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Gnostic Bishop wrote:What makes you think God wants less for his children than you for yours?

What makes you think God wants?

Is this the star of Bethlehem? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar%27s_Comet It probably is. So, from Wikipedia : Astronomical objects [edit] In 1614, German astronomer Johannes Kepler determined that a series of three conjunctions of the planets Jupiter and Saturn occurred in the year 7 BC. Altho...

Beit frequently meant "temple" in early literature. Bethaven meant "house of idols". Think of these place names with theophoric: Bethanat, Bethdagon, Bethel, Bethbaalpeor, Bethshemesh... "House of the Beloved" fits in well, given the "beloved" as a reference ...

Hyam Maccoby, The Mythmaker, Paul and the Invention of Christianity , ISBN 0-76070-787-1. Maccoby deconstructs the "Paul" character completely. Paul is a fraud, a liar and a cheat, certainly NOT a Pharisee, in any conceivable universe. One purpose of this little show is, once again, to sh...

No I meant Jews, GB shows a picture of Nazis burning books. The Christians used to burn the Talmud, which was a big problem because the thing is so expensive. However, Christians are not Jews by definition, and there were only a few Jewish generals and admirals in the Wehrmacht, so Nazis are usuall...

semiopen wrote: Jews are notorious book burners but ...

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In fact ... Contrary to the review by Victor Sasson, the author's treatment of the Tel Dan Inscription is not a new ‘Minimized’ reading of the fragments. A closer reading of his arguments reveals that he actually argues against the ‘Minimizers’. The Tel Dan Inscription provides us with good evidence...

Diogenes the Cynic wrote:I don't have an informed opinion on what is most probable as to etymology.

Then we shall leave it at that.

None can be ruled out is what I'm saying. A place name would be the most plausible guess without a word divisor - "Place [or Temple] of the Beloved" would probably be the tentative translation if no King David was known from the Bible. And given the context and the fact that King David is...

Hi Neil, http://i0.wp.com/www.jewishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Pope-Francis-052314.jpg?w=477 It is good to know that the Catholic Church is now liberal enough to accept that there may be good Jews in the world, at least as long as they, like Eusebius disguised as Josephus, proclaim Jesus ...