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?

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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

For the first post in this series, see HERE For the second post in this series, see HERE (Appendix) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Christ Myth Theory and the Lord’s Supper (1/2) Does Literary Imitation Suggest Christ Never Existed? Does Literary Imitation Suggest Christ Never Existed: The Trump Lens (2/2)? The Next Quest For … (Part 3/4, AFTERWORD) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Christ Myth Theory and the Lord’s Supper

For my previous post see HERE! For the Afterword in this series CLICK HERE (Appendix) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Christ Myth Theory and the Lord’s Supper (1/2) Does Literary Imitation Suggest Christ Never Existed? Does Literary Imitation Suggest Christ Never Existed: The Trump Lens (2/2)? The Next Quest For The Historical Jesus (Depictions … (Part 2 of 4) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Continental/Analytic Philosophy Divide

As someone who focuses on the history of Philosophy in the Continental tradition, perhaps the main style of reasoning you see is phenomenology/phenomenalizing.  Hegel gives the example that a torn sock phenomenalizes the previously hidden invisible category of Unity belonging to the sock, precisely “as” a lost unity.  This little word “as” is the key … (1/4) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Continental/Analytic Philosophy Divide

I’ve been thinking with Keith Augustine on supposed survival after death that some claim for mediums, Out of Body Experiences, and Near-Death experiences. Gregory Shushan  (“Diversity and Similarity of Near-Death Experiences across Cultures and History: Implications for the Survival Hypothesis“)  claims Augustine makes an error regarding NDEs. Shushan writes: Augustine responds that Shushan has created … Does Gregory Shushan Strawman Keith Augustine on Universal Near-Death Experience Features?

Last time, I thought a bit about mediumship, and how the observational evidence doesn’t lead us to a supernatural spirit-world medium hypothesis rather than a “mundane” supernatural psychic mind reading that does not involve undead spirits communicating with the medium. This time, I’d like to think a little about how Sudduth shows the natural explanation … (Part 2) Michael Sudduth on The Augustine-Braude Bigelow Survival Debate: A Postmortem and Prospects for Future Directions