(Liberal) scholar Marcus Borg dies at 72

The Christian Post ^ | 1/27/15

[Faith Presses On]

Full title: Scholar Marcus Borg Who Claimed Jesus Never Said Many of the Things Found in the Bible Dies at 72

Marcus Borg, a scholar popular for participating in the Jesus Seminar, died at the age of 72 last Wednesday.

His publisher HarperOne said the cause of death was related to his long battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He died at his home in Powell Butte, Oregon.

Borg was known for being a pioneer in what is labeled by some as progressive Christianity, and he participated in the Jesus Seminar around 30 years ago where a group of scholars gathered and challenged many of the statements made by Jesus found in the Bible with the claim that they were dreamed up by his followers or were meant to be metaphors.

[Faith Presses On]

Not much to say about this man, sad to say. He attacked the Christian faith. Don't know how this article and others calls N.T. Wright "conservative." He's liberal in a lot of ways.

[Sergio]

Right about now, I believe Mr. Borg to be quite surprised.

[rejoicing]

His questions are answered now.

[doc1019]

Now he knows just how wrong he was. ;-)

[9thLife]

Jesus, meanwhile, remains alive after rising from the dead 2000+ years ago.

[Gamecock]

In a way that he no doubt found unsatisfactory.

[freedumb2003]

He might be one with the collective now.

[kosciusko51]

Marcus Borg ... I know there is a Star Trek "Resistance is futile" and "you will be assimilated" joke in there somewhere, but I can't make it in light of his death.

Don't know how this article and others calls N.T. Wright "conservative."

For the same reason the Communists call Nazis "right wing". Conservative relative to Borg and his comrades.

[beethovenfan]

I’m sure Jesus will be interested in hearing about all the things in the Bible he didn’t say.

[xp38]

Marcutus of the Borg

[Loyalist]

Richard McBrien and Marcus Borg must be full of regrets now.

[GraceG]

He has been assimilated into the void that all liberal atheists believe in, here on Free Republic we call that Hell....

[rcrngroup]

It is appointed onto man once to die, and after this, the judgment. I’m pretty sure that Marcus Borg is convinced right now of the reality of Hell as well as Jesus is Alive!

[zadox]

The "Jesus Seminar" was always good for a few laughs- like the time they voted on whether or not Jesus actually said something in the N.T. based on based on how well they agreed with it. Here is a link to good article exposing the "Jesus Seminar" of which this Borg was first of many.

Unmasking the Jesus Seminar

[P-Marlowe]

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.

[vladimir998]

“Resistance is futile.”

[Steve_Seattle]

Borg is one of those liberal theologians who played to the secular crowd for fun and profit. I can’t stand pandering professors, and he was a panderer.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Don't know how this article and others calls N.T. Wright "conservative.""

Wright is so verbose it's hard to understand what he's saying. I think he tries to bury his unbelief under a mountain of words, so that no one notices.

[Boogieman]

“Who Claimed Jesus Never Said Many of the Things Found in the Bible”

So, no different than millions of others over the millenia, starting with Lucifer himself.

[utahagen]

“Who’s sorry now?”