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I am not a Xian, and I do not believe this. But it is, in fact, a standard claim/belief of Christianity & Christians today, no? The two pillars of American Democracy are 1) Freedom of Speech and 2) Freedom of Assembly. Both support maximalist political and religious freedom in the USA. The react...

Roger Pearse is still using ChatGPT -- what on earth is wrong w/ that fellow!
https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/202 ... eutychius/

RekaCore: well, some are raving ... honestly, I wasn't that impressed with the translations it gave.

Exquisite detail, closing paragraph last sentence:

Philo's understanding of the logos lends itself to a proposal that he was (likely unwittingly) the founder of Christianity. Quoting Wikipedia: Philo (c. 20 BC – c. 50 AD), a Hellenized Jew, used the term logos to mean an intermediary divine being or demiurge.[10] Philo followed the Platonic distinc...

Another Discovery at Vindolanda https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/04/archaeologists-uncover-possible-phallus-carving-at-roman-vindolanda/151753 Each architectural type of phalli have been grouped into one of nine morphological traits: the Rocket, the Hammer, the Kinky-Winky, the Splitcock, the Poin...

Among the most important news, we read that Plato was buried in the garden reserved for him (a private area intended for the Platonic school) of the Academy in Athens, near the so-called Museion or sacellum sacred to the Muses. Until now it was only known that he was buried somewhere in the Academy...

Ken mentioned site this three years ago: http://www.forgingantiquity.com/forgeries I think Choat's "Forging antiquities: the case of papyrus fakes" is known here, although it has not been mentioned before? https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Forging-Antiquities%3A-The-Case-of-Papyrus-Fak...

Half-wise, MS could have asked Greek scholars (in addition to paleographic publications) to teach him about the then ductus practice and ligatures, so he could better read, and transcribe, and translate texts, without making then actual accomplices. All-wise, otherwise, MS could have handed a prepa...