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Originally posted by Chrawnus View PostIgnoring the fact that the divinity of Jesus is not an example of apotheosis
Furthermore many beliefs are not premised on factual evidence.
Originally posted by Chrawnus View Post, no one has been committed to mental care simply because they exhibit religious beliefs.
Of course many quite rational people believe in some form of Supreme Being, although in your religion many liberal Christians do not accept the inerrancy and literalism of the NT texts and and various Christian beliefs."It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
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Originally posted by Christian3 View Post1 Corinthians 7: 1 Now in response to the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have relations with a woman.”
Do you think Paul said this as if he believed it?
There is a Hebrew Proverb behind the actual saying in question, Proverb 6:29, "So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent."
The saying in question, "It is good for a man not to touch a woman."
The gentile Corinthian Christians were not correctly understand it.
So Paul explained, "Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency."Last edited by 37818; 06-25-2020, 09:11 AM.. . . the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; . . . -- Romans 1:16 KJV
. . . that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: . . . -- 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 KJV
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: . . . -- 1 John 5:1 KJV
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostStraightaway you define "the divinity of Jesus " as a "fact". It is not a "fact" it is a belief premised on later Christian theological constructs which were enshrined in Christian dogma and creeds.
Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostFurthermore many beliefs are not premised on factual evidence.
Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostThat might depend on how far the individual takes their religious experiences.
Of course many quite rational people believe in some form of Supreme Being, although in your religion many liberal Christians do not accept the inerrancy and literalism of the NT texts and and various Christian beliefs.
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Originally posted by Chrawnus View PostI said that it is a fact that the divinity of Jesus is not an example of apotheosis.
Originally posted by Chrawnus View PostThat's true of completely mundane beliefs as well and is neither unique, nor especially characteristic for supernatural/religious beliefs compared to mundane beliefs.
Originally posted by Chrawnus View Post
That's true, though I'm not really seeing the relevance.
Christianity appears to me to be something very much in the eye of the beholder. Christian belief runs the gamut from the zealous YEC with his/her conviction that every word in the Bible is the word of god and that those texts are inerrant and infallible to laypersons and theologians who take a far more prosaic view of those texts and who do not accept the literalism ofvarious myths and miracles.
Many NT scholars have [or had] religious beliefs. However, they do not permit their beliefs to colour their academic work. Some academic theologians are less objective."It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostWhat would you call it? More to the point how would a pious first century ascetic Galilean Jew regard it?
Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostNow who is "bungling"? Where did I state it was solely in reference to religious beliefs?
Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostThe point being that my original remark was intended to be lighthearted. Many rational individuals do accept some form of Supreme Being but it does not follow that, particularly for your religion, they all believe in an inerrant and infallible bible.
Christianity appears to me to be something very much in the eye of the beholder. Christian belief runs the gamut from the zealous YEC with his/her conviction that every word in the Bible is the word of god and that those texts are inerrant and infallible to laypersons and theologians who take a far more prosaic view of those texts and who do not accept the literalism ofvarious myths and miracles.
Many NT scholars have [or had] religious beliefs. However, they do not permit their beliefs to colour their academic work. Some academic theologians are less objective.
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostYou appeared to consider that my comment was"amateurish". The Nestle-Alan NA28 uses the MSS that are extant. None of these are original MSS, as we do not have those original MSS. We are therefore relying, as I wrote earlier, upon copies of copies of copies with all the attendant scribal errors etc. I recommend Peter Cresswell's The Invention of Jesus: How the Church rewrote the New Testament on this issue.
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostI recommend Peter Cresswell's The Invention of Jesus: How the Church rewrote the New Testament on this issue.
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However, he is not the only individual engaged in the study of the NT. Metzger and Ehrman, as well as Goodacre [to name but three] have spent much time on those texts.Watch your links! http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/fa...corumetiquette
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Originally posted by DesertBerean View PostDID they write reviews on the book?
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I had to dig quite a bit on Google last night...there is a Peter Cresswell, a British immunologist and professor at Yale, who keeps coming up first in the results.
THIS Cresswell is out of Cambridge. Not sure yet if he teaches there.Watch your links! http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/fa...corumetiquette
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Originally posted by Chrawnus View PostAs far as I can tell it seems to have gone by largely unnoticed by scholars in the field of textual criticism in general. They do not seem to have interacted very much, if at all, with Cresswell. I'm trying to come up with a reason why someone should even consider buying this book, but I'm not really coming up with any reasons that would be good enough. If someone wanted a to read a book about textual criticism that tried to argue for significant and impactful scribal corruption (intentional and accidental) one would be far better served reading something from Ehrman, because even if he tends to overstate his case on occasion, at least he's an expert in the field.Originally posted by Chrawnus View PostIt seems odd to me that you would recommend a book from a non-expert in the field, and one with some rather controversial beliefs to boot, rather than from a recognized expert in the field.Originally posted by Christian3 View PostI can't find any Internet debates between Peter Cresswell and tectual analysts. Do you?Originally posted by DesertBerean View PostDID they write reviews on the book?
If you are all trying to insinuate that this is an unreliable work then I recommend you read it for yourselves and then decide. You may not agree with his conclusions or theories but that is another matter."It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by DesertBerean View PostDID they write reviews on the book?
"It never ceases to amaze me how the normal criteria for the credibility of someone proclaiming something about a certain academic field is thrown out the window if they can make a wild accusation about Scripture. The accusations in “The Invention of Jesus” are just that, accusations. The publisher themselves tell us Cresswell applied “deep interpretation”. I have never heard that phrase before and I have spent all my life in historical, biblical, theological and ancient language studies. After reading this book I think I have figured out what “deep interpretation” means. It means a person's personal biasses applied to materials outside the norms of study. In other words, this book is a phony academic study that began with a bias and set out to prove it. But hey, we are talking about the Bible and everyone knows its all baloney any way. Right?"
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostCresswell’s work is well researched and very interesting. He has also written for the Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, published by McMaster Divinity College. Nor is he the only academic working in this area.
If you are all trying to insinuate that this is an unreliable work then I recommend you read it for yourselves and then decide. You may not agree with his conclusions or theories but that is another matter.
You seem to always pick books that attack Christianity and then believe they are true.
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Originally posted by Christian3 View PostI would have expected him to debate someone like Daniel B. Wallace
Originally posted by Christian3 View PostYou seem to always pick books that attack Christianity and then believe they are true."It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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