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Writers of the Gospels is what most religious scholars posit today. Biblical scholar Bart Ehrman has written several books on the origins of the Gospels, the Bible as a whole, and Christianity in general including his latest: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. Although I haven't read Ehrman's latest book, I have read some of his earlier books on the subject. He is a respected scholar in his field, but of course, there are other scholars who beg to differ with his perspective who are just as respected.
Quote from: "starchild" Writers of the Gospels is what most religious scholars posit today. Biblical scholar Bart Ehrman has written several books on the origins of the Gospels, the Bible as a whole, and Christianity in general including his latest: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. Although I haven't read Ehrman's latest book, I have read some of his earlier books on the subject. He is a respected scholar in his field, but of course, there are other scholars who beg to differ with his perspective who are just as respected. I wouldn't trust Bart Ehrman, he has a sort of reverse Dogma which he posits in his writing. In his book, Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium he tells the reader to watch out for bias of the gospel writers, thus innoculating himself of this bias. Like reverse apologetics.
Quote from: "son"Quote from: "starchild" Writers of the Gospels is what most religious scholars posit today. Biblical scholar Bart Ehrman has written several books on the origins of the Gospels, the Bible as a whole, and Christianity in general including his latest: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. Although I haven't read Ehrman's latest book, I have read some of his earlier books on the subject. He is a respected scholar in his field, but of course, there are other scholars who beg to differ with his perspective who are just as respected. I wouldn't trust Bart Ehrman, he has a sort of reverse Dogma which he posits in his writing. In his book, Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium he tells the reader to watch out for bias of the gospel writers, thus innoculating himself of this bias. Like reverse apologetics.Yet all scholars are presumably biased towards their own theses.
Quote from: "starchild"Quote from: "son"Quote from: "starchild" Writers of the Gospels is what most religious scholars posit today. Biblical scholar Bart Ehrman has written several books on the origins of the Gospels, the Bible as a whole, and Christianity in general including his latest: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. Although I haven't read Ehrman's latest book, I have read some of his earlier books on the subject. He is a respected scholar in his field, but of course, there are other scholars who beg to differ with his perspective who are just as respected. I wouldn't trust Bart Ehrman, he has a sort of reverse Dogma which he posits in his writing. In his book, Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium he tells the reader to watch out for bias of the gospel writers, thus innoculating himself of this bias. Like reverse apologetics.Yet all scholars are presumably biased towards their own theses.He could at least be open about it. A problem with theorists like him in religious studies is that were led to believe that defending the tradition is too biased and short sighted. However, as long as it stands up to historical scrutiny does one's agenda really matter (whether it is positive or negative of the default-traditional story)? When I say that I'm referring to the intentions of the gospel writers, not whether or not it actually happened (which is a matter of faith). I do agree with some of Ehrman's points, just not how he presented them.
It probably shocked some people here that someone mentioned Jesus wasn´t a real person.My opinion: Jeshua ben Joseph was a carpenter and a carpenter´s son. He was extremely intelligent and had an extraordinary sense for justice. He could cope well with women´s intelligence which was not usual at that time. And probably he was married, unless the Roman Catholic Church made him a single and got something mystic around him, especially by removing parts of the bible that made him very "human", e.g. the apokryphes.
As I already mentioned, my theory is quite simple, and I believe in the idea Jesus spread, it´s not important if Jesus was a carpenter or not, or if Joseph was his dad or not.
The carpenter thing isn't really a big deal and we're all entitled to our own opinions. But it is important whether or not Jesus was a "wise yet otherwise normal man" or if we was actually divine. If the latter is true, it gives his words much more authority than if he was just a smart dude. Michael himself made it clear that he isn't trying to be Jesus, but rather to be like him. I think that settles this theory.
Quote from: "son"The carpenter thing isn't really a big deal and we're all entitled to our own opinions. But it is important whether or not Jesus was a "wise yet otherwise normal man" or if we was actually divine. If the latter is true, it gives his words much more authority than if he was just a smart dude. Michael himself made it clear that he isn't trying to be Jesus, but rather to be like him. I think that settles this theory.Agree.
~Souza~ wrote: jacilovesmichael wrote:Andrea wrote:EarthEnigma, from your blog:If Michael Jackson is indeed alive, he is without doubt the most powerful tool at the illuminati’s disposal and he will be used to full effect.I believe their most powerful tool is FEAR.I have actually considered before what you said in your blog, that Michael is being used by TPTB. But, it makes much more sense to me that Michael is very much against their agenda and will expose them when he returns. He may have been under their influence many years ago but I truly believe that he is nobody's puppet.Agreed.I agree as well, he's not their puppet anymore, they don't control him anymore. He made that very clear in his silent panther dance and it was confirmed when they started to take him down. He is the puppeteer now. Mark MY words.