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In that case, I'll vote however you wish. :)

Enough said. :D

No, there is not. apologist absolutely

Please stop babbling. To the best of my knowledge the Jesus Seminar 'vouches' for precious little. Furthermore, whatever you might hold to be "the (probable) veracity of this explanation of the Chr!st [sic]" in no way addresses the point made in my previous post.

Relevance?

I find value in viewing scripture (or, for that matter, any other meta-narrative) as an evolutionist, always remembering that evolution is not a ladder but a sieve.

Neither - Christianity was an after-effect.

What is the value of these endless and inane OPs cloned from another site?

Switch ... if only to piss off Monte Hall.

We do not know what Jesus said. We know only what later apologists claim Jesus said.

Agreed, and relevant is one is a literalist. But I do not view the Cain-Abel narrative as historical, much less as holy writ. It is, rather, a narrative that has survived the process of oral transmission/refinement to make its way into scripture. Of interest to me is why this particular...

Brilliant ...

Are you asking a question or pushing an agenda? Never mind; it has nothing to do with Judaism.

My apologies for failing to note your response. And I guess there must be some reason you find it necessary to distort what I say. But, for the record, I distinguish between you and the forum you seem to feel personifies you.

For the record, I'll take that as a vote for 'graveyard.' :)

And perhaps such a view says more about the person than about the text. No ... you don't have a question; you have a mild sophistry.

I'm not sure what you're seeking to imply nor how it relates to the OP.

Jews cycle through the Torah once a year, one parashah per week. We are now back at the beginning, back at Parashah B'reishit (Genesis 1:1 thru 6:8). Humanist geographer Yi-Fu Tuan once wrote: "All human beings are religious if religion is broadly defined as the impulse for coherence and...

That reeks of condescension.

Well said. Shalom/Salaam.