tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post8809715141231158116..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: From Easter to PentecostRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-86182273525356817682011-04-23T08:49:00.410-04:002011-04-23T08:49:00.410-04:00"Some village atheists seem to imagine that m...<i>"Some village atheists seem to imagine that merely showing how the Resurrection accounts are formally contradictory somehow disproves the inerrancy or historicity or reliability of the accounts."</i><br /><br />It's not just village atheists who do this.<br /><br />Sometimes you have seminary graduates who do this as well.Truth Unites... and Divideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891402278361538353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-55102997658172007262011-04-22T10:51:20.981-04:002011-04-22T10:51:20.981-04:00RHOLOGY SAID:
"Small thing - I would quibble...RHOLOGY SAID:<br /><br />"Small thing - I would quibble with the characterisation of Jesus' flexibility of location as bilocation. I don't see where He's ever in more than one place at any one time."<br /><br />i) Keep in mind that I'm not attributing special properties to his body (e.g. the "Real Presence"). <br /><br />ii) But according to the Gospels, he can do things in/with/through space which are not ordinarily feasible.<br /><br />iii) I don't think the Gospels writers would have occasion to report bilocation. They're dealing with one episode at a time. Jesus' appearance to a person or group at a particular time and place. Since the person or group to whom he appears is localized, the account of the appearance will also be localized.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-74975203068680520852011-04-22T10:22:46.803-04:002011-04-22T10:22:46.803-04:00People should keep in mind that we take factors li...People should keep in mind that we take factors like these into account when evaluating literature in general, ancient and modern, not just early Christian literature. And some of the early sources, like Papias and some early church leaders Clement of Alexandria refers to, tell us that the gospel authors and their early audiences considered the gospels harmonious and supplements to one another rather than competitors. In other words, we have some good historical evidence that the gospels were intended to be read as part of one harmonious tradition, not as coming from competing or highly isolated communities.Jason Engwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17031011335190895123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-61711916337365935252011-04-22T10:20:44.276-04:002011-04-22T10:20:44.276-04:00Thanks!
Small thing - I would quibble with the ch...Thanks!<br /><br />Small thing - I would quibble with the characterisation of Jesus' flexibility of location as <b>bilocation</b>. I don't see where He's ever in more than one place at any one time. <br />Teleportation, sure.Rhologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14245825667079220242noreply@blogger.com