dejudge said:
Examine "Against Heresies" 3 attributed to Irenaeus.
The very same Irenaeus who also stated that Jesus was at least 46 years old when he was crucified and that Pontius Pilate ruled Judea under Claudius Caesar.
The fact that it is argued by a
Presbyter and Bishop of the Church of Lyons that Jesus was crucified about 50 years old under Claudius then there are IRRECONCILABLE differences between the Jesus story of Church of Lyons and the Pauline Corpus.
"Paul" did NOT preach Christ crucified under Aretas if Jesus died around c 49 CE.
The Pauline Corpus is NOT historically credible whether or not Jesus existed.
maximara said:
Irenaeus is writing propaganda as much as he is writing "history". We have proof that he will write total fictional nonsense if it will further his position.
The Pauline Corpus is no more credible than "Against Heresies". "PAUL" of the Pauline Corpus was a known established Liar since at least the 4th century.
It is rather strange that you admit Irenaeus was writing propaganda but fail to admit that Irenaeus USED the very Pauline Corpus as a fundamental source for his TOTAL FICTIONAL NONSENSE.
You FAIL to expose that
Irenaeus USED every Letter under the name of Paul except perhaps Philemon to promote his TOTAL FICTIONAL NONSENSE about the resurrection of the Lord God from heaven who was KILLED by the Jews.
maximara said:
Origen also makes two comments regarding Josephus directly connecting the fall of the Temple and Jerusalem to the death of James the Just...no such passage exists in any version of Josephus we have. Either that passage wasn't preserved or it never existed in the first place. So we have to watch taking what Origen claims at face value.
You keep forgetting that we have to watch what claims we are taking at face value from the Pauline Corpus.
You remember that Pauline writers claimed Jesus was raised from the dead on the third day and OVER 500 person AT ONCE was seen of the resurrected Jesus?
The Pauline writers were known liars in antiquity.
maximara said:
The same Eusebius who is described as "the first thoroughly dishonest historian of antiquity" and is the first person to reference the Testimonium Flavianum.
The writers under the name of Paul are thoroughly dishonest as the supposed Eusebius.
In fact, Eusebius used the Pauline Corpus to promote his dishonesty. Eusebius did NOT admit the Pauline Corpus was written by a Group of person POSING as a single character called Paul.
maximara said:
Let's not forget this little gem of historical fiction he also wrote in Church History:
"It is also recorded that under Claudius, Philo came to Rome to have conversations with Peter, then preaching to the people there ... It is plain enough that he not only knew but welcomed with whole-hearted approval the apostolic men of his day, who it seems were of Hebrew stock and therefore, in the Jewish manner, still retained most of their ancient customs."
Eusebius is a train wreck in terms of reliability. About the only thing he is good for is an example of the total fictional insanity Church Fathers would invent for their position.
You admit Eusebius is a train wreck of reliability but always fail to admit that he used the Pauline Corpus to destroy the train tracks.
maximara said:
So Tertullian was admitting that Luke had been "all topsy-turvy" since it was written down which Tertullian put c37 CE. If as we now suspect that Luke wasn't written down until Domitian (81–96) at the earliest that means there were an insane amount of variations of Luke supposedly around by the time Marcion got his hands on it c140 CE. This makes hanging a theory on one line ridiculous if not insane.
You must be talking to yourself.
You use ONLY Paul to corroborate Paul.
You are hanging your "theory" on a single source riddled with admitted forgeries, false attribution, historical problems, discrepancies and contradictions.
To do a proper Critical Analysis of the Pauline Corpus one MUST, MUST , MUST employ multiple sources of antiquity [apologetic and non-apologetic]
The internal evidence from multiple sources of antiquity do show that the Pauline Corpus is in fact historical garbage and was NOT employed in the early development of the Christian cult who worshiped a character called Jesus of Nazareth, God from heaven.