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Chris Weimer · 04-17-2005, 01:06 PM

How can anyone be an atheist satanist? Oh wait, Christians aren't exactly the epitome of logical aptitude...1+1+1=1?

John A. Broussard · 04-17-2005, 01:56 PM

Weren't some of the decisions concerning the NT made by vote at one or another council? Seems to me it will be simple enough to prehumously vote all these new discoveries out of the scriptures.

However it's handled, it will be interesting to see the reaction of the fundies to this material--assuming there's some truth buried in the news reports.

Toto · 04-17-2005, 02:36 PM

prehuously? posthumously?

Some of these people believe that God guided the translators of the KJV. I don't think this will faze them.

John A. Broussard · 04-17-2005, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Toto

Some of these people believe that God guided the translators of the KJV. I don't think this will faze them.

Maybe it should be post-humorously. I think you're right, though god must have been very busy looking over the shoulders of several centuries of copiers even before James's group got those copies of copies of copies.

Godless Wonder · 04-18-2005, 06:32 AM

Check this out:

Oxford University and Brigham Young University have apparently found a way to read the papyri of Oxyrhynchus collection.

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In the past four days alone, Oxford's classicists have used it to make a series of astonishing discoveries, including writing by Sophocles, Euripides, Hesiod and other literary giants of the ancient world, lost for millennia. They even believe they are likely to find lost Christian gospels, the originals of which were written around the time of the earliest books of the New Testament.

Brigham Young? I hope the technology doesn't involve a magic hat.

I'm merging this with the other threads on the same topic

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LiquidHAL · 04-18-2005, 08:25 AM

this is good and all, but when we finally build the time machine we can just go back and get all the first editions.

advancedatheist · 04-18-2005, 09:12 AM

I wonder if Dan Brown has taken note of this. It would be fun to watch christians' discomfiture if these scholar discover a "gospel" which claims that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had children.

rlogan · 04-18-2005, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by advancedatheist

I wonder if Dan Brown has taken note of this. It would be fun to watch christians' discomfiture if these scholar discover a "gospel" which claims that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had children.

That would be the Gospel of Mary, IIRC.

advancedatheist · 04-18-2005, 03:02 PM

I'm also hoping they'll find works by Democritus. Could the christians have destroyed his writings because they found his arguments in favor of materialism too compelling?

Wallener · 04-18-2005, 03:23 PM

Is there a canonical list of currently-lost non-canonical gospels? I'm currently using Early Christian Writings as a reference. Just wondering what we might expect this project to unearth....

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04-17-2005, 01:06 PM	#11
Chris Weimer Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: none Posts: 9,879	How can anyone be an atheist satanist? Oh wait, Christians aren't exactly the epitome of logical aptitude...1+1+1=1?

04-17-2005, 01:56 PM	#12
John A. Broussard Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,629	Weren't some of the decisions concerning the NT made by vote at one or another council? Seems to me it will be simple enough to prehumously vote all these new discoveries out of the scriptures. However it's handled, it will be interesting to see the reaction of the fundies to this material--assuming there's some truth buried in the news reports.

04-17-2005, 02:36 PM	#13
Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	prehuously? posthumously? Some of these people believe that God guided the translators of the KJV. I don't think this will faze them.

04-18-2005, 08:25 AM	#16
LiquidHAL Banned Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Jupiter Station Posts: 658	this is good and all, but when we finally build the time machine we can just go back and get all the first editions.

04-18-2005, 09:12 AM	#17
advancedatheist Regular Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Mayer, Arizona, USA, Earth Posts: 230	I wonder if Dan Brown has taken note of this. It would be fun to watch christians' discomfiture if these scholar discover a "gospel" which claims that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had children.

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advancedatheist Regular Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Mayer, Arizona, USA, Earth Posts: 230	I'm also hoping they'll find works by Democritus. Could the christians have destroyed his writings because they found his arguments in favor of materialism too compelling?

04-18-2005, 03:23 PM	#20
Wallener Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,043	Is there a canonical list of currently-lost non-canonical gospels? I'm currently using Early Christian Writings as a reference. Just wondering what we might expect this project to unearth....

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