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- Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:45 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Julian's attempt at rebuilding temple and Christian legens
- Replies: 28
- Views: 26948
Re: Julian's attempt at rebuilding temple and Christian lege
Jupiter replacing Yahweh? But maybe this is further conjoining of gods as with the earlier one of Zeus and Jupiter? Differences Between Zeus and Jupiter • Categorized under Culture | Differences Between Zeus and Jupiter Zeus vs Jupiter The stories during ancient times, including the stories about th...
- Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:17 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Hercules Son of Zeus
- Replies: 3
- Views: 14350
Hercules Son of Zeus
Watching another version, how did xianity ever get its version as bigger than the earlier one of the son of the chief of the true gods?
Must have been some impressive myth rewriting!
Must have been some impressive myth rewriting!
- Thu Dec 29, 2016 8:29 am
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: Time travel
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7528
Time travel
http://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/a-history-of-time-travel/ This article notes that hg wells invented time travel. But is that true? Is not the concept of the end of days, death where is thy sting, eternity in heaven and hell, lamb lying down with lion, all examples of time travel? So are the reli...
- Sun Dec 25, 2016 4:39 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: blood vs repentance
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8662
Re: blood vs repentance
Another way of looking at blood
http://www.policy-network.net/publicati ... px?ID=6839
Rm titmuss gift relationship
http://www.policy-network.net/publicati ... px?ID=6839
Rm titmuss gift relationship
- Sun Dec 25, 2016 4:06 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Luther and Columbus
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5369
Luther and Columbus
I am unaware of Protestantism being understood as a new religion that was caused by the Colombian Exchange.
Has anyone looked at it as a result of the new world?
Has anyone looked at it as a result of the new world?
- Sun Dec 25, 2016 4:03 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Xmas carols
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5728
Xmas carols
Happy xmas everyone:-) Just been to a Methodist church, and looking at carols, sang a few. Fascinating history there, Luther , Wesley , Rossetti ... Loads of theology based around credal statements, allusions to Blake, classic Victorian artists evident! Christ is actually very mythological, heavenly...
- Sat Dec 17, 2016 9:34 am
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Translation into English
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14502
Re: Translation into English
Humboldt continually asked about whole systems - parts are always part of a whole. He wrote Kosmos as an attempt to extrapolate this to the universe. But the British, me included, believe wholes are made of parts! Wrong! The reaction to my op here is about that! I wanted to discuss translation, not ...
- Sat Dec 17, 2016 9:28 am
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Translation into English
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14502
Re: Translation into English
General point about translating- I used humboldt as an example of how weak translation can lose the meaning of something, partly because of background assumptions and understandings of receiving language causing these misunderstandings
- Fri Dec 16, 2016 3:08 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Translation into English
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14502
Translation into English
Been reading about Humboldt. There are some new translations out and they comment that two competing translations - by women interestingly - were produced in the 1840's. Some very quick research shows he is basically ignored in uk, although he is key to understanding Darwin. Looking at some pop hist...
- Wed Dec 14, 2016 8:20 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Samson was Greek
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6002
Samson was Greek
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.756385
Apologies having problems cping from that link. Argument is that tribe of Dan is Greek.
Apologies having problems cping from that link. Argument is that tribe of Dan is Greek.