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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (24064)8/9/1998 12:59:00 PM
From: Grainne  Read Replies (2) of 108807
 
Freddy, you really lose me with your argument about "one fragment of Mark" dating back to the '60's. The gospels were written as stories, telling the good news of Jesus' coming, are all different, and were embellished and changed to suit different audiences. They were not written as history at all. This discussion of Mark from the PBS Frontline series explains how Mark was working the destruction of the temple into his story telling. Do you have a fundamental disagreement with this?

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For anyone who is not following this discussion but would like to do so, the basic disagreement, at least to me, is about how factual the Gospels were intended to be. My understanding is that they were written one on top of the other by men who were trying to encourage people to understand and follow Jesus. Biblical literalists believe they are the word of God. This is puzzling to me, since they are all quite different! Here is a basic passage from the PBS Frontline series which supports my understanding:

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