Gospel of Thomas and Q: The Theory of Oral Transmission

Jason Carter errancy@infidels.org
Sat, 01 May 1999 23:55:57 -0400 (00925635357, 3.0.1.32.19990501235557.009f9910@pop.atl.mediaone.net) 


>>Ray

>>Unless I missed it, Carter never answered this post from Ed. Is this yet

>>another instance of Carter disappearing when in trouble? 


CARTER
No, it's an instance of I'm terribly busy, and Ed's comments are very much
appreciated. While I am somewhat familiar with the arguments to both sides,
I don't have enough material to engage in a full fledged debate (concerning
the Synoptic Problem at least). Sometimes I ask questions to learn rather
than debate.


>>RAY

>>It is very clear

>>from the above that Carter's position was indefensible. 


CARTER
What? LOL! Ray, please, as soon as you endeavour to do some more research,
then you may comment on this subject. I'm sure that though Ed does not
accept the arguments for the oral transmission of Q, he is nevertheless
intelligent enough to know that they are still alive and kicking, and that
the Synoptic problem is much more complex that his or my letters.  


>RAY

>In a way it was an

>>unfair fight as we had a lightweight against a heavyweight. Carter mostly

>>copies apologists and this subject is Ed's specialty. Those are the breaks

>>however if you want to debate here.


CARTER
Calling on Ray! Calling on Ray! Step into reality! I know it's fun to
wander around your prideful little mind, and dance a jolly jig in your
imaginative world of "I am always right", but you need to come down to
earth now. Sheesh... 


>Ed

>

>In about a month, Carter or somebody'll come out of the woodwork and say

>that I shut up on the subject because I was taking a licking.  Oh, well....


CARTER
No, not I :)

Hey Ed, if you could ever check it out for me, I would like your opinion of
the book called _The Jesus Crisis_. It's a Christian book concerning the
inroads of historical criticism to the Bible, and I would be interested on
how good/poor you find it. 

Take care,
-Jason