https://youtu.be/-tkJQ4r26zk?si=EaxWqUtUqODpDEDII recommend this video I think everyone will find it insightful. Many scholars are quick to label Thomas a second century gnostic forgery, but unbiased looks at the evidence draws new conclusions.>1. Gospel of Thomas is almost certainly the second oldest text after Matthew and was written in the mid second century>2. The Gospel of John is clearly designed to refute the contents of Thomas, while also painting Thomas as the biggest fool of the 12, while painting John as the best. John was written in the late 1st century and Thomas must predate it. John also stylises Jesus as a Greek God compared to Matthew and Thomas painting him as a Jewish Prophet/Mystic.Watch the video for the full breakdown of the evidence. Reminder, Protestant scholars cannot accept Thomas as it destroys their theological foundations of Sola Scriptura, and Catholics/Orthodox would have to admit their beloved Church Father's made an error.
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>>41504308Gospel of Thomas is the based one that's closest to the real Jesus (Apollonius of Tyana.) After preaching to his followers he turns around and almost sarcastically tells Thomas that none of them will get into heaven because you have to do the work yourself. ""Jesus"" was a divine holy wizard-hermit nomad-traveller but don't forget he was also friend to liars and thieves (Mercury.)
>>41504308>https://youtu.be/-tkJQ4r26zk>I recommend this video I think everyone will find it insightful. Many scholars are quick to label Thomas a second century gnostic forgery, but unbiased looks at the evidence draws new conclusions.>>1. Gospel of Thomas is almost certainly the second oldest text after Matthew and was written in the mid second century>>2. The Gospel of John is clearly designed to refute the contents of Thomas, while also painting Thomas as the biggest fool of the 12, while painting John as the best. John was written in the late 1st century and Thomas must predate it. John also stylises Jesus as a Greek God compared to Matthew and Thomas painting him as a Jewish Prophet/Mystic.interesting if true
>>41504776>1. Gospel of Thomas is almost certainly the second oldest text after MatthewSo Matthew, which has a completely different style and message...is older...
>>41504308Matthew is not the oldest, Mark is. Your source is dumb OP.
>>41504308>Gospel of Thomas revealed to be the second oldest Gospel after Matthew>was written in the mid second century >John was written in the late 1st century and Thomas must predate it.What's up with this contradiction?
>>41505433Gnostics don't throw out Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. They're not stupids that follow PopesIf Gibson can disregard all the popes after le wrong smoke incident, the original christians can disregard the whole papal throne and their dogma.
>>41505433>>41505447Watch the video>>41505589My bad, I meant mid first century
>>41505433That doesn't prevent its legitimacy as a text?
>>41506005It does. That's the point I was making.One or or neither is legitimate but not both.
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>>41504599Interesting how similar the two personalities of Jesus and Apollonius of Tyana are:>mystical powers and occult knowledge>worked miracles and did astounding things, including major religious crimes>no one in their local area bothers to record any of it>primary source documents are all mysteriously "lost" and only resurface later, heavily edited >excerpts of those "lost documents" show up centuries later in Eusebius and other monks. Eusebius was also responsible for compiling (forging) stuff about Paul and Marcion (the true Gnostic line of Christianity that was actually persecuted for being based Jew haters).Just how much of history is complete bullshit made up by Jews and Christians centuries after it supposedly happened? Most of the stuff we have on Josephus didn't appear till 1000 years after he supposedly lived...like wtf. How does anyone still believe this shit?
>>41505835>gnostics don't throw out the gospelsYes we do. Unless it's the nag hammadi, or maybe the gospel of John. There's good stuff in Paul's letters too. Paul, btw, was never a Jew nor did he persecute anyone. He never talks about it personally nor does he talk about his meeting of Jesus as if it had been a celestial vision. That's only in Acts, which was written by the same person or group that engineered the rest of the new testament slop (Josephus)
