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Charles Bledsoe, OP’s title – Atonement or Forgiveness, How About Neither? at BSA here.OP – Charles Bledsoe, Oct 9, 2025 Scroll to the bottom for Bledsoe’s simplified version of the “intricacies of Whitehead’s philosophical system”. Charles Bledsoe – I was just reading a post by Manny5 titled Atonement or Forgiveness, and it provoked a critical […]
Continue ReadingThis post resulted from a post in BSA/Nerds that mentioned the author, Charles Bledsoe, believed in a “theism without supernaturalism. That idea intrigued me, and I commented that the concept would make a great thread/conversation. So, he started one, and that post is pasted below as the last part of this post. His perception of […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 11/15/2025. Below is a summary of everything covered so far about the Nicolaitans, their connection to Paul, and the comparison between Revelation 2–3 and 1 Corinthians 8 & 10. All scholarly sources are included directly in the text. 1. Who the Nicolaitans Were The Nicolaitans (Rev 2:6, 2:15) were a faction within […]
Continue ReadingExtract from Wikiversity here. The documentary hypothesis hypothesizes four primary sources (traditionally known as J, E, P, and D) for the Torah. These translations are based on the King James version of the Bible. This learning resource employs the latest iteration of the Documentary Hypothesis, known as the New Documentary Hypothesis. The New Documentary Hypothesis considers the four main sources […]
Continue ReadingFrom the Hebrew Bible Matthew 9:20; Mark 6:56; Luke 8:44 The Bleeding Women Parable – She touched the Hem of his garment rather than the devout Jew’s fringe. In all three passages (e.g., Matthew 9:20; Mark 6:56; Luke 8:44), the word translated as “the fringe”, “the edge”, or “the hem” is κράσπεδον (kraspedon). Greek text (Matthew 9:20). The part of Jesus’ clothing the woman touched was […]
Continue ReadingBelow is ChatGPT’s summary of the transcript of the above very interesting video interview. The transcript is in his directory in DropBox. The transcript of Russell E. Gmirkin – Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bible (History Valley Podcast) presents Gmirkin’s argument that the Pentateuch was composed in the early Hellenistic period (around 270 […]
Continue Reading‘Stunning find’: Meet the missing woman in the Bible rediscovered by a BYU researcher An error in Greek manuscripts erased the name of the only woman to receive a New Testament letter – Published: Nov 8, 2025 Extracts from the article are below. A BYU researcher has conclusively recovered the name of the woman who received […]
Continue ReadingThis page contains extracts from the very good article at BAR titled Jesus of History or Jesus of Tradition. The PDF version of it is in his directory in DropBox. The parts below in bold are the interviewer’s voice, and the other is Freyne’s. Red highlighting is mine. Jesus of History vs. Jesus of Tradition. BAR […]
Continue ReadingBelow is a summary of the 1989 article at BAS by Marcus Borg here about the Jesus Seminar in the 1980s. He was a senior member of the seminar. The article by Marcus J. Borg titled “What Did Jesus Really Say?” (Bible Review, 1989). It explains the purpose, method, and scholarly reasoning behind the Jesus […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT pm 11/9/2025 there are two responses and a third about Jesus calling her ‘daughter’ in the next verse. 3rd Prompt – What is the Greek word and its full meaning in English for daughter in the next verse? Mark 5:34 NRSV — “He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has made you well; […]
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