Marcion by Sebastian Moll. Recommended by Tabor
This is a long post where the majority of the sources are by Dr. James Tabor and follow the first by Dr. Sebastian Moll. Talking Points about Marcion from the material below:
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Jesus Behind Christianity – Jim Palmer
10/29/2026 – The italicized text below was extracted from Jim Palmer’s Substack post of Sept. 04, 2026 here. The post in PDF format is also in his directory in DropBox. All emphasis is mine. Communities preserve important figures by interpreting them. Memories become stories, stories become traditions, traditions become doctrines, and doctrines eventually become institutions. […]
Continue ReadingHow Did Revelation Get Into the Bible?
This is a transcript of Bart Ehrman’s answer to the question asked in the Q&A part of his intro lecture for the attendees to NINT 2026. Jen – Was the Revelation included because it was thought to be written by the Apostle John? Bart: That’s what I always used to think until I looked into […]
Continue ReadingA Book Review: Anthony Flew, There Is a God
From the Tabor Circle by Keith P. Myers posted 9/3/2026. Keith said “Not AI. These are excerpts from the book itself that I have edited and arranged so that it makes a nice concise summary of the major topics.” This is rather long because it is my [Keith’s] summary of an entire book. I found […]
Continue ReadingGnosticism, Christianity, & Platonic Afterlife Theology
This is a very long post beginning with a BSA post titled Gnosticism 101 by Keith P. Myers then followed by multiple Claude.ai’s comments about Keith’s explanation and then how christianity, plantonism, and other beliefs evolved. Jump to “popular modern Christianity has drifted toward a Platonic/Gnostic escape-eschatology“
Continue ReadingChristianized Readings in the Protestant OT vs. the Tanakh***
From Claude.ai on 8/24/2026. All emphasis is mine. Christianized Readings in the Protestant Old Testament vs. the Jewish Tanakh This is a well-established area of text-critical and translation scholarship. Critical scholars distinguish between the Hebrew Masoretic Text (which underlies the Jewish Tanakh) and Christian Old Testaments, which historically drew heavily on the Greek Septuagint (LXX), […]
Continue ReadingWhy Do Some People Still Believe after Deconstructing?
This post contains responses by BSA members to the question in the title and responses to comments amde in the thread. I did not include the OP as his skeptism and debating tendacies are not helpful. His post is here. The responses below are very interesting. Tre Murillo – exegetical exvangelical Hi Nathaniel, you’ve asked a […]
Continue ReadingSpiritual Maturity: Jim Palmer
From 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 ReadingWhat is Sin?
8/5/2026 – 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 ReadingTheological Propositions about Jesus vs. His Teachings: Jim Palmer
From 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 […]
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