Vridar makes it to the God Fearin’ Forum

by Neil Godfrey

As an atheist and social-political activist I’ve long had a soft spot for Catholics when it comes to social justice causes, so it was a flattering surprise to see a nice commendation of my recent series on Luke-Acts in relation to Marcionism in the Patristic Carnival XIII section of The God Fearin’ Forum, a blog for Catholic theology, philosophy and apologetics etc.

A companion recommendation listed with mine is Ben C. Smith’s commencement of “a thought provoking thread on the same subject: Which Came First, the Gospel of Luke or that of Marcion?” — The iidb/frdb discussion is attached below…..

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Neil Godfrey on Jewish Pre-Christian Prophecies of Suffering Servant Messiah (5): “Readers Ignore. This comment is solely for my own benefit: listing here the sources I want to return to over…” Dec 17, 08:07

Neil Godfrey on A Response to Dr Sarah, Geeky Humanist, on the Jesus Question: “Ancient biographers were quite capable of writing fictional biographies of their supposed teachers: Did Demonax Exist? The Historicity Debate ‘Rages’…” Dec 17, 00:11

db on A Response to Dr Sarah, Geeky Humanist, on the Jesus Question: “If R. G. Price asserts that the author of "Gospel According to Matthew" is the first author to actively promote…” Dec 17, 00:00

Neil Godfrey on A Response to Dr Sarah, Geeky Humanist, on the Jesus Question: “The claim we sometimes hear among biblical scholars that "people could have checked" the truth of a story that had…” Dec 16, 23:24

Neil Godfrey on A Response to Dr Sarah, Geeky Humanist, on the Jesus Question: “Dr Sarah's argument is fallacious. "More likely" does not logically follow from "recency of narrative setting". That…” Dec 16, 23:14

MrHorse on A Response to Dr Sarah, Geeky Humanist, on the Jesus Question: “The 'fact' that "Mythical stories were typically set a lot further back in the past" is moot, especially as the…” Dec 16, 23:00

Neil Godfrey on A Response to Dr Sarah, Geeky Humanist, on the Jesus Question: “I should add that some scholars see a "minimalist" David behind the biblical stories; perhaps a local bandit chief who…” Dec 16, 22:21

Neil Godfrey on A Response to Dr Sarah, Geeky Humanist, on the Jesus Question: “The Jesus story is not told as an other-worldly myth in a remote never-time, but as a historical narrative --…” Dec 16, 21:58

db on A Response to Dr Sarah, Geeky Humanist, on the Jesus Question: “Dr Sarah (28 October 2018) [now bolded]. "Jesus mythicism vs. Jesus historicity: an argument in favour of the latter". Freethought…” Dec 16, 21:28

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