Fishon, if that sounded too arrogant, forgive me, but I did intend to put a sharp point on my reply…it just seems that yr comments reflect a resistance to think outside of yr box …I mean ,look at yr first reply…what else cd I think?

And I assure you that my knowledge of biblical controversies is miniscule, but the one were discussing I have spent some time looking into,it’s very intriguing to me that these things exist alongside each other…as I said earlier,John’s gospel is a good example of historical detail(with respect to the synoptics) seemingly playing second fiddle to a developing narrative(the Johanine tradition).That’s not what we moderns want,but a close reading of all the gospels shld help us to expect the unexpected.

Any cartoon with the word ‘historicity’ get’s a big thumbs up. I can’t stop saying it, it feels great…’historicity’, ‘historicity’, ‘historicity’, ‘historicity’, ‘historicity’.