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Forum: Religion and Philosophy 29th February 2024, 10:02 PM
Replies: 155
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Posted By Brainache
Thinking about this some more, I'm seeing how...

Thinking about this some more, I'm seeing how this might fit with my hypothesis.

The hypothesis (such as it is) posits the idea that the Qumran Yahad (Community) were using a genizah as their...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 29th February 2024, 07:12 PM
Replies: 155
Views: 10,312
Posted By Brainache
I know it's an ad-hoc bit of reasoning designed...

I know it's an ad-hoc bit of reasoning designed specifically to avoid this problem. I think I pretty much said so.

Where does that leave me, if the Habakkuk Pesher is 60-something years older...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 29th February 2024, 02:57 PM
Replies: 155
Views: 10,312
Posted By Brainache
As a special birthday treat yesterday I asked Dr...

As a special birthday treat yesterday I asked Dr Kipp Davis a question on his livestream. It's at about 1 hr 26 min into this video: lqMvf3FhE1EGOING LIVE! Biblical Scholarly Ramblings, Channel...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 16th February 2024, 04:12 PM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
I checked and it was actually page 1 of this...

I checked and it was actually page 1 of this thread.

I take it from everyone's silence that I am still the big winner of the HJ debate.

Hooray me.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 13th February 2024, 11:34 PM
Replies: 155
Views: 10,312
Posted By Brainache
I totally forgot this post from the Paul the...

I totally forgot this post from the Paul the Herodian thread:


Reminds me a lot of this:
http://www.essene.com/History&Essenes/md.htm



I might be seeing more than is there, maybe these...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 6th February 2024, 05:35 AM
Replies: 155
Views: 10,312
Posted By Brainache
Yeah, I think so. Anyway, here's an...

Yeah, I think so.


Anyway, here's an interview with Prof Eisenman, presented by Dr Tabor, for anyone who is still interested in this topic:
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Robert Eisenman & the Dead Sea Scrolls:...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 18th January 2024, 03:58 AM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
You still haven't read that thread, have you? ...

You still haven't read that thread, have you?

Give me one example of what you say, that isn't based on the Opening Post, because we already covered that way back on about page 2 or 3 of this...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 18th January 2024, 01:41 AM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
I am relying on English translations of primary...

I am relying on English translations of primary texts, not English opinions of primary texts. There is a difference. Where multiple translations exist, I include them, if I find them.

Translators...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 17th January 2024, 04:34 PM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
Check out post number 460 in this thread. You are...

Check out post number 460 in this thread. You are wrong.



Have you only read the first post in that thread? There's a lot more to it than that.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 17th January 2024, 06:21 AM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
I don't know, Steve. Maybe it's my accent. ...

I don't know, Steve. Maybe it's my accent.

Have you tried reading it in Australian?

I don't think there's a google translate for humour.

Take it from me, seriously and unambiguously, the...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 17th January 2024, 12:14 AM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
Does no one here understand how jokes work? ...

Does no one here understand how jokes work?

That's what's weird.

It's also weird that people only seemed to get bored after it turned out that they didn't know what they were talking about.
...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 16th January 2024, 12:30 AM
Replies: 475
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Views: 19,719
Posted By Brainache
Oh dear. Did I kill the Historical Jesus...

Oh dear.

Did I kill the Historical Jesus discussion by providing evidence?

Sorry about that.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 31st December 2023, 04:31 PM
Replies: 155
Views: 10,312
Posted By Brainache
Here it is 9.30 am on New Years Day 2024 and I'm...

Here it is 9.30 am on New Years Day 2024 and I'm back to add another, er coincidence to the growing mountain of coincidences. This is all going to get a bit "Theological", so bear with me, or not....
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 29th December 2023, 03:13 PM
Replies: 155
Views: 10,312
Posted By Brainache
I dispute the idea that homeless people are...

I dispute the idea that homeless people are incompetent. I have been homeless myself and it has nothing to do with "competence". There are many factors involved in modern homelessness, also I suspect...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 29th December 2023, 01:21 PM
Replies: 155
Views: 10,312
Posted By Brainache
But the historical figure of the Righteous...

But the historical figure of the Righteous Teacher is not found in the oldest scrolls. The older scrolls are the books of the Hebrew Bible, hundreds of them all, except Esther. That's why I think...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 29th December 2023, 12:36 PM
Replies: 155
Views: 10,312
Posted By Brainache
I get what you are saying. People hate changing...

I get what you are saying. People hate changing their minds.

I think it's pretty unlikely that the "Congregation of the Poor" had a library of hundreds of new, freshly manufactured biblical...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 18th December 2023, 12:53 AM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
From page 1 of that thread: I don't think...

From page 1 of that thread:


I don't think a Scribe in the 1st century BCE would be using a kind of handwriting from 100 years later. Same scribe also copied the Temple Scroll; when was that...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 14th December 2023, 09:02 PM
Replies: 475
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Views: 19,719
Posted By Brainache
Thanks 8enotto, I want that too, but only if it...

Thanks 8enotto, I want that too, but only if it turns out to be true. I think it is, but I might be wrong.

I seem to recall more than one person defending Carrier, but I haven't seen many of them...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 14th December 2023, 06:42 PM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
I mean, I've seen several people on this site...

I mean, I've seen several people on this site defending the ideas of Richard Carrier. Talk about "fringe" ideas, you don't get any more fringe than "Jesus didn't exist".

I'm not an expert in New...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 14th December 2023, 12:05 PM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
Thank you ahhell. I have no problem with...

Thank you ahhell.

I have no problem with people questioning my arguments. I know that they go against the mainstream, but they're not really very far from it.

I might be wrong, but no one has...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 14th December 2023, 11:40 AM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
Well, you see that's just my clumsy attempt to...

Well, you see that's just my clumsy attempt to goad people into engaging with my arguments.

It is very difficult to convince people who refuse to look at the argument.

Are you another one...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 14th December 2023, 10:17 AM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
Really? People won't debate me because they...

Really?

People won't debate me because they don't like jokes?

I don't believe you.

I think its because you can't.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 13th December 2023, 10:46 AM
Replies: 475
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Views: 19,719
Posted By Brainache
I can see what you are doing. Why can't you...

I can see what you are doing.

Why can't you see what you are doing?

You are still pontificating about subjects that you know next to nothing about.

Engage with the substance of the...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 13th December 2023, 12:10 AM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
Not sure what I did to offend you, apart from...

Not sure what I did to offend you, apart from telling you to read my thread before dismissing it. How offensive was that?

You apparently continue to refuse to familiarise yourself with what it is...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 10th December 2023, 03:23 PM
Replies: 475
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Views: 19,719
Posted By Brainache
I got it Steve. I also get that not everyone...

I got it Steve.

I also get that not everyone wants to read that thread. Not everyone wants to go down the rabbit hole, get lost in the weeds and devote serious time and effort to a subject that,...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 10th December 2023, 12:14 PM
Replies: 475
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Views: 19,719
Posted By Brainache
But you've already said that you won't read it....

But you've already said that you won't read it. You claim to have "perused" the thread, but you haven't engaged with any of the evidence or arguments.

I never claimed to speak Aramaic. I use the...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 10th December 2023, 11:15 AM
Replies: 475
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Views: 19,719
Posted By Brainache
And therefore I win this debate on a forfeit. ...

And therefore I win this debate on a forfeit.

Bit disappointing really.

You'll have to let me in on this psychic ability you have to assess the quality of my epistemology. It sounds amazing.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 9th December 2023, 06:50 PM
Replies: 475
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Views: 19,719
Posted By Brainache
Your first post in this thread. Here you are...

Your first post in this thread. Here you are pretending to know all about the DSS. Wow, this acbytesla guy must be an expert on the Scrolls and 2nd Temple Judaism, right? Why else would he be so...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 9th December 2023, 05:16 PM
Replies: 475
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Views: 19,719
Posted By Brainache
I have made many contributions to this thread...

I have made many contributions to this thread ranging from meticulous presentation of evidence and logical inference, to ridicule and personal attacks (sorry about that). You may not have seen them...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 9th December 2023, 03:49 PM
Replies: 155
Views: 10,312
Posted By Brainache
Thanks for that. I'm not trying to prove the...

Thanks for that.

I'm not trying to prove the resurrection literally happened - I don't think it did. I think any post crucifixion appearances of Jesus can be explained by Post Bereavement...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 8th December 2023, 09:09 PM
Replies: 475
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Views: 19,719
Posted By Brainache
Yes, that's all well and good, but what I'm...

Yes, that's all well and good, but what I'm seeing you saying is:
"Brainache is the winner of the HJ debate. I am not able to counter all the evidence and arguments he has presented in that thread...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 8th December 2023, 06:27 PM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
OK. We can agree to disagree about the value of...

OK. We can agree to disagree about the value of Ancient History.

The only problem I see with what you have written is that you have chosen to do it in a thread about the Historical Jesus.

This...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 8th December 2023, 05:02 PM
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Posted By Brainache
You said: "... at best you will be able to prove...

You said: "... at best you will be able to prove is that there are a few pieces of text out there that if we interpret in a particular way, it might show there was an actual person behind the myth."...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 8th December 2023, 04:35 PM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
Couple of points: I'm not doing Apologetics....

Couple of points:
I'm not doing Apologetics. How many times do I have to say that I'm not trying to prove that Jesus was miraculous?

What I am attempting to do is called "History" and I...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 8th December 2023, 12:52 PM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
What offends me is people dismissing years of...

What offends me is people dismissing years of research and logical reasoning as "theistic nonsense" without even looking at it.

What offends me is people so confidently pontificating about...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 8th December 2023, 11:03 AM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
There is nothing "theistic" about what I'm doing....

There is nothing "theistic" about what I'm doing. Don't you get that?

I suppose we shouldn't even try doing Ancient History - It's all made up BS.

You heard it here first folks: Religion is...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 7th December 2023, 10:27 PM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
If I ever said that, which I don't recall, it was...

If I ever said that, which I don't recall, it was wrong. I never mentioned "Barabas" - whoever that is.

"Absalom" is a name that Josephus applies (slightly misspelled in the copy I saw,) to...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 7th December 2023, 08:54 PM
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Posted By Brainache
You are telling me that I am wrong, even though...

You are telling me that I am wrong, even though you haven't and apparently refuse to read my argument.

Does that ever work in other debates? I can't imagine how an admission of wilful ignorance...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 7th December 2023, 07:43 PM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
Yay. I win. My HJ has prevailed again. You...

Yay. I win.
My HJ has prevailed again.

You saw it here folks; they have no reply to my not at all Crackpot Theory.

At first you said there could be no connection between the DSS and the NT....
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 7th December 2023, 06:58 PM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
Have you heard that I made a whole thread on the...

Have you heard that I made a whole thread on the topic?

Here it is: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=345423

You should try reading it, there's lots there to think...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 7th December 2023, 06:13 PM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
OK. Looks like I'm going to have to repeat my...

OK. Looks like I'm going to have to repeat my whole thread over here.

Could be anyone in the first half of the 1st century who:
Leads a community of "The Poor" in the region west of the Jordan...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 7th December 2023, 04:56 PM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
What? Are you saying that there are only Hebrew...

What? Are you saying that there are only Hebrew Biblical texts in the Scrolls?

Um...
The Community Rule: https://www.essene.com/History&Essenes/md.htm

The Damascus Covenant:...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 7th December 2023, 04:32 PM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
Do you know what a Genizah is? Can you guess...

Do you know what a Genizah is?

Can you guess why the "Congregation of the Poor" might be using a Genizah as their library of sacred texts, rather than a library of hundreds of shiny, newly minted...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 7th December 2023, 04:17 PM
Replies: 475
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Views: 19,719
Posted By Brainache
You really need to read my thread. The...

You really need to read my thread.

The dating of the scrolls is not as you describe it.


That's a palaeographic dating of the Habakkuk Pesher (one I rely on a lot) to the mid 1st century CE.
...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 7th December 2023, 03:38 PM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
I take it that you haven't read my thread. ...

I take it that you haven't read my thread.

OK then, please explain why Barnabas calls his community "Ephraim".

Explain why Josephus associates the name "Absalom" with Menahem The Essene.

Who...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 7th December 2023, 01:14 PM
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Posted By Brainache
Thanks for the vote of confidence. Yeah this HJ...

Thanks for the vote of confidence. Yeah this HJ is not so different from the mainstream consensus idea of the HJ. The only big difference is that I tie mine down to the Dead Sea Scrolls.

I have a...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 7th December 2023, 12:58 PM
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Posted By Brainache
Thanks for the serious replies, folks. Of...

Thanks for the serious replies, folks.

Of course, Scholars all over the world regard the ISF Religion and Philosophy sub-forum to be the foremost publisher of rigorously peer-reviewed literature...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 7th December 2023, 10:32 AM
Replies: 475
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Posted By Brainache
OK. That is facetious, I presume. In my...

OK. That is facetious, I presume.

In my "theory", Paul was telling ghost stories about the Righteous Teacher from Qumran.

He tried to tell his "Gospel of the risen Christ" to the original Jesus...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 6th December 2023, 06:02 PM
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Posted By Brainache
What has happened to the Mythicist contingent...

What has happened to the Mythicist contingent that like to comment on these threads?

I was hoping for a substance-driven, mutually informative, positive and productive debate, you know, the kind...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 4th December 2023, 05:17 PM
Replies: 155
Views: 10,312
Posted By Brainache
OK. I can take a hint... (staggers...

OK.

I can take a hint...


(staggers off-stage mumbling, the only discernible words: "...and then they'll be sorry...")

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