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|    Martin Edwards to reader    |
|    Re: Christianity and the fall of Rome    |
|    15 Nov 19 07:38:56    |
      From: buzzard554@fastmail.co.uk              On 11/14/2019 5:55 PM, reader wrote:       >>>> Where ambiguity exists about NT topics, including NT greek, the very early       >>>> church fathers writings can be used to resolve it.       >>>       >>> Your death-cult dogma disputes are of no interest to sane people, lunatic.       >>> Get back lon your medication.       >>>       >>> ----snip----       >>>       >> Actually they are of interest to me, an unbeliever, but I am referring       >> to a pagan one here, riots instigated by Christus/Chrestus. The more       >> general interest is that the ever expanding mythical overlay is often at       >> variance with the text. Eg, Centurion Wayne really said, "He truly was       >> a son of a god", possibly with reference to the weather.       >       > That is exactly why the first church fathers who knew the apostles are so       > important. Passage of time and possible embroidery of info is at a "       > minimal.       >       > In the same vein, can the same be said of "riots instigated by Christus"       > given time, distance and primary language of roman sources?       >       I realize that English may not be your first language, but you are       clearly out of your depth here. Megali esti i Artemis ton Ephesion.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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