.

I really don't understand what you are arguing about when you have ADMITTED that you are NOT an HJer.

HJers NEED to PROVIDE credible sources for their HJ instead of DISMANTLING the Horse-Shit in gMark.

If Jesus was a figure of History then we would EXPECT some Horse-Shit and Some History but Jesus is ALL HORSE-SHIT.
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I am confident that everybody who is familiar with the content of Catch-22 regards it as a fictional work. I am even more confident that not everybody who is familiar with the content of Mark regards it as a fictional work. There is plenty of evidence of the existence of people who do not consider Mark to be a fictional work.
I have no argument with your conclusion, that many, maybe even MOST folks, do not consider Mark a work of fiction, but, that opinion is off topic,
If the discussion went off-topic, you shouldn't be blaming me. My remark was a direct response to one of yours, so if my remark was off-topic it can only have been because your preceding remark was off-topic.
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for, the question here, in the OP, is not what people believe, but whether or not you
I have not asserted the position you describe. It is also not clear to me that you have correctly characterised the issue raised by the OP.
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and Sheshbazzar, and MANY others are correct, that Mark can serve to provide an intellectual substrate upon which to build a foundation for the hypothesis that Jesus was an historical person, or, as I believe is the case, that Mark's gospel is primarily a work of fiction, with a sprinkling of historical tidbits thrown in for good measure, just as Catch-22 describes genuine airplanes, real cities, real bombs, and real dates, even though it, too, is a work of fiction, not history.

Insofar as that is the question at issue, you have not succeeded in making a case for your position on it, and neither has anybody else.
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And as for Step one - aa5874 is a great source for arguments against that JC figure being a real flesh and blood figure.
aa5874 is a great source for wildly ranting rhetoric with lots of unnecessary capitalisation; for properly constructed arguments, not so much.

As far as I know, nobody here is denying that some of the statements in the canonical Gospels using the name Jesus cannot possibly be literally accurate reports of events that actually happened.

But aa5874's arguments are inadequate to establish the conclusion that none of the statements in the canonical Gospels using the name Jesus are literally accurate reports of events that actually happened.
When one goes the cherry-picking route - one has discredited whatever conclusion one has striven to create.
aa5874 has gone the cherry-picking route. aa5874's approach is based on considering selected verses only.
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And as for Step one - aa5874 is a great source for arguments against that JC figure being a real flesh and blood figure.
aa5874 is a great source for wildly ranting rhetoric with lots of unnecessary capitalisation; for properly constructed arguments, not so much.

As far as I know, nobody here is denying that some of the statements in the canonical Gospels using the name Jesus cannot possibly be literally accurate reports of events that actually happened.

But aa5874's arguments are inadequate to establish the conclusion that none of the statements in the canonical Gospels using the name Jesus are literally accurate reports of events that actually happened.
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But aa5874's arguments are inadequate to establish the conclusion that none of the statements in the canonical Gospels using the name Jesus are literally accurate reports of events that actually happened
I believe his arguments are quite valid. You have nothing in the Gospels to prove a flesh and blood jesus ever walked the face of the planet.
I didn't say I did. What I said was that aa5874's arguments are inadequate to establish the conclusion that none of the statements in the canonical Gospels using the name Jesus are literally accurate reports of events that actually happened. That is a specific affirmative conclusion which aa5874 has not established. Even if you are right about the impossibility of establishing another different affirmative conclusion, failure to establish one possibility does not automatically equate to success in establishing another one. The question is still open.
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I didn't say I did. What I said was that aa5874's arguments are inadequate to establish the conclusion that none of the statements in the canonical Gospels using the name Jesus are literally accurate reports of events that actually happened....
Your claim is ERRONEOUS and appears to be DELIBERATELY mis-leading and yet you REPEAT your KNOWN error continuously.

I have enough of your CRAP.

I have NOT attempted or stated anywhere in my thread that I will show that none of the statements in the Canonical Gospels using the name Jesus are literally accurate reports.

I have STATED that gMark's supports the Myth Jesus theory and that Jesus was an OBSOLETE ABSOLUTE PHANTON in gMark when he Walked on the sea and Transfigured. See Mark 6.48-49 and 9.2.

The SPECIFIC GRAVITY of Jesus in gMark is NOT that of human beings.

And further many miracles of the supposed Jesus in gMark are IMPLAUSIBLE.

For example, the feeding of the 5 thousand and 4 thousand men with a few loaves and fish is impausible and support mythology not history. See Mark 6 and 8.

The INSTANT healing of the blind, deaf and dumb in gMark 7 and 9 are IMPLAUSIBLE and SUPPORT Mythology NOT history.

The Resurrection of Jesus in Mark 16.6 is IMPLAUSIBLE and SUPPORTS Mythology NOT history.

gMark's Jesus is an Obsolete Absolute Phantom that carried out Implausible Miracles and the disciples of the PHANTOM participate in the very same implausibilities.

gMark is the Perfect HJ argument Killer.
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I didn't say I did. What I said was that aa5874's arguments are inadequate to establish the conclusion that none of the statements in the canonical Gospels using the name Jesus are literally accurate reports of events that actually happened. That is a specific affirmative conclusion which aa5874 has not established. Even if you are right about the impossibility of establishing another different affirmative conclusion, failure to establish one possibility does not automatically equate to success in establishing another one. The question is still open.
Thanks for saving me from making my first reply ever to Stringbean. You nailed it exactly.
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I didn't say I did. What I said was that aa5874's arguments are inadequate to establish the conclusion that none of the statements in the canonical Gospels using the name Jesus are literally accurate reports of events that actually happened. That is a specific affirmative conclusion which aa5874 has not established. Even if you are right about the impossibility of establishing another different affirmative conclusion, failure to establish one possibility does not automatically equate to success in establishing another one. The question is still open.
Thanks for saving me from making my first reply ever to Stringbean. You nailed it exactly.
You don't know what you are talking about.

1. J-D has utterly failed to show that anything about Jesus in gMark is history.

2. I have provided passages in gMark that SUPPORT the Myth Jesus theory.

J-D is a DISASTER.

J-D has ZERO sources to CONTRADICT the MYTH Jesus theory.
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And as for Step one - aa5874 is a great source for arguments against that JC figure being a real flesh and blood figure.
aa5874 is a great source for wildly ranting rhetoric with lots of unnecessary capitalisation; for properly constructed arguments, not so much.

As far as I know, nobody here is denying that some of the statements in the canonical Gospels using the name Jesus cannot possibly be literally accurate reports of events that actually happened.

But aa5874's arguments are inadequate to establish the conclusion that none of the statements in the canonical Gospels using the name Jesus are literally accurate reports of events that actually happened.
Your claim is blatantly ERRONEOUS and ABSURD.

In gMark, it is claimed Jesus was WITNESSED by his disciples as he WALKED on the sea and when he Transfigured.

These two events DESTROYS any claim that Jesus of gMark was a figure of history.

Unless you can PROVIDE a credible source that can CONTRADICT gMark 6.48-49 and Mark 9.2 then the MYTH Jesus theory is VALID forever.

Again, YOUR FAILURE to provide sources of antiquity to CONTRADICT gMark do NOT disturb the Myth Jesus theory.

Mark 6.48-49
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..... and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out...
I CANNOT accept gMark as a source of history for the Jesus character UNLESS I can FIND a Credible source that CONTRADICT gMark 6.48-49.

You have NOT provided any sources of antiquity to show that gMark contains the history of Jesus or the disciple.

Once you DON'T have any SOURCES then you are JUST WASTING time.

Please, Please, show us a source that CAN VERIFY that there is history for Jesus in gMark.

Just GO FIND a source and then we can talk.

Please, STOP your NOISE.

Once you have NO SOURCE for your claims just STOP talking. You are NOT contributing anything to the thread.

Mark 9:2 -
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And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
gMark SUUPORTS the MYTH Jesus theory and is the PERFECT HJ argument killer.
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Agreed. So what?
As far As I can tell this only illustrates that there are two opposing positions.
And that is already obvious....
"So What" you ask??? How bizarre!!!! You are the one who INITIALLY introduce the absurd charge. Have you forgotten what you wrote so soon?

Please don't ever FORGET from now on that HJers CANNOT comprehend that the Jesus story was NOT based on an actual human.

HJers CANNOT comprehend that the Jesus story was based on a PHANTOM, the sea-water Walker who Transfigured.
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It is UNHEARD of that actual evidence of Mythology is REJECTED in order to re-construct the past.
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...Oh come now. Almost every famous person that has ever lived has had certain myths attached to them. And historians routinely reject any obvious myths.
Alexander the Great according to one myth was fathered by serpent. How many serious historians ACCEPT this myth in their efforts to re-construct the past? ...
You KNOW the Myths about Alexander the Great are NOT rejected. They are documented to SHOW what people of antiquity did claim about Alexander the Great. You KNOW that there is CORROBORATION for the historicity of Alexander the Great.

The mythology and history of Alexander the Great are DOCUMENTED and CANNOT be REJECTED.

It must be KNOWN all what was claimed about Alexander the Great to DETERMINE the historicity of Alexander the Great.

Now, tell me of the MYTH and History in gMark for Jesus.

If Jesus was an ACTUAL figure of History then we would EXPECT MYTH and History of Jesus like Alexander the Great.

There is ALL MYTH and NO history in gMark.
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No-one dares REJECT the evidence of Mythology for Romulus and Remus in Plutarch's Romulus.
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...Not quite an accurate claim. It is recognized as being Mythology, so there is nothing to reject. Who is claiming it as being actual history?...
Well who is recognizing gMark as history? Are you claiming gMark as being ACTUAL history?

I recognize gMark as mythology
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Your line of argument is NOT logical. HJers CANNOT argue for an Historical Jesus based on Silence. HJers CANNOT re-construct the past on IMAGINATION.
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...This is funny. You have text that are chock FULL of obvious horse-shit, and you wish to 're-construct the past' so as to CONFORM to that fabricated horse-shit? ...
What!!!! You want me to accept HORSE-SHIT as history like HJers!!! That is funny indeed.

I accept the HORSE-SHIT in gMark as MYTH. What do you do with the Horse-Shit in gMark?
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People can BELIEVE whatever they want but to argue for an historical Jesus of Nazareth then one MUST have sources.
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And you only have 'sources' that give nothing but a bunch of fabricated horse-shit myths and lies, and would rather accept these fabricated horse-shit myths and lies as being valid points to reason upon, than the more rational position that they are fabrications of absolutely no value at all in determining anything at all with regards to any possible earlier flesh and blood human Jebus. aa5874 can also believe any foolish thing that he wants...
I accept HORSE-Shit in gMark as HORSE-SHIT.

Some people want to dismantle the Horse-shit in gMark looking for the history of their HJ.

Horse-shit when dismantled will only be DISMANTLED Horse-Shit.

I really don't understand what you are arguing about when you have ADMITTED that you are NOT an HJer.

HJers NEED to PROVIDE credible sources for their HJ instead of DISMANTLING the Horse-Shit in gMark.

If Jesus was a figure of History then we would EXPECT some Horse-Shit and Some History but Jesus is ALL HORSE-SHIT.
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I didn't say I did. What I said was that aa5874's arguments are inadequate to establish the conclusion that none of the statements in the canonical Gospels using the name Jesus are literally accurate reports of events that actually happened....
Your claim is ERRONEOUS and appears to be DELIBERATELY mis-leading and yet you REPEAT your KNOWN error continuously.

I have enough of your CRAP.

I have NOT attempted or stated anywhere in my thread that I will show that none of the statements in the Canonical Gospels using the name Jesus are literally accurate reports.

I have STATED that gMark's supports the Myth Jesus theory and that Jesus was an OBSOLETE ABSOLUTE PHANTON in gMark when he Walked on the sea and Transfigured. See Mark 6.48-49 and 9.2.

The SPECIFIC GRAVITY of Jesus in gMark is NOT that of human beings.

And further many miracles of the supposed Jesus in gMark are IMPLAUSIBLE.

For example, the feeding of the 5 thousand and 4 thousand men with a few loaves and fish is impausible and support mythology not history. See Mark 6 and 8.

The INSTANT healing of the blind, deaf and dumb in gMark 7 and 9 are IMPLAUSIBLE and SUPPORT Mythology NOT history.

The Resurrection of Jesus in Mark 16.6 is IMPLAUSIBLE and SUPPORTS Mythology NOT history.

gMark's Jesus is an Obsolete Absolute Phantom that carried out Implausible Miracles and the disciples of the PHANTOM participate in the very same implausibilities.

gMark is the Perfect HJ argument Killer.
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I didn't say I did. What I said was that aa5874's arguments are inadequate to establish the conclusion that none of the statements in the canonical Gospels using the name Jesus are literally accurate reports of events that actually happened. That is a specific affirmative conclusion which aa5874 has not established. Even if you are right about the impossibility of establishing another different affirmative conclusion, failure to establish one possibility does not automatically equate to success in establishing another one. The question is still open.
Thanks for saving me from making my first reply ever to Stringbean. You nailed it exactly.
You don't know what you are talking about.

1. J-D has utterly failed to show that anything about Jesus in gMark is history.

2. I have provided passages in gMark that SUPPORT the Myth Jesus theory.

J-D is a DISASTER.

J-D has ZERO sources to CONTRADICT the MYTH Jesus theory.
There is nothing new in any of those posts. Everything in them is things you have posted before, repeatedly. It wasn't enough to make out your case before and it isn't now. Repetition adds no weight. You can protract the thread with repetition as much as you like, but it's a pure waste of time and space, contributing nothing of value to the discussion.
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Old 11-05-2011, 08:15 PM   #249
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Oh come now. Almost every famous person that has ever lived has had certain myths attached to them. And historians routinely reject any obvious myths.
Alexander the Great according to one myth was fathered by serpent.

...

The tales are entirely myth.

...
Given that you acknowledge that it is possible for supernatural stories to be told about historical individuals, I do not see how you exclude the possibility that the Gospel tales are examples of this. The question is still open.
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There is nothing new in any of those posts. Everything in them is things you have posted before, repeatedly. It wasn't enough to make out your case before and it isn't now. Repetition adds no weight. You can protract the thread with repetition as much as you like, but it's a pure waste of time and space, contributing nothing of value to the discussion.
Your claims appears to be FALSE. You have NOT found one single fault with my posts at all. You have even ADMITTED that some statements in the Canon CANNOT be historically accurate.

You DON'T even realise that ALL the TIME you were SUPPORTING me.

1. You ADMITTED that the Canon contain statements that CANNOT be historically accurate.

2. In ALL your POSTS, You have UTTERLY FAILED to show that anything about Jesus in gMark is historically accurate.

You DON'T even understand that you have DONE EXACTLY what I wanted you to DO.[

You HAVE ZERO SOURCES for HJ. You have NOTHING but NOISE.

That is WHAT you have SHOWN for ALL YOUR POSTS.

That is EXACTLY what I WANTED you to do. EXPOSE that HJ is without SUPPORT or Corroboration from sources of antiquity.



And further, in gMark the so-called Miracles of Jesus were IMPLAUSIBLE and fiction.

1. The Baptism story is IMPLAUSIBLE.

2. The Temptation by the Satan is IMPLAUSIBLE.

3. The Cursing of the Fig tree is IMPLAUSIBLE.

4. The Calming of the sea-storm is IMPLAUSIBLE.

5. The Raising of the dead is IMPLAUSIBLE.

6. The Trial of Jesus is IMPLAUSIBLE.

7. The INSTANT healing of the blind, deaf and dumb is IMPLAUSIBLE.

8. The feeding of the five and four thousand is IMPLAUSIBLE.

9. The claim that Jesus would BAPTIZE with Holy Ghost is IMPLAUSIBLE.

10. The Claim that Jesus resurrected is IMPLAUSIBLE.


The MYTH JESUS theory is WELL supported by gMark.

gMark is the Perfect HJ argument killer since there are statements in gMark about Jesus that are TOTAL FICTION and it is NOT known that any event about Jesus in gMark is historical.

Without any credible sources for an historical Jesus then HJ must be ABANDONED. No question about HJ can be answered.

J-D, you can't do history with SILENCE and IMAGINATION.

But on the other hand, gMark's Jesus was an OBSOLETE ABSOLUTE PHANTOM. IT WALKED on sea-water and Transfigured. Mark 6.48-49 and 9.2.
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