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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 08:17 PM Original message |
Merging the Gospels... |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. aren't there contradictions? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. They're not contradictions...they are misunderstandings |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. If police interview witnesses at a crime scene, will there be contradictions? |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. So....three of the "witnesses" |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Matthew and John were both written by actual Eye Witnesses. n/t |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Not accepted at all. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Really? No serious Biblical scholar makes that claim |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Bottom line: if this was a con job, all of stories would line up perfectly. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Bottom line - of it were a syncretic mishmash of doctrinally cherrypicked stories |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Interesting |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Well, I imagine if you asked four people to tell you the same |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. And that those writing |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. But at least you would end up with the same basic story |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I don't know about that. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. The purpose of the Gospels is not narration |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. Isn't that what most people do naturally anyway? |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. You should remind him... |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, the "begats" are hard to synch up. |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. Okay, there's the joke |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Seeing as the Gospels were written at different times, |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. The Gospels were written for different groups and... |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
13. People create the craziest excuses to make the Bible palatable. |
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COStorm (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Yup... |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. All they have is chains |
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BDW1964 (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
15. There are more than four gospels |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. Even the Church says no and always has. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. There is some pretty strong argument |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Sure, it's in there. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Kewl, so do I, but explain your reasoning |
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