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Old 02-28-2012, 12:52 PM   #391
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there were no Christians before the Fall of the Temple
Then you have to eliminate the testimony in that regard of Tacitus and Suetonius.


before the fall of the temple there was only a sect of judaism


christianity didnt exist at that time.


does my statement really go against what was said by Tacitus and Suetonius ???
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Your quote from Tertullian does not say Jesus did not look like a man on earth ("He only wanted to assume flesh, of the flesh of man without the seed of a man;" AND "after He was born of the virgin, He was able to have a woman for His mother" ). The only difference is that the tiny male seed did not come from a man. That's it.
The sperm is a self propelled seed with a mind of it's own?
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Old 02-28-2012, 02:53 PM   #393
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I haven't "assumed" anything. I was offering likely explanations for your observations other than your claim that the situation between Matthew and Paul lets us "know" (your word) that Paul is a fiction and that the Paulines were written after Matthew. To make such a claim is totally unfounded and I was pointing that out....
The claim that the Pauline writer is a fictitious writer who did NOT live before the Fall of the Temple cannot be unfounded at all.

1. The very Church writer, apologetic sources, claimed Paul was AWARE of gLuke.

2. The author of gMatthew did NOT use a single verse from the Pauline writings.

3. The author of gMatthew used virtually all of gMark Word-for-Word.

4. The additional details of the supposed Jesus in gMatthew are NOT from the Pauline writings.

5. Not one of the SIX post-resurrection visits in the Pauline writings are found in gMatthew.

6. The Matthean Jesus was NOT AWARE of the Pauline Jesus.

7. The Matthean Jesus was aware of the Markan Jesus.

8. The Matthean Jesus was NOT known as a Savior of the Jews.

9. The Matthean Jesus did NOT want anyone to know he was Christ.

10. The Pauline Jesus had a name above every name and was Lord to whom every knee should bow.

11. The Matthean Jesus told his disciples to Baptize for remission of Sins.

12. The Pauline Jesus revealed that without the resurrection there would be NO remission of Sins.

13. In gMatthew, John the Baptist baptized for repentance of Sins which made the Pauline Jesus Obsolete.

14. The Pauline Jesus was the Firstborn of the DEAD but the Matthean Jesus was the Son of a Holy Ghost.


There is simply no non-apologetic evidence at all anywhere that the author of gMatthew was aware of Paul, the Pauline letters, the Pauline churches or attended a Pauline church at anythime.

The author of gMatthew was FULLY aware of gMark.

No one can produce a comprehensive argument supported by any credible evidence of antiquity that the author of gMatthew was aware of any Pauline letter.

NO-ONE.

All we have are just continuous rhetoric as support for an early Paul.
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Old 02-28-2012, 04:36 PM   #394
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There is simply no non-apologetic evidence at all anywhere that the author of gMatthew was aware of Paul, the Pauline letters, the Pauline churches or attended a Pauline church at anythime.
Until you can demonstrate why Matthew should have been aware of Paul and his writings and/or why he should have used them (as far as I know, you haven't even made the attempt), all the CAPITALS in the world will not justify your claim.

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There is simply no non-apologetic evidence at all anywhere that the author of gMatthew was aware of Paul, the Pauline letters, the Pauline churches or attended a Pauline church at anythime.
Until you can demonstrate why Matthew should have been aware of Paul and his writings and/or why he should have used them (as far as I know, you haven't even made the attempt), all the CAPITALS in the world will not justify your claim.

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Again, your statement is NOT credible just rhetoric. You cannot demonstrate that the Pauline letters were written Before gMatthew regardless of the size of the letters you use.

As I stated before, NOT one person can show using any non-apologetic evidence of antiquity that the Pauline letters to the churches were composed Before the Jesus stories were written.

We have Canonised gMatthew, gMark and the Pauline writings.

Any reasonable person can see that the author of gMatthew did NOT use any details of the Pauline revelations of the resurrected Jesus.

The author of gMatthew appears to have used virtually all of gMark [word-for-word] or the very same source used by gMark's author.

And when the Canon is closely examined it is revealed that NOT one author claimed Paul wrote letters to Churches.

Who initiated the claim that Paul wrote letters to churches and before the Fall of the Temple when there is NO such things in the Canon???

Incredibly, it seems we are dealing with "Chinese Whisper" that was probably started 1600 years ago.

There is NO corroborative source in the Canon to support the claim Paul wrote letters to churches and that he did so before the Fall of the Temple c 70 CE---NONE whatsoever.
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I can see why people end up putting you on ignore.

Consider me a member of the club as well.

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… lets us "know" (your word) that Paul is a fiction …
Earl,

We don’t have to understand all of early Christianity in order to establish that Paul is fiction.

Here’s what I said:
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We don’t have to know how to explain all of early Christianity in order to know that Paul is fiction.
See?

We don’t have to understand all of early Christianity in order to establish that Paul is fiction.

Get it?

Now get over it.
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Hi Earl,

Thanks very much for partipating from time to time at this forum. I am a big admirer of yours, although I am far from being an expert in biblical criticism and history. Even when I do not understand what you say, you seem to present your postions very logically, and very thoroughly. Don't worry about people who complain that you are not a scholar. Some of the most brilliant people in the world do not have college degrees. Dr. Robert Price once told me that he was very impressed with some of your writings.

At the very least, people should appreciate your attempts to honestly try to find out as much as you can about what happened in antiquity. May you live long and prosper.
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If you want to water that down to regarding it as "indirect evidence" even that is overstating the case, but at least you've backed away from your pontification and your own claims about having a smoking gun which bestows certain knowledge.
Earl,

It looks to me like you are the one claiming to have the smoking gun.

Not me. I am just a clown. I told you that a long time ago. It should be obvious.

I'm not watering down anything.
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Incidentally, the Matthean text does not say that the centurion was awed by the rising of the dead from their graves.
Then what does it say?
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