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Below are significant comments to a question posted at BSA in October 2025. The extracts pasted below are in the same order as the overall post at BSA. All emphasis is mine. Original Question summarized: Why the trinity at all? Why not a duality: The Father and Son? Why did Christians find it necessary to […]
Continue ReadingDifferences in the Two Creation Stories [In addition to the information below, see the Genesis page on this site.] From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com, 11/19/2024 The two creation stories in the Hebrew Bible in Genesis reflect differences in style, content, and emphasis. Scholars often attribute these to different sources: J (Yahwist) and P (Priestly). […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 10/27/2025. “I hold as a core personal belief that one cannot ignore the context, structure, and history of scripture and still take scripture seriously — if it deserves to be understood, then it deserves to be understood on its own terms.” — Schaun Wheeler whose forum member byline at BSA is “Faith […]
Continue ReadingFrom Shabbat of the Full Moon: Early biblical laws demand a cessation of labor every seven days, but that was unconnected to Shabbat, which was originally a full moon celebration by Prof. Jacob L. Wright Summary: Two Separate Institutions The texts explored above suggest that the populations of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah commemorated […]
Continue ReadingBelow is the ChatGPT summary of Bart Ehrman’s 20-minute initial statement and 10-minute rebuttal in the debate in the YouTube video titled Did Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John really write the four Gospels?. Bart does a great job of explaining why we can be confident that the four gospels in the NT were named later. […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT Several critical biblical scholars have made or supported the argument that the author(s) or redactor(s) of Samuel–Kings crafted the David narratives with subversive irony, meaning the stories appear to glorify David on the surface but subtly reveal his moral corruption and political ruthlessness to the perceptive reader. The idea is that the author […]
Continue ReadingWas John the Baptist Greater than Jesus? Below is a summary prepared from the transcript of the above video. The transcript is in Tabor’s directory in Dropbox as well as the John the Baptist directory. Below the summary is a listing of the scriptures that support Tabor’s statements per ChatGPT. First Prompt: Summarize the attached […]
Continue ReadingThe text here is ChatGPT’s summary of Robyn Faith Walsh’s 11-minute video “Were Jesus and John the Baptist Related?” and Claude.ai’s summary of Bart Ehrman’s video with Megan Lewis titled Was Jesus a Copycat? The Role of John the Baptist. Red letter emphasis was added by me. 10/20/2025. Summary of “Were Jesus and John the […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT 10/19/2025. Prompt: When and why did mainstream christian worship stop casting out demons like Jesus and his disciples did? Why and when did it become taboo? That’s an excellent and historically complex question, Tom. Critical historians and theologians trace the decline—and eventual taboo—of exorcism as a normal part of mainstream Christian worship to […]
Continue ReadingAlso see https://theway.davisinterests.com/wp/king-david-the-mafia-don-war-lord/ Below are two ChatGPT summaries of the transcript of Dr. Joel Baden’s Lecture 11. Here’s the chronological outline of King David’s history according to Joel Baden’s lecture “The David Story Compiled,” now including precise chapter and verse citations beside each event. I. David’s Anointing and Saul’s Decline Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1–23Summary: Baden’s […]
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