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by ghost
Sun May 18, 2014 2:59 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Oh, YEAH! More Conspiracy Stuff!!!
Replies: 18
Views: 9881

Re: Oh, YEAH! More Conspiracy Stuff!!!

The Jesus-is-Caesar thesis is simpler; it requires neither a conspiracy theory nor a short timeframe.
by ghost
Sun May 18, 2014 5:55 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Sexual differences in religiosity
Replies: 2
Views: 6252

Sexual differences in religiosity

Three quarters of atheists are male. What is the best way to isolate the main causes?

http://www.atheistcensus.com
247,313←participants so far and counting…
Gender identity

Male
Female
Other

73.4%
26.1%
by ghost
Sun May 18, 2014 4:35 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Caesar's comet
Replies: 17
Views: 32835

Re: Caesar's comet

by ghost
Sun May 18, 2014 3:45 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Greek for savior, messiah, & Jesus?
Replies: 12
Views: 8102

Re: Greek for savior, messiah, & Jesus?

Carotta also says "christos" is not just a translation of "messiah", but also a contraction of "ar ch ie r eus meg istos ", which is the Greek equivalent of Latin "pontifex maximus", and that "ar ch ie r eus megistos" also gives place to the nomen sa...
by ghost
Sat May 17, 2014 3:59 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Luke's sources
Replies: 174
Views: 123626

Re: Luke's sources

Arabic language korans are sold in shrinkwrap. Non-Arabic language korans are not. OK. Thanks for explaining. :thumbup: So they're like this… http://www.islamicbookstore.com/b10623.html This Colour Coded Tajweed Quran comes with the "Persian" script, commonly used in India, Pakistan and t...
by ghost
Sat May 17, 2014 3:42 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Luke's sources
Replies: 174
Views: 123626

Re: Luke's sources

Mental flatliner wrote:"wrapped" Koran
Care to explain what a wrapped Koran is?
by ghost
Sat May 17, 2014 1:32 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Greek for savior, messiah, & Jesus?
Replies: 12
Views: 8102

Nomen sacrum iota and lunate sigma

Carotta says IC is also Ioulios and not just Iesous. Is it probable?
by ghost
Sat May 17, 2014 1:26 pm
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Did Caesar exist?
Replies: 1
Views: 9230

Did Caesar exist?

This looks like a good summary.

http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/exist.html
by ghost
Sat May 17, 2014 12:17 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Atwill vs Carotta
Replies: 15
Views: 9291

Re: Atwill vs Carotta

Here is a very short comparison. http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/scholars.html Francesco Carotta, 2005, Jesus Was Caesar: On the Julian Origin of Christianity. Exhaustive inventory of parallels. Alarmingly, asserts Caesar was Jesus. Joseph Atwill, 2005, Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Inv...