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From Claude.ai Here is a thorough overview of how critical Bible scholars define these two major Trinitarian heresies, along with the key teaching analogies scholars use to illustrate them. Arianism Definition Arianism is a Christological doctrine that rejects the traditional notion of the Trinity, teaching that Jesus was created by God and is therefore distinct […]
Continue ReadingThe post below is from a response to a Jim Palmer Substake post. Tony Osuya – May 5, 2026 God is not a being among beings but Being itself. When we reduce God to an object, even a supreme object, we create an idol. The question ‘Does God exist?’ is flawed because existence is something […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai. The Epicurean Paradox (also called the Problem of Evil) is a logical argument against the existence of an omnipotent, benevolent God, attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus (341–270 BC). It goes roughly like this: “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but […]
Continue ReadingHow Not to Interpret the Bible. Part Ten. What about the Trinity? Last updated on: July 14, 2022 at 8:52 am By Ben Witherington Here is a summary by Claude.ai of Witherington’s position as laid out in that article: Progressive Revelation as the Framework Witherington’s central organizing principle is progressive revelation — God disclosed truth gradually, […]
Continue ReadingThis Post is Claude.ai’s summary of a transcript of the first 18 minutes of a video interview between host Derick Lambert and biblical scholar John Dominic Crossan, taken from a YouTube video. This part of the video was recommended by James Tabor as preparation for his 5/30/2026 Zoom meeting. The partial transcript is in Crossan’s […]
Continue ReadingFrom Jim Palmer here. What if Jesus showed up at church? There are ten things about the Christian church that I [Jim Palmer] believe Jesus would vehemently dispute if he returned: In this chapter, I [Jim Palmer] also include the top ten myths of “Churchianity:”
Continue ReadingTimeline of Jewish History by Mattis Kantor published at Chabad.com. This is a very extensive and detailed timeline of Jewish history
Continue ReadingBelow is a summary from Claude.ai of the essay recommended by Charles Bledsoe in a BSA post. See the PDF version of the web page in the Process Theology directory in Dropbox. Christian Process Theology: An Introduction by Jay McDaniel Note from the original file: The essay below is an epilogue to my book What is […]
Continue ReadingFrom the video at Academia.edu “Eleven days from Horeb”: Deuteronomy 1:1-2 and Har Karkom” by Deborah A Hurn, Bar-Ilan University, PhD, Avondale University, NSW, Australia 2016-22 BTheo (Hons), Vose Baptist Seminary, WA, Australia 2011-15.
Continue Reading5/18/2026: 1) This is a Claude.ai’s summary of Tabor’s informal lecture to his tour group when at Tamar. The transcript is in his directory in Dropbox. 2) Below the response are links to Deborah Hurn’s video as cited by Tabor. She presents her proposed understand on the descriptions of the journey and reconstruction of how […]
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