Kata Markon

[Hudson Barton <hhbv AT highwinds.com>]

Dear Joe:

> ...Absent evidence extrabiblical documentation that these
> events actually happened, we should believe that they are fictional.
>
> I challenge any reader to show why we shouldn't believe that the
> creators of the stories below weren't relying mainly on the Old
> Testament in their
> narratives.
>
> Loaves and Fishes:  http://sol.sci.uop.edu/~jfalward/Loaves_and_Fishes.htm
>
> Betrayal and Arrest:  http://sol.sci.uop.edu/~jfalward/David_and_Jesus.htm
>
> Jesus Walks on Water: 
> http://sol.sci.uop.edu/~jfalward/Jesus_Walks_on_Water.htm
>
> Wicked Tenants:
> http://sol.sci.uop.edu/~jfalward/Marks_Wicked_Tenants_Parable.htm


OK, so I guess these 4 represent your strongest cases.  In reading
through them, I'm detecting a certain pattern to your arguments:

1. Old Testament (or extra-biblical) parallels exist... therefore

2. the author has an axe to grind... and no "independent" observer
was there to document... therefore

3. the events didn't occur... and the burden of proof rests with
those who think otherwise.

Have I misrepresented your methodology?

H.