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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  Some interesting food for thought. I think some parts of the excerpt below will instantly remind you of you-know-which-confused-person-in-this-thread. |
That text post is a great summary of how Jesus may be thought of for folks ready to make that step. Or anyone who has left Christianity because it no longer resonates with them.
The Germans have been working on a project and have been able to divide the canonic Gospels into being written in 3 stages. Q1 - writings from during the time of Jesus, before the 4 canonic gospels were written featuring nothing supernatural whatsoever, Q2 - the addition of doomsday in response to the Palestinian war and Q3 - the addition of all supernatural concepts. It follows along the lines of what you posted. They acknowledge that conservative Christians will ignore it but discuss it for liberal Christians to consider. I need to read more about their methodology but the conclusions make sense to me.
The internal structure of the Gospel Q
Hey thanks piano performer.