Comments on Antipelagian: Dishonest Danny

Here is the source. About ten years ago, Farrell T...

2009-10-25T09:37:30.026-04:00

Here is the source. About ten years ago, Farrell Till used this argument on me. I had just read Justin and produced the text and Till admitted it didn't support his claim and he dropped it, but I suspect Barker either got it from him or from a common source.

The lesson, always check the text first.

Exactly, right on, Aaron. Beowulf2k8, you hate an...

2009-10-12T08:49:51.434-04:00

Exactly, right on, Aaron.

Beowulf2k8, you hate any form of traditional Christianity so much that you would likely side with any atheist who tries to make early Christians out to be pagans.

Dan went so far as to say he hadn't even read the surrounding context from the quote he cited from Justin...given that fact, he would probably think Tatian to be a mythological unicorn from the Odyssey.

No Dan's quotes were directly from Justin Mart...

2009-10-12T07:18:52.533-04:00

No Dan's quotes were directly from Justin Martyrs first apology. The funny thing is, is that Justin Martyr's apology refutes the assertion that the christian doctines are based on Pagan ones, and asserts that the pagan's instead based their doctrines on christian prophesy.

Could he have confused Justin with his pupil Tatia...

2009-10-09T21:03:36.674-04:00

Could he have confused Justin with his pupil Tatian? I've never read Tatian's.Address to the Greeks, but I read somewhere recently in my research on the Diatessaron that Tatian made such an argument about Christian unity versus the disunity of the pagan philosophers.

Thanks for the link to the website. It makes for ...

2009-10-07T15:27:38.012-04:00

Thanks for the link to the website. It makes for really interesting reading. I found a section in there which seems to support Arminian theology which I have posted on my blog.