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Sauron · 12-24-2002, 10:59 AM

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Originally posted by Peter Kirby:
<strong>Early Christian Writings has received a mention in the Monday (Dec. 23) edition of the Wall Street Journal, in an editorial column titled "Thinking it Over" by Robert L. Bartley. A copy of it can be found online here:

<a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/rbartley/?id=110002809" target="_blank">http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/rbartley/?id=110002809</a>

best,
Peter Kirby
<a href="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/" target="_blank">http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/</a></strong>

Well-earned and long overdue, Peter.

Congratulations.

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Family Man · 12-24-2002, 02:29 PM

Congratulations, Peter!

One thing that bothers me about this guy's editorial is that he claims that Ockham's razor suggests that the ossuary should be considered evidence for Jesus's existence. That strikes me as a misapplication of Ockham's razor, but for the life of me I can't put my finger on why.

Dark Jedi · 12-24-2002, 05:51 PM

Ockham's razor would suggest only that the ossuary existed, contained a man named James, who had a brother named Jesus (Assuming it was found to be genuine).

Conclusions drawn from that point would not apply to the simplest explaination notion, and would be subject to seperate applications of Ockham's razor or any other logical review.

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12-24-2002, 02:29 PM	#12
Family Man Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Superior, CO USA Posts: 1,553	Congratulations, Peter! One thing that bothers me about this guy's editorial is that he claims that Ockham's razor suggests that the ossuary should be considered evidence for Jesus's existence. That strikes me as a misapplication of Ockham's razor, but for the life of me I can't put my finger on why.

12-24-2002, 05:51 PM	#13
Dark Jedi Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 4,666	Ockham's razor would suggest only that the ossuary existed, contained a man named James, who had a brother named Jesus (Assuming it was found to be genuine). Conclusions drawn from that point would not apply to the simplest explaination notion, and would be subject to seperate applications of Ockham's razor or any other logical review.

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