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Gospel of Thomas, 150 AD.

Thomas has been dead for almost a century.

Yeah, I've had a few Gnostic people on the show, actually.

I'd love to discuss with them.

Maybe I could set up a debate with one of them.

I would love to.

And even if someone says, well, I don't know about a debate, I'd love to have a discussion with a Gnostic promoter because I think they might be well-meaning.

They're trying to find hidden secret spirituality, but they're doing so in illegitimate places if they have an interest in historically rooting it.

Yeah, if you could prove the books they're reading are fraudulent, that would disprove their whole belief.

Yes, and I think you can.

Let me give you one quick one.

A lot of the Gnostic literature takes place in a 40-day window between the resurrection of Jesus and his ascension.

The ascension is when he goes back to the Father.

Well, what's that assume?

That assumes that the timeline's already been established.

If you have the resurrection and the discussions in a lot of the Gnostic documents are post-resurrection, that means what are you assuming happened?

The resurrection.

How do you know the resurrection happened?

From the New Testament documents.

Meaning the timeline itself assumes the New Testament timeline has already been established by the actual Gospel accounts.