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- From: nichael@bbn.com (Nichael Cramer)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: Crucifixion of Jesus?
- Date: 18 Dec 92 09:56:58
- Organization: BBN, Cambridge MA
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- References: <1992Dec10.211744.1@stsci.edu> <1992Dec12.005349.25319@netcom.com>
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- In-reply-to: ata@hfsi.uucp's message of 17 Dec 92 18:04:35 GMT
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- ata@hfsi.uucp (John Ata - FSO) writes:
-
- If an author "copies" one account from another changing a few
- particulars as you characterize the Gospels (I think this is an
- unfair characterization, it is more accurate to say that they were
- based off of a common source) ...
-
- Then it's safe to say that you don't understand the issue at hand.
-
- The authors of the various synoptic Gospels _aren't_ simply telling
- the same the story. They are by and large, in detail, using the _same
- words_. Moreover, where they vary from each other --including the
- introduction and exclusion of specific materials-- it is done in a
- consistent and clear manner.
-
- There is _no_ sign that these Gospels are the result of random,
- independent creation.
-
- One is, of course, free not to accept the standard model of how the
- Synoptic Gospels achieved there current state. However, one is _not_
- free to completely ignore the data.
-
- The current state of the text of these Gospels has certain specific
- and well-defined characteristics. And claiming that the Gospels were
- written by seperate authors working in complete independence and
- isolation doesn't come close to explaining those characteristics.
-
- N
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