Wesley Huff
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Him and I are going to do an interaction with Aaron and another individual as well. But I mean, off the top of my head, no one necessarily comes to mind. But there are, I mean, the internet is kind of a wild, wild west with this stuff and just claims that are made. I mean, I think it's emblematic in this conversation
Him and I are going to do an interaction with Aaron and another individual as well. But I mean, off the top of my head, no one necessarily comes to mind. But there are, I mean, the internet is kind of a wild, wild west with this stuff and just claims that are made. I mean, I think it's emblematic in this conversation
We live in this world, but we live in a world where social media has kind of designed it where we're so used to claims being thrown out, but claims are not actual evidence. And so you can make a claim where you say something and because it's in 140 characters and we're so used to that, we think that that's actually rationale, but that's not rationale. That's an assertion.
We live in this world, but we live in a world where social media has kind of designed it where we're so used to claims being thrown out, but claims are not actual evidence. And so you can make a claim where you say something and because it's in 140 characters and we're so used to that, we think that that's actually rationale, but that's not rationale. That's an assertion.
An assertion is kind of like the roof of the building. You don't start building the building by the roof. That's the last thing to go on top. the foundation, the walls, everything internal. That's the rationale and the evidence. And then you put the assertion on top. But we live in this world where everybody's throwing out assertions. And we've actually forgotten how to articulate what
An assertion is kind of like the roof of the building. You don't start building the building by the roof. That's the last thing to go on top. the foundation, the walls, everything internal. That's the rationale and the evidence. And then you put the assertion on top. But we live in this world where everybody's throwing out assertions. And we've actually forgotten how to articulate what
evidence and reasons and rationale actually are. So that's what we see online.
evidence and reasons and rationale actually are. So that's what we see online.
100%. I don't think that the accusations that Billy was making, they're not unusual in the sense of... I'm not really sure where Billy got a lot of... the arguments that he actually articulates from. Because like I said, Wikipedia articles could debunk him. Like you look on, he uses something like the Gospel of the Holy 12 for his evidence.
100%. I don't think that the accusations that Billy was making, they're not unusual in the sense of... I'm not really sure where Billy got a lot of... the arguments that he actually articulates from. Because like I said, Wikipedia articles could debunk him. Like you look on, he uses something like the Gospel of the Holy 12 for his evidence.
Well, the Gospel of the Holy 12 on the Wikipedia article will tell you this is a 20th century forgery. Like we don't have any evidence before the 20th century. It was designed by a group that was trying to prove that Jesus was a vegetarian. but it's not a historical document.
Well, the Gospel of the Holy 12 on the Wikipedia article will tell you this is a 20th century forgery. Like we don't have any evidence before the 20th century. It was designed by a group that was trying to prove that Jesus was a vegetarian. but it's not a historical document.
And so if we're going off of something like the Gospel of the Holy Twelve or the Gospel of Barnabas, which is the one he uses for the denial of the crucifixion.
And so if we're going off of something like the Gospel of the Holy Twelve or the Gospel of Barnabas, which is the one he uses for the denial of the crucifixion.
So the Gospel of the Holy Twelve. Yeah, so there you go. So the Gospel of the Holy Twelve, first serialized in the Lindsay and Lincolnshire Star newspaper between July 30th, 1898 and March 10th, 1901, presents vegetarian versions of traditional teachings and events described in the canonical New Testament. So this isn't something that has historical provenance.
So the Gospel of the Holy Twelve. Yeah, so there you go. So the Gospel of the Holy Twelve, first serialized in the Lindsay and Lincolnshire Star newspaper between July 30th, 1898 and March 10th, 1901, presents vegetarian versions of traditional teachings and events described in the canonical New Testament. So this isn't something that has historical provenance.
So it's not something that has kind of a paper trail going back into the ancient world. There are ancient apocryphal documents that you could capitalize on, Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Peter, but this is not one of them. So to choose this as your document to prove something I'm just not entirely sure why you would go about that particular route.
So it's not something that has kind of a paper trail going back into the ancient world. There are ancient apocryphal documents that you could capitalize on, Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Peter, but this is not one of them. So to choose this as your document to prove something I'm just not entirely sure why you would go about that particular route.
Or the other one is the Gospel of Barnabas, which is the one that Billy brought up with me, which is a clear middle-aged forgery. It's not... And that's not a contested fact. It paraphrases Dante's Inferno. It has glaring historical inaccuracies. It... has geographical mistakes.
Or the other one is the Gospel of Barnabas, which is the one that Billy brought up with me, which is a clear middle-aged forgery. It's not... And that's not a contested fact. It paraphrases Dante's Inferno. It has glaring historical inaccuracies. It... has geographical mistakes.