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by Lucifer Satanel
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: 1898

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...
by Lucifer Satanel
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: 122950

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...
by Lucifer Satanel
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: 122950

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...
by Lucifer Satanel
Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:20 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Evidence Christianity started as mythicist
Replies: 107
Views: 100455

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...
by Lucifer Satanel
Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:54 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Evidence Christianity started as mythicist
Replies: 107
Views: 100455

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...
by Lucifer Satanel
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: 122950

Re: Did god really condemn mankind? Is god a just god?

I know, but was answering his position rather than him.
by Lucifer Satanel
Mon Jul 26, 2021 2:14 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Evidence Christianity started as mythicist
Replies: 107
Views: 100455

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...
by Lucifer Satanel
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: 25810

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...
by Lucifer Satanel
Sat Jul 10, 2021 5:57 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: School Board Bans Homer
Replies: 4
Views: 4275

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). ...