06-24-2022, 02:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-24-2022, 03:24 PM by jimhabegger.)
Historical Jesus, Biblical Jesus
Historical Jesus, Biblical Jesus
(06-24-2022, 11:24 AM)Cavebear Wrote: Oh well, I tried...
I've watched these debates sometimes, and I'm thinking that the arguments on both sides are partly based on theories about human behavior, but I haven't seen what ground anyone is standing on for those theories, on either side, other than some examples of alleged happenings that fit their theory.
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... theories about human behavior in general, for example about how beliefs can or can not become popular, and more specifically about the motives, intentions, character and capacities of the people who wrote the gospels, and all the ones before them who told the stories that their stories were based on.