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- Sun Oct 31, 2021 5:19 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Many of the Jews and many of the Greeks
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1914
Re: Many of the Jews and many of the Greeks
I was inspired by Neil's comment here that "nothing new is learned about Jesus" from the TF to look into it. After thinking about it, it's almost entirely correct. There is only one new thing learned here. But that one thing is very curious. As usual, Ken Olson is one of the only people t...
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:58 pm
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: Did god really condemn mankind? Is god a just god?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 123276
Re: Did god really condemn mankind? Is god a just god?
hmm, are you sure? I think i could provide a pretty long list of things once thought evil, that now are not?[//quote] What people feel or think is good or evil is meaningless. They are objectively determinable and are states of being and both states are always present in every human being. From the...
- Thu Aug 05, 2021 6:06 pm
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: Did god really condemn mankind? Is god a just god?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 123276
Re: Did god really condemn mankind? Is god a just god?
I know, but was answering his position rather than him. Ah, ok. I wonder if it is advisable to be quite so gnostic? You don’t care to hedge your bets up there, even a little? I'm not being Gnostic at all. Good and evil are absolutes that are the same in all times and places. They are not things but...
- Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:20 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Evidence Christianity started as mythicist
- Replies: 107
- Views: 100708
Re: Evidence Christianity started as mythicist
It actually non-Tacitus scholars who usually make claims like your. https://www.tektonics.org/jesusexist/tacitus.php PS I have read Tacitus more than once Actually the points I made were all taken from the peer-reviewed publications of Classicist specialists in Roman literature. Bibliography availa...
- Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:54 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Evidence Christianity started as mythicist
- Replies: 107
- Views: 100708
Re: Evidence Christianity started as mythicist
1) None of the Roman critics of Christianity claimed Jesus was a myth, this includes Tacitus who was very careful about is info and tells us when it is uncertain. One often hears this assessment of Tacitus from persons who have evidently not read Tacitus for themselves. By comparison with some othe...
- Mon Jul 26, 2021 2:16 am
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: Did god really condemn mankind? Is god a just god?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 123276
Re: Did god really condemn mankind? Is god a just god?
I know, but was answering his position rather than him.
- Mon Jul 26, 2021 2:14 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Evidence Christianity started as mythicist
- Replies: 107
- Views: 100708
Re: Evidence Christianity started as mythicist
There really is none. the historical evidence for a real Jesus is very strong. The gospels and Acts are not evidence. They were fictional works by people who knew they were writing fiction and for an audience that knew they were fiction so they can't be used as evidence of anything about the real Je...
- Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: If you could have a religious experience, would you prefer not to?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 25876
Re: If you could have a religious experience, would you prefer not to?
Suppose the following: (1) A religious experience could be difficult to explain for you personally, without impugning your psychological state. It would not involve drugs or being asleep, so you are left only with other possible natural explanations, such as a mental problem you have no previous hi...
- Sun Jul 11, 2021 6:48 pm
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: Are members of the gay community better adjusted, in a moral sense; than homophobes?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 19404
- Sat Jul 10, 2021 5:57 am
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: School Board Bans Homer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4303
Re: School Board Bans Homer
Updating According to online reporting, on June 4, one Shea Martin (@sheathecholar) tweeted: I want to remind y'all that this disruption work is a marathon, not a sprint. Be like Odysseus and embrace the long haul to liberation (and then take The Odyssey out of your curriculum because it's trash). ...