Blogging my way through the anthology, Moxnes has the first essay. One tidbit I’d like to highlight is how Jesus challenges societal norms. Moxnes writes: Jesus is calling young men to follow him and leave the patriarchal household and their father (Mark 1:16–20). The new household that Jesus establishes is one without a father (10:28–30); … (2) The Next Quest For The Historical Jesus: Reception History by Halvor Moxnes

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I just got my copy with a whopping 32 essays in it so I will be blogging about the volume for a while. (2) The Next Quest For The Historical Jesus: Reception History by Halvor Moxnes (3) The Next Quest For The Historical Jesus: Beyond The Jewish Jesus Debate by Adele Reinhartz (4) The Next … The Next Quest For The Historical Jesus (INDEX)

If you’re intellectually impatient like me, just start watching at 47:00 when they start to stretch out their hands to cast a magic spell. That the faith community is backing Trump is wonderful. If Trump loses, it will be a powerful argument for the futility of prayer. There are reasons hospitals don’t have faith-healer departments.

“In Leibniz’s sense, a ratio sufficiens, a sufficient reason, isn’t at all a ground capable of supporting a being so that it doesn’t straightaway fall into nothing. A sufficient reason is one that reaches and offers to beings that which puts them in the position of fulfilling their full essence, that is, perfectio. ” (Heidegger, … Philosophy and the Will

Previous Posts in this Series: (1/4) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Continental/Analytic Philosophy Divide (Part 2 of 4) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Continental/Analytic Philosophy Divide (Part 3/4, AFTERWORD) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Christ Myth Theory and the Lord’s Supper (Part4/4 Appendix) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Christ Myth Theory … Does Literary Imitation Suggest Christ Never Existed: The Trump Lens (2/2)?

It’s now more mainstream to acknowledge that the NT writers were rewriting OT scripture to flesh out the biography of Jesus, and so we have Mark create his crucifixion narrative out of Psalms and Isaiah since Paul doesn’t record any details. Matthew presents Jesus as the New and greater Moses. Spong had actually written about … (1/2) Does Literary Imitation Suggest Christ Never Existed?

Trump is polling well with conservative Christians but is really trying to overcome the problem that conservative Christians often stay at home on election day.

FOR THE SHORT INDEX OF MY PHILOSOPHY POSTS, SEE: The Joy of Philosophy (Postscript and Poetry) For the Greeks, “Truth” was “Aletheia (un-hiding)” with the grammatical alpha privative (“A-letheia” = disclosing from hiddenness”). For example, in circumspection, a doctor deliberates about all the patient’s symptoms and possible causes and remedies until the doctor comes to … On the Essence of Hiding; or, Philosophical Truth

I’ve been talking about how Paul introduced the Lord’s Supper into the Jesus movement tradition as miming Jesus did alone in prison that represented a ritual meal for future Christians. The importance of Paul having this vision is it solidifies the idea that Jesus saw his own death as salvific and central to the religion. … (Part4/4 Appendix) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Christ Myth Theory and the Lord’s Supper