The Professor of Wikipedia Strikes Back. NOTE: He has conceded that he was wrong

A long time ago....in a planet far far away...this argument was actually used.

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[HConstantine]

By the way, how did you come to believe that you know how to carry out scholarly research? You appear to be a high school student--home-schooled by semi-literate bible thumping parents I guess? So where do you believe that you could you have learned that skill?

[KabaneTheChristian]

@HConstantine

My mother is an evangelical, my father is a deist, and I am an Orthodox Christian who disagrees with both of their views. The research I have done on this matter is my own. I can't research to the degree that a credentialed scholar can, but I can certainly read their research and report their findings. I've participated in local and State Debate tournaments, taking several firsts and placing in almost all of them. I teach debate for a week in the summer.

[KabaneTheChristian]

@HConstantine

So, it's mostly my experience in debate.

[MetaphysicsAddict]

mind/body dualism is not at all "completely discredited in comtempory philosophy of mind". I've been studying philosophy for years (both formally and informally). A more accurate statement would be that "mind/body dualism is very controversial with varying views among different philosophers".

Part of the problem is spelling out exactly what we mean by dualism. Either way, I respect your right to disagree with it, but it's not somehow obviously mistaken.

peace

[CosmicThinking]

Umm Kabane, I have a PhD in Wikipedian Studies. You have absolutely no clue what you're talking about!

[HConstantine]

The Wikipedia article on the Gita, by the way, appears to be adequately sourced for the question of the date of composition, not that the Gita is particularly old as far as Hind Scripture goes (The Vedas are older than 150 BC, for instance). It is certainly more relevant that a bunch of crap that desperately tries to undo the last 2 centuries of NT studies.

[HConstantine]

I won't go on , since every book you flash up on the screen (did you learn those hand motions jacking off), is the same: sectarian, anti-scholarly work. The fact you mistake their character shows how isolated you are form Biblical scholarship.

[HConstantine]

Fabricating Jesus is published by IVP, which is not a scholarly press, and the book is not peer reviewed. Craig Evans is not a scholar, but writes from a pre-determined sectarian view point

[HConstantine]

This Nash thing you flash up there is an undergraduate text book, not a scholarly book, and I've never heard of this Nash, nor does an internet search lead to any important work he's done. So you're essentially exposing your own ignorance of how to evaluate scholarly literature. This does not suggest it would be worth considering your opinions on actual subject matter.

[HConstantine]

"Inscriptional" You don't know the word epigraphic, do you?