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historyforatheists.com
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| | On the debate over the life of the historical Jesus.
| | bibleinterp.arizona.edu
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| | [AI summary] The discussion centers around the historicity of Jesus and mythicist interpretations. Key points include the use of the Gospels as historical evidence, the debate over the crucifixion's location (earthly vs. heavenly), the role of Pauline traditions in early Christianity, and the evolution of Jesus' portrayal from celestial to historical figures. Participants engage with Rudolf Bultmann's challenge of reconciling Jesus as both a divine being and a historical person, and explore mythicist views like euhemerism and historicizing. The conversation also touches on the apostolic traditions, the resurrection appearances, and the potential motivations behind Paul's silence on Jesus' teachings.
| | freethoughtblogs.com
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| | 'Deciphering the Gospels', by R. G. Price, argues the case for Jesus mythicism, which is the view that Jesus never existed on earth in any real form but was an entirely mythical figure in the same ...
| | www.reformingmen.com
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| I have a story to tell about what it means to be a man. Here it goes.Some years ago, while sitting in a diner in Media, Pennsylvania at a weekly Bible study with a dozen or so older men, I heard one of the guys - a true son of Delaware County - expressing justified frustration over the state of the world around us. When he paused to take a breath, another one of the guys spoke up and said something along the lines of, "I'm right there with you, but you want to know what bothers me even more? The