There’s just so much wrong I don’t even know where to begin...................
Ehrman is right about the late origin of trinitarian dogma, but due to his stance about the Christ’s resurrection and the fallibility of scripture, he won’t get far with believers.
We are seeing before our eyes a man who, like Esau, was pushed aside by God and denied the capacity to see truth. He likely is a very sincere man, but because God chose to marginalize him, he cannot believe. This is the seed that was cast along the side of the road.
So if he’s a former evangelical Christian then what is he now? An atheist?
This guys a blind and a fool (I don’t care if he’s a scholarly professor) who doesn’t look to the actual words of scripture. More Satanic deception trying to lure those who would be saved away from Christ.
Wonder if he ever read the parable of the seeds ...
Black Bart ping!
Figures NPR would use the season of Lent to denounce the divinity of Jesus.
Hyam Maccoby, “Revolution In Judaea: Jesus And The Jewish Resistance”
interesting this poor carpenter that never really did much and died at the age of 33 made such a ruckus that millions of people have given their lives for him.
I think he forgot about this:
John 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Actually, it's not even certain they had that. Much of the gospels seem to have been written after Paul's influence was widespread, and he's the only person historians seem certain was writing of his own experiences. The gospels were probably built on legends that may or may not originate with the apostles. Matthew, Mark, and Luke are remarkably similar. John is a little different.
Jesus was God from the beginning he never “God”
I think I am right that 11 of 12 apostles (after Judas was replaced)lived lives of committed service and died the death of martyrs. That is a very telling statistic, far more meaningful than any amount of research. People just don’t give their lives away for a passing thought, movement or individual. They MUST have been motivated visceral belief in, and commitment to, something beyond a simple man.
My Bible said that if you seek after Christ, you will find him. I have plenty of reason to believe that is true. I doubt this guy was truly “seeking Christ”.
