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by billd89
Sun Sep 17, 2023 4:16 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Edicule of the Holy Sepulchre: Dig
Replies: 0
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Edicule of the Holy Sepulchre: Dig

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255180/new-discoveries-may-change-what-we-know-about-jerusalem-s-basilica-of-the-holy-sepulchre https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/storage/image/fig.-1-map-of-the-area-in-front-of-the-edicule-c-archivio-universita-la-sapienza-roma.jpg?w=600 https://www.catholi...
by billd89
Wed Sep 13, 2023 9:26 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Was Alexander the Great poisoned by arsenic?
Replies: 3
Views: 207

Re: 'The Poisonous Cup-Bearer' ... 2023 Edition

I argue that this case is similar to Alexander's poisoning, as summarized by Leo Schep: ... the account in the Romance describes the onset of Alexander’s illness with a sudden sharp pain in his upper right quadrant that occurred at the banquet, followed by 11 days of weakness and an inability to sp...
by billd89
Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:32 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: ἠκρατισμένοι means what?
Replies: 3
Views: 226

Drinking from the Krater, 11/5/1989

Evil Communists have also relied upon the gnostic-hermetic Chalice Symbolism. Here is an example of Soviet Mentalism , broadcast across the the USSR, at the very moment their myth was collapsing. The first sequence of the 20-minute session showed Kashpirovsky speaking in close-up. Then, the image sh...
by billd89
Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:11 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: A Note By My Friend and Teacher Rory Boid on Scholarly Misrepresentation of the SP
Replies: 2
Views: 88

Come again?

It does not matter whether you believe me or think me to be delusional. Au contraire, it matters bro. Just because someone has a contrary opinion doesn't make them right. Opinions aren't facts . And normal, sane ppl should agree to disagree on trivial matters. What's with "authoress"? Do ...
by billd89
Sun Sep 10, 2023 5:06 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Vox Article: AI = Religion
Replies: 0
Views: 136

Vox Article: AI = Religion

Sigal Samuel's "Silicon Valley’s vision for AI? It’s religion, repackaged." 9/7/23 . https://www.israelhayom.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/quantum.jpg The more you listen to Silicon Valley’s discourse around AI, the more you hear echoes of religion. That’s because a lot of the excitement ...
by billd89
Mon Sep 04, 2023 9:31 pm
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Critical Study on Chronology of the Ancient World
Replies: 42
Views: 12444

(Re)Write History?

Soviet "History" Lies, Re-Duxe: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/13/russia-history-textbook-revision-ukraine/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/putins-push-rewrite-russian-history-favor-war-ukraine-rcna102518 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/08/15/russias-history-textbook-r...
by billd89
Mon Sep 04, 2023 8:46 pm
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: BOOK: Friedrich Bräuninger, Untersuchungen zu den Schriften des Hermes Trismegistos [1926]
Replies: 1
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Re: Bräuninger, cited in Lewy (1929)

Friedrich Bräuninger is cited twice, w/ familiarity, in Hans Lewy's Sobria Ebrietas [1929], p.17 , pp. 79-80 . This provides us some insights toward the German-Jewish scholarship of a very small circle of Classically-trained philologists in Weimar Berlin and Heidelberg, including especially Ludwig a...
by billd89
Mon Sep 04, 2023 8:36 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: «Un être surnaturel était mis à mort par d'autres êtres surnaturels» (P.-L. Couchoud)
Replies: 1
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Re: «A supernatural being was put to death by other supernatural beings» (P.-L. Couchoud)

But there are other peculiarities. This divine being assumes a human resemblance, appears to be a man, abases himself until death, and dies upon the Cross. What is this Cross? Do we know anything about this crucifixion? Unfortunately, St. Paul only speaks of it in a single passage at 1 Corinthians ...
by billd89
Tue Aug 29, 2023 4:00 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Dating of Archaeological Sites in Israel (re: mosaics)
Replies: 0
Views: 3292

Dating of Archaeological Sites in Israel (re: mosaics)

Inconvenient truths. Religious politics interferes with too many things in the Near East to pretend that chronological games aren't being played by different parties. The survival of artifacts and sites in Israel is by no means certain. Sites have been destroyed by religious zealots annoyed by what ...