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It's not really the tree that's material so much as the idea (from the most remote antiquity) that things like immortality and wisdom could be acquired by eating something. In Gilgamesh, it's a flower that gives immortality. On that note: Cannot place which of the early Church Father's said it, but...

Peter Kirby wrote:Some possibly-helpful timelines for doing so:

http://peterkirby.com/metanarratives-in ... igins.html

Simplicity! It is the art of true understanding. Nice chart Peter. And Thank you.

D11. Consider also E.P. Sanders’ argument: the passages that attribute these predictions to Jesus and Paul satisfy the historical criteria of multiple attestation (and forms), embarrassment, earliest strata (Mark, Q, M, L, Paul’s earliest letters, the ancient “Maranatha” creed/hymn) etc., thus stro...

It's not really the tree that's material so much as the idea (from the most remote antiquity) that things like immortality and wisdom could be acquired by eating something. In Gilgamesh, it's a flower that gives immortality. On that note: Cannot place which of the early Church Father's said it, but...

I think our language makes it impossible to give the determinism a fair shake. I mean language is structured to identify a subject ('I') who carries out an action ('write'). But all of this presupposes freedom of will. I think the history of the debate has been unfairly skewed in favor of free will...

I think our language makes it impossible to give the determinism a fair shake. I mean language is structured to identify a subject ('I') who carries out an action ('write'). But all of this presupposes freedom of will. I think the history of the debate has been unfairly skewed in favor of free will...

It's not really the tree that's material so much as the idea (from the most remote antiquity) that things like immortality and wisdom could be acquired by eating something. In Gilgamesh, it's a flower that gives immortality. On that note: Cannot place which of the early Church Father's said it, but...

Jason...this is interesting. I like it and I don't. lol That's a compliment intended. Will have to look into Thomas Aquinas more. Thank you

Free will exists for all humans irrespective of religion or lack of it. In any religion God is the master and he cannot be forced to behave like a programmed robot by the behaviour of any human; such as: Give me Paradise for I have been a good Muslim. (Or any other religion) Can any human from any ...

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