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This post is a follow-up to Part 1 and the middle of a long ChatGPT conversationconcluding with Part 3; all on 8/7/2026. The conversation digs into the age ranges of the 12 disciples and others. ChatGPT Prompt – Given that background, does scholarship see significance that James, Jesus brother and the 2nd oldest child in […]
Continue ReadingThis post is the first of three of a long ChatGPT conversation on 8/7/2026. The conversation digs into the age ranges of the 12 disciples and others. This post has four primary components and hence is very long. It is also Part 1 of three, and the three contain one ChatGPT conversation. It begins with […]
Continue ReadingFrom his Facebook post on 8/5/2026. Jim Palmer One of the most liberating discoveries is that life is rarely as binary as we were taught. You can believe in God without being a theist. You can not believe in God and still live a deeply spiritual life. You can find profound significance in Jesus without […]
Continue Reading8/5/2026 – This post contains three posts by BSA member Michael Waddell followed by the post by Charles Bledsoe that inspired Michael. What is sin? Part 1: the invention of sin. Michael Waddell posted Feb 10, 2025 at BSA. Note: This is the start of a 3-part series inspired by Charles Bledsoe’s post An Unabashedly […]
Continue ReadingPosted at the BSA by Michael Waddell – Feb 23, 2025. All the text below is by Michael followed by two links to Bart’s realted posts. Below that is a Claude.ai Response. All four of our gospels recount that Judas, one of Jesus’ twelve apostles, betrayed Jesus. However, I suspect that Judas is a literary […]
Continue Reading8/1/2026 – This long post contains 4 responses from Claude.ai that begin with Paul’s 1 Cor 15:3–5, the earliest written testimonies to the resurrection, predating the Gospels by decades. The second response is why that text is not believed to be Paul’s creation and how that makes it closer to Jesus. The third response is […]
Continue ReadingFrom Jim Palmer’s Facebook channel on 7/31/2026. Jim Palmer I find it curious that nearly every creed of the Church, whether the early ecumenical creeds, the Roman Catholic catechisms, or the countless Protestant statements of faith, is primarily concerned with defining theological propositions about Jesus. They tell us what to believe concerning his nature, his […]
Continue Reading7/31/2026 – This post contains a Claude.ai summary of a paper by Marcus Blue (member of BSA) about how the gospels progressively made Judas more guilty and Pilot more innocent. Marcus’ paper has an extensive bibliography and the second Claude response, identifying critical bible scholars who agree with Blue, cites the same scholars as did […]
Continue ReadingThe post contains Bart Ehrman’s comments about contradictions vs differences and then a list of the contradictions he often cites. The text below was prepared by Claude.ai using the transcript of his 15-minute lecture posted to BSA titled Let There Be Light: What’s Your Favorite Bible Contradiction? (Bart Responds). The transcript is in his Dropbox […]
Continue ReadingExtracted from Jim Palmer‘s Facebook post on 7/28/2026. This is a very good list of issues with his short, concise statement of context. All emphasis is mine. 10 Religious Ideas You Don’t Need a Degree in Theology to Know Are False For much of history, ordinary people were told they lacked the education, training, or […]
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