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  1. fallingblood

    Not new, but returning

    I'm not a new member, but I've been inactive for quite some time, and over that time, many of the faces here have changed, so I thought I'd reintroduce myself. My name is Dustin White. I run a publication company in the Dakotas. It focuses largely on history of the upper midwest of the US. I'm...
  2. fallingblood

    I'm back ...

    I think it has been a year or so since I was last on the forums (maybe two years. I could look, but I like my guessing game a bit better). I was getting a bit burnt out back then, and decided I needed a break to get some things in order. Since then, I became the editor of a small paper, where...
  3. fallingblood

    Obama and the Republican Party

    In a recent interview, Obama had this to say: “The problem we have is we have a faction of the Republican Party, in the House of Representatives in particular, that view “compromise” as a dirty word, and anything that is even remotely associated with me, they feel obliged to oppose.” Seeing...
  4. fallingblood

    Jesus was not a peasant.

    I tried this subject awhile back, but it didn't go very far. So this time, I'm making the OP shorter and see where it goes. If you want to read my longer argument, here it is:Previous Article. The idea that Jesus was a peasant really took off with John Dominic Crossan in his work, The Life...
  5. fallingblood

    Online Commentaries?

    I was wondering if anyone could recommend some good online commentaries for the Hebrew Bible? I'm asking here because I do want some that reflect Jewish attitudes, and scholarly opinions. The reason I'm asking for online ones is because I don't always have access to my own personal books...
  6. fallingblood

    How to define Ancient Israelites

    Often, here on the forums, debates about ancient Israel arise. One of the things that have been becoming much more clear to me is that a definition of ancient Israelites is not always straight forward. Often, there is a want to state something as if it was true for all ancient Israelites...
  7. fallingblood

    Jesus' Actions in the Temple

    So this is coming from another thread. Instead of taking that thread too off topic, I decided it was probably best to move this discussion elsewhere. The basic claim was that the overturning of tables, that Jesus is said to have done, also had a reference from the OT. I believe that such a...
  8. fallingblood

    Marcion's Gospel

    This is an offshoot of another thread. This is what I wanted to discuss; but it got bogged down on a discussion of Q instead. To put it short, my argument is that Marcion did not edit the version of Luke we have today, the canonical Luke, but instead had an earlier gospel that I will term...
  9. fallingblood

    No need for Q.

    It has generally been accepted by a majority of scholars that Matthew and Luke relied on Mark as well as another document. This document has been deemed the Q Gospel, and there is a whole industry that produces work on this hypothetical document. Largely, this document as been assumed to exist...
  10. fallingblood

    Paul was a Jew.

    This is coming from the "How would a Historical JC be Defined" thread. That thread has spiraled into a pseudo-description of Paul, and instead of continuing in that thread, I figured I would start my own, by asking a few questions and giving my answers. 1) Is Paul's Jewishness debated...
  11. fallingblood

    Religion and Violence

    To put some additional parameters on this, my main focus will be Christianity and Judaism, as those are my main areas of study. We all know that in the name of religion, horrible atrocities have been committed. It is very easy to assume that just because someone used religion as a...
  12. fallingblood

    Did God-Fearers see themselves as Jews?

    I saw this claim, and it made me wonder. Personally, I think it is false, but I would like to hear what others have to say, and any evidence for such an idea. The reason I think it is false is because when speaking of Judaism, there were really two things that were directly associated with...
  13. fallingblood

    Paul the Jew

    As of late, Paul has been the focus of much of my personal research. Having written somewhat extensively on him for various course work, I find my fascination with him growing. So here, I want to offer my views on Paul, and discuss and or debate the points that are made. (disclaimer, some of...
  14. fallingblood

    A return.

    Last month, I felt a need to take a break from the forums. I was beginning to get aggravated by a few members, and various posts. So it was necessary for me to just take a breather and rethink being a member here. I do enjoy the forums, and having an outlet for discussion/debate is...
  15. fallingblood

    Leaving for awhile.

    Seeing Odion leave, and his reasons for doing such, has made me realize that it is probably best for me to leave for awhile. I have noticed that I have been becoming much more aggravated while posting and that helps no one. I first joined the forums because I enjoy debating religion and I...
  16. fallingblood

    Growing up in a religion means absolutely nothing about your knowledge of said religion.

    This is a claim that I have seen made quite often. The idea that since one was raised in a religion (particularly Christianity), that they went to church and/or Sunday School, means that that person is well informed about what the religion teaches. That simply is false. I grew up in a...
  17. fallingblood

    Creationism and how it can be true.

    Often, in debates concerning creationism and evolution, the argument tends to turn to an either/or mentality. Either you believe what I say, or you're wrong and ignorant (and ignorant is one of the nicer terms used). However, such a position is foolish, and only hampers actual understanding...
  18. fallingblood

    Did the Ancients actually believe their myths were facts?

    It often comes up that various ancient peoples were ignorant of the world around them. The support for such a claim is that they had to create various myths in order to explain these ideas. However, I think such an argument really is ridiculous. Examining just creation myths (but other...
  19. fallingblood

    Proto-Luke in Marcion?

    It has often been assumed that Marcion took the Gospel of Luke, as well as some letters of Paul, and removed all Jewish ideas from them. Because of this, the Gospel of Luke that we see in Marcion (which is preserved in Tertulian and Irenaus) is quite different then the Gospel of Luke that has...
  20. fallingblood

    Paul: Apostle or Apostate

    Like the last thread I stated, I will first allow others to post their thoughts, and then later post mine (as I tend to get wordy). I won't allow so much time to go by as last time though, and will probably post my view either tonight or tomorrow. But I will give a brief summary of my...
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