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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.You’re asserting what you haven’t shown. In the letters themselves Paul explicitly grounds his message in revelation “not from man” and... -
NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.Two clarifications settle this. First, “something not seen or heard before” was never a rigid requirement. The methodological rule is...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.Here’s the bottom line, Micheal. Paul makes a public origin claim—“not of human origin”—about the message he preached. Public origin...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.“Added” is exactly the point. For a claim of non-human origin, the added public discriminator would be some observable consequence that...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.The quotation marks flagged the phrase because you repeatedly treat my evidential criterion as if I were proposing a procedure for...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.You asked what “rule of method” would require Paul’s claim of divine origin to be shown by something not otherwise explainable by...
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Divine origin would surely be something extraordinary, something not seen or heard before, something not thought of, a unique...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.Here’s the crux you keep missing, Micheal. When you or Paul make a public claim about origin—“not of human origin”—you’ve stepped out of...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.It addressed exactly the nature of evidence. Saying an observation is evidential only insofar as it bears differently on rival...
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We can look at Gandhi to see how an historical Jesus may have become a myth. I read Gandhi’s bio and a collection of his letters. He...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.There’s no conflict to resolve. The role concept of evidence yields a clear necessary condition: an observation O and at least two...
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Oh you know what's also funny? You claim you're skeptical of everything, but that skeptics are idiots. So by your own admission you're a...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.Calling scrutiny “disingenuous” is not an argument; it’s a deflection. The issue on the table is Paul’s positive origin claim. Either...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.If inspiration does not produce the content, then everything we can examine—the claims, arguments, and prescriptions—comes from human...