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by Thor
Sat Aug 30, 2014 12:42 pm
Forum: Other Texts and History
Topic: New Discoveries Suggest Zoroastrianism from China
Replies: 3
Views: 10726

Re: New Discoveries Suggest Zoroastrianism from China

I think the discovery of limited objects/traits of ritualistic behavior, should be interpreted more carefully than what this example seems to display. The idea or assumption of there being a source of origin that all human culture come from, a kind of divine revelation to one human from some externa...
by Thor
Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:35 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Atheists Used to Take the Idea of God Seriously
Replies: 25
Views: 32460

Re: Atheists Used to Take the Idea of God Seriously

I did not say or imply that at all. However, "Atheists tend to support Liberal or Social Democrat parties."...http://atheism.wikia.com/wiki/Atheist_Politics. Your link to this "atheist wiki" use the claim of one blogger who says that is what he choose to believe until someone ca...
by Thor
Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:08 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Real Bottom Line in the Mythicism Debate
Replies: 139
Views: 88007

Re: The Real Bottom Line in the Mythicism Debate

So the idea of a resurrection of the body or the idea of a resurrection into a new spirit body would not have baffled Jews who either subscribed to or knew of their fellows who subscribed to the above teachings in their books. I find it difficult to believe Jews would have been baffled. But perhaps...
by Thor
Wed Jul 16, 2014 3:22 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Atheists Used to Take the Idea of God Seriously
Replies: 25
Views: 32460

Re: Atheists Used to Take the Idea of God Seriously

These so-called atheists are hijacking science so that they can inject their own religion into it. Atheism is not a religion. Religion cannot be injected into science. I am not sure, but to me it seems like he perceives things according to a specific situation. He implies his own religion represent...
by Thor
Sat Jul 12, 2014 6:17 pm
Forum: Other Texts and History
Topic: Zoroaster
Replies: 1
Views: 7640

Re: Zoroaster

Is this intended as irony, or is this actually a kind of serious elaboration? "Zoroaster looks a lot like Mohammed"...... Seriously. If anything, depictions made up by how someone is imagined to be, must be understood in the context depictions are developed. Depictions of dark/black hair s...
by Thor
Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:41 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Loaves and Fishes
Replies: 322
Views: 234942

Re: Loaves and Fishes

Is it not because the Roman empire was expanding eastwards ? According to writings of early church fathers and present Catholic teachings it is related to direction of the rising sun. From chapter three in Joseph Ratzinger`s book - The Spirit of the Liturgy Facing east, as we heard, was linked with...
by Thor
Mon Jun 23, 2014 5:55 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Loaves and Fishes
Replies: 322
Views: 234942

Re: Loaves and Fishes

Even in modern astrology the Sun is considered masculine and the Moon feminine. Modern astrology is irrelevant to ancient conceptions and understanding. The thing that I did not see was exactly what ancient mythologies he was referring to. The Sun no matter how you spell it or in what dialect you u...
by Thor
Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:26 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Loaves and Fishes
Replies: 322
Views: 234942

Re: Loaves and Fishes

In that it is a worship of the heavens so I guess in that sense your right Neil. Jordan Maxwell claims that no ancient people believed the Sun to be God. He makes what he considers to be two important points: First, with the exception of Japan, the ancient world mythologies always understood the Su...
by Thor
Tue May 13, 2014 10:02 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Iulii tombs under Saint Peter's basilica
Replies: 12
Views: 23039

Re: Iulii tombs under Saint Peter's basilica

But it seems clear that there is no real reason to suppose that this is Christ at all, even if we mean by this "Christ depicted as the sun", rather than as Helios the deity. I agree that the image itself give no reason to suppose that this is Christ. There seems to be agreement on the dep...
by Thor
Mon May 12, 2014 5:18 pm
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Iulii tombs under Saint Peter's basilica
Replies: 12
Views: 23039

Re: Iulii tombs under Saint Peter's basilica

Perhaps the Metropolitan Museum of Art who published the comprehensive catalogue related to the exhibition Age of Spirituality will be more interesting than the Italian guidebook. ICONIC REPRESENTATIONS *467 Vault decoration with Christ/ Helios Rome, late 3rd-early 4th century Mosaic 198 x 163 cm. (...