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   jojo to Dawn Flood   
   Re: Lighthouse of Alexandria really quit   
   17 Jul 25 16:51:21   
   
   XPost: alt.atheism   
   From: f00@0f0.00f   
      
   Dawn Flood wrote:   
   > On 7/15/2025 12:41 PM, % wrote:   
   >> Dawn Flood wrote:   
   >>> On 7/15/2025 12:34 PM, % wrote:   
   >>>> Dawn Flood wrote:   
   >>>>> On 7/15/2025 8:26 AM, Attila wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 22:46:38 -0400, JTEM    
   >>>>>> in alt.atheism with message-id   
   >>>>>> <104siae$1q7bq$4@dont-email.me> wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> On 7/11/25 8:04 PM, Dawn Flood wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Are you an historian?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> What answers can alter the fact that you wet yourself over   
   >>>>>>> a discussion on discerning history from mythology?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Often mythology is based on history but the difference is   
   >>>>>> that history has multiple verifying sources or actual   
   >>>>>> tangible evidence.  Mythology is just mythology.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Troy is a good example.  It was mythology until the actual   
   >>>>>> city was found.  Of course, the events mythology says   
   >>>>>> occurred there are still mythology since there is no   
   >>>>>> evidence they actually occurred.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Yes, the conversations in Homer between the Gods on Mount   
   >>>>> Olympus must be regarded as being mythological, at least   
   >>>>> until good evidence presents itself to suggest otherwise.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Dawn   
   >>>>   
   >>>> in your opinion at least until good evidence presents   
   >>>> itself to suggest otherwise.   
   >>>   
   >>> What's the alternative?  If a student wishes to believe that   
   >>> the South won the American Civil War, then that is their   
   >>> right!  They are even free to argue for their position.   
   >>>   
   >> which has nothing to do with the original topic here ,   
   >> we aren't students and my country has never had a north / south   
   >> war   
   >   
   > With respect to United States history, the South lost the Civil,   
   > the United States of America having been victorious in that   
   > conflict.  Of course, if anyone, student or otherwise, wishes to   
   > believe in the alternative, such is their prerogative.   
      
   i recently found out prerogative is not spelt perrogative and   
   perjorative is different from prerogative.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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