Right, and then below you go and make stuff up. Super. But the growth of the Mormon myth is similar in timeline to the Christian myth.
So silly, quoting Plutarch. I'm sure you will have the exact dates since you seem to find it silly.
Plutarch, Life of Romulus
and dying/rising savior demigods...
He was the Logos (John 1) but you are wrong when you say "before he came to be" because John 1:3 tells us that the Logos has always been and Heb 1:2 tells us that the Logos was the Son of God.
We are told that the Logos was what God was (John 1:1,2) and so the Logos was alive. He was the living...
Yes, I understand what pre-existence" means in relation to Jesus . . . what was he before he existed? What was he before he came to be? Was he God? Was he Yahweh?
I don't know if we are TOLD that Jesus lived before becoming a man - I do know that Jesus had an origin, his beginning, his genesis...
More, there are stacks of books and papers, David Litwa, Richard Miller, journal articles and so on but here is a summary by Dr Carrier (based on Petra Paken and other specialists)
Richard Carrier | Mystery Cults & Christianity
4:37 Greeks conquer Judea 332 - 110 B.C.Greek idea (Hellenism)...
Harvest implies mass ingathering. You are twisting the common of the phrase to prove your point. For example, Jesus said, "Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” (Matthew 9:38) Do you seriously think that He was referring to picking only a few...
Colt, you said ‘… AT THE SAME TIME’.
Jesus explained his ‘cryptic’ saying AFTERWARDS only to the disciples and to those who enquired of him.
You are at fault, admit it and move on but think before you kneejerk your posts next time.
Jesus explaied it:
The Purpose of Jesus’ Parables
(Isaiah 6:1–13; Mark4:10–12; Luke 8:9–10)
10Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to...
‘Controlling’ nature is fraught with problems. This has been written about in fiction and is not to far from the truth.
Notice that Jesus only CALMED the storm because the disciples were SO AFRAID…
Jesus, himself, was just sleeping through it.
Man, given such powers, would exploit if...
I would Not venture to say 'explain in the past' but that Satan is the god of this world of badness as per 2nd Corinthians 4:4
As far as 'natural phenomena' we find the account of Jesus regulating 'weather phenomena' at Mark4:39. - Psalm 89:9
Jesus was demonstrating a sample, a preview, a...
Sure….
Mark4 where Jesus interprets the parable; ( I really like this chapter because it clearly tells us what the enemy does to steal the Word of God from our lives to stop us from being fruitful)
Any place where the Bible says “That it might be fulfilled as was spoken by the prophets” or...
Reading this, it's quite hilarious and ironic to read you say "It is a common response from those who aren’t going to be moved from their viewpoint."
I see no point in continuing this conversation.
God gave the authority of the earth to mankind. When Adam decided to follow the Serpent and his voice, he handed over the authority of the world to Satan. Thus, when Satan tempted Jesus with the glory of the world, it was his to tempt Jesus. In essence saying, “if you will worship me, you...
I think that the TaNaKh can be both historical and yet still be symbolic. (God has that creative ability).
Like the sacrificing of lambs… both historical as well as symbolic.
That being said, there are parts that can be symbolic. Parables certainly are symbolic to spiritual truths.
That some parables can be found in the Bible is not a good argument that everything in the Bible ought to be read as a parable.
Generally I find that if the Biblical intends for the passage to be read symbolically, they make it know in the context of the passage. Absent such context, I think it...
Jesus said much symbolically and he said many parables. Because of that it is logical that the old testament is also to be interpreted symbolically. Because Jesus was a jew. He got inspiration from the old testament
No one sews a patch of unshrunk [new] cloth on an old garment, for the patch...
I notice you didn't share your religion. Why not? Are you a Christian, are you anti-jewish? You're among friends here. There's nothign to be ashamed of. Are you a Muslim? And I certainly don't equate being anti-jewish with hatred. Although, I have found that most Christians are not well...
And all Jehovas Witness and most Christians.
There is no other position. Unless I lie to myself and I cannot do that. It's a mythology from the start. Show me evidence it's not.
Paul's motive cannot be known, but you don't belive Paul either, you are also from the position of disbelief. Paul...