Category: Bible Textual Integrity

  • Comparison of the Texts in the Synoptic Gospels Regarding Jesus

    In this article, I have compared the accounts of one event as described in the first three Synoptic gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke. The reader should realize after comparison that the gospels were originally transmitted through oral tradition. In the process of writing, the writers of the gospels had changed the tradition according to their…

  • The Influence of the Pauline Epistles Upon The Gospels of The New Testament

    The Influence of the Pauline Epistles Upon The Gospels of The New Testament

    Christians believe that Paul of Tarsus is the ‘Apostle’ of Jesus(P), whom he met in a vision on his journey to Damascus. Paul is also claimed to be the author of the Epistles to the Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon and…

  • Epimenides Paradox Revisited

    In response to our argument that Paul’s fumbling of the Epimenides paradox is proof that the ad-hoc “apostle” was not inspired after all, one Christian has raised an objection. The attempted rebuttal acknowledges the paradoxical nature of Epimenides’ statement, but then makes the bizarre claim that Paul’s statement is true nonetheless due to other elements…

  • Epimenides Paradox: Was Paul “Inspired”?

    Introduction In a study of logic, there is something which we call “undecidable propositions” or “meaningless sentences”, which are statements that cannot be determined because there is no contextual false. One of the classic examples cited is the Epiminedes’ paradox. Saul Kripke says: Ever since Pilate asked, “What is truth?” (John XVIII, 38), the subsequent…