T.G.G. Moogly
Traditional Atheist
It would seem to me that young earth creationism would more likely associate itself with gospel literalism, a historical protagonist in Mark who lived and died as written. Just because I do not ascribe to mythicism does not mean I am a historicist about the gospel protagonist.
The canonical gospels are obviously fictional accounts. I think it was Doherty who used the phrase "having confessional interests" to describe most persons and scholars who took the gospels historically.
For me the most interesting question is what was on the mind of the writer who penned Mark when he penned Mark as the work seems to have arrived from nowhere. And I use the word "writer" instead of author because I do not believe the writer of Mark was the author, nor someone who had a personal relationship with the gospel protagonist.
Are there any works which associate Mark with literature of the day? That would be an interesting read and might relate to the topic of Moral Influence. Fiction would seem to set right between myth and historicity, much the same as literature today.
The canonical gospels are obviously fictional accounts. I think it was Doherty who used the phrase "having confessional interests" to describe most persons and scholars who took the gospels historically.
For me the most interesting question is what was on the mind of the writer who penned Mark when he penned Mark as the work seems to have arrived from nowhere. And I use the word "writer" instead of author because I do not believe the writer of Mark was the author, nor someone who had a personal relationship with the gospel protagonist.
Are there any works which associate Mark with literature of the day? That would be an interesting read and might relate to the topic of Moral Influence. Fiction would seem to set right between myth and historicity, much the same as literature today.