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rgprice wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:02 am The original claim was simple: Jesus descended from heaven, period.

Do most posters here agree w/ this simple statement*?

(* "Jesus" -- not The Christ.)

"Are there other examples that describe Jesus as having descended or appeared from heaven?" Do your examples show that, tho? I was always taught that Jesus was the man , Christ the descended Spirit of God (i.e. in the man). So they were not always identical, and your conflation or holding ...

Random Addition, here:

I suppose the whole 'God-on-the-Mountain' thing originates in awe-inspiring meteorological impressions like this : https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70520/aImg/70411/a-perfect-cloud-m.jpeg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EjKE4ipGX6o/maxresdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCIAKENAF8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-CYAC0AWKA...

The US Christian Right has embraced (Commie) Putinism.
Vlado Putin has adopted Hyper-Capitalism and Russian Imperialism, Byzantine Xianity.

Strange days, indeed. This exemplifies that ancient Chinese curse: 'May you live in interesting times!'

Russia steals and re-writes history: the Soviet Abomination! https://kyivindependent.com/how-russia-steals-and-rewrites-ukrainian-history-to-justify-its-claims-in-ukraine/ This is their monstrous agenda: https://www.newsweek.com/russian-state-tv-russian-empire-restore-sergey-mardan-1830854 "Rus...

Interesting and important, but how does this fit into the "Classical History" branch of this forum?

(Definitely NOT "cool" bro. Au contraire!) https://v6c9x3b7.ssl.hwcdn.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Ace-Era-Gay-Porn-Tex-Davidson-Teddy-Torres-Roman-Gladiator-7.jpg Yes, it's a thing Mary Beard. Google 'Raging Stallion Films' and "Erectus." That Roman and Greek "macho&...

I'm growing curious about Sunken Cities -- with climate change, my own city is threatened -- and I've always been fascinated by Venice. It seems Heracleion was that: a 'Venice' of its day. Now it's 19ft (5.8 metres) underwater and another 10ft (3m) of silt, if I'm understanding Goddio correctly. Her...

The ongoing undersea excavation, of "an area the size of Paris": https://www.businessinsider.com/silver-gold-treasure-from-ancient-egypt-found-in-sunken-temple-2023-9 At the site, the archaeologists discovered artifacts from the {Amun} temple's treasury, including gold jewelry and a ' Djed...