Re: 7Q5 - Walter & Thiede see what they want

Michael Fisher (mwfisher@CTS.COM)
Sat, 22 Feb 1997 19:54:31 -0800

Walt Jr. wrote:
If you will back Metzger then you will accept his conclusion that Jesus
was a historical person . . .

MWF
Oh blather Walt. Get down your logic books and YOU tell US what
kind of logical error you just committed.

That Metzger believes in a historical Jesus but does NOT accept
the 7Q5 fragment as Markian is just that much the worst for the
fragment.

It's rather like a physicist discovering that Gell-Mann or
Hawkings disputes their theory--prima facie pretty bad. The difference
for the physicists is that their is usually a CONCLUSIVE and REPEATABLE
experiment which will decide who IS right on the particular point.

But bibilolaters, which includes creationists, have shown time
and again that they will simply ignore contrary evidence, no matter how
overwhelming.

Ciao.

-- 
	Michael Fisher, ET1/SS USN ret., law student	


	http://home.aol.com/Mfish6994


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