Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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Funny bit. BUT I would like to mention and I wish people would adopt this–JESUS SAID NOTHING. Some guy in the 4th century is putting words into the mouth of a person named Jesus— now the modern world is falling all over itself trying to undermine christian beliefs and declare a crisis in the faith. So much so that Christians have to “re-examine their beliefs”
(I saw the trailers to the documentary coming out next week). it doesn’t matter if this document is authentic or not. It has nothing to do with Jesus, Christianity or reality.
Yeah, same thing with the canonical gospels.
And you know this how? Then why do you call yourself a Christian? Honestl. Is the Bible just a self-help manual to you?
Because – no one really wrote historical record during that time. Further, while they wrote the truth, they were not 21st Westerners.
I was unaware that salvation was dependent upon either a canonical gospel or believing a certain thing about a canonical gospel.
Would you mind showing me where this is said in Scripture, please?
I’m just confused. It seems you cherry pick, but how do you even know what you believe is trustworthy?
How do you?
I’ve come to accept Christian Tradition – and the spirit working through that Tradition. Further, I’ve let go of my Western need to have everything “literally” true.
@ANT—Watts is a prime example of the truth of John 5:45-47. He doesn’t believe Moses so he won’t believe Jesus
Said the guy who doesn’t know what Moses said.