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John 13:3 does NOT say Jesus 'took the form of a servant', CORRECT. John 13:4: ἐγείρεται ἐκ τοῦ δείπνου καὶ τίθησιν τὰ ἱμάτια καὶ λαβὼν λέντιον διέζωσεν ἑαυτόν· λέντιον = Linen, apron. John 13:5: Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel ...

"... the story of Samson, very easily identified as Heracles." Do you agree w/ this, Stephen? However, if readers are still not satisfied then we move on to the next section of the Book of Judges: The stories about the superhero Samson. Again, we are dealing with a mythological figure and ...

From Philo's DVC , 70. διακονοῦνται δὲ οὐχ ὑπ’ ἀνδραπόδων, ἡγούμενοι συνόλως τὴν θεραπόντων κτῆσιν εἶναι παρὰ φύσιν· ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἐλευθέρους ἅπαντας γεγέννηκεν, αἱ δέ τινων ἀδικίαι καὶ πλεονεξίαι ζηλωσάντων τὴν ἀρχέκακον ἀνισότητα καταζεύξασαι τὸ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀσθενεστέροις κράτος τοῖς δυνατωτέροις ἀνῆψαν. ...

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...