tycho wrote:
Please explain what you mean using the Westcott example. Let panpsychism wait.
Very well.
Mark's gospel depicts its subject as a very action-oriented individual of action. e.g.
a) he walks on water - action
b) gives assurance that certain things will be done in his name - actions
c) heals a blind man without speaking to him - action
d) calms the storm - action
The others depict their respective starrings as:
Matthew - the messiah, the king
Luke - the compassionate, the humanity
John - the divine, the son of God
Wescott and Hort, in narrating the starring of Mark, omits one action - where the starring describes another action, that of Daniel. It may seem innocuous, little, trifling, but in the context that the action of Daniel is in the context of actions of the man of actions the reader is should be struck with the idea of referring back to Daniel for more elaborate study. The loss of this reinforcement stimuli (miscommunication) hence is detrimental to the overall understanding of the idea. Confusion. Babylon.
The story is Mark 13:14. Comparisons can be made with the gentlemen's versions and others.
I cannot wait for panpsychism.