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Just some general comments. First a disclaimer. I'm no expert on the Greek language. I struggle mightily with Koine Greek and couldn't tell the difference between that and Pontic, Rhegium, or Calabrian Greek. But as I understand it, Koine Greek was the common language for Christian scholars in Asia,...

Secret Alias wrote:I don't have a take on Zoroastrianism. They're cool

Let me try again.

How did Zoroastrianism fit into the world of Marcion, Irenaeus and the Roman Empire?

Yes, this is very important.

Sincerely,

John T

I don't recall your take on Zoroastrianism.

How did Zoroastrianism fit into the world of Marcion, Irenaeus and the Roman Empire?

@ Secret Alias, I'm still stupid. I have tried to understand what your basic beef is regarding Marcion. However, you drill so deep and your insight is so profound I can't understand what it is you are trying to prove. My basic understanding is; the Ante-Nicene fathers labeled Marcion a heretic for h...

Secret Alias wrote:
Unlike other people at the forum I am not here to 'win' stupid debates.

Help me with my stupidity.

What is your key point?

At what age did you reach reason? When you realized you don't know what you don't know or when you don't care to know what you don't know? :scratch: When I recognized that it was intellectually and morally dissonant to believe in supernatural Gods with satanic morals. When will you realize that tru...

Where to begin? John T Explain why a group of Galilean would not be flushed out of Jerusalem, when Paul was originally hired to hunt down these early members? Jerusalem was a Hellenistic city, and to the residents Galileans were trouble makers. Not a city for blasphemous preaching about a son of go...

Double post deleted.

Sorry about that.

John T

To get back to Hegesippus, who I'm becoming convinced is our best source for Jewish Christianity, John T, what do you make of his statement in EH 4.22 that: The same writer also records the ancient heresies which arose among the Jews, in the following words: “There were, moreover, various opinions ...

At what age did you reach reason?

When you realized you don't know what you don't know or when you don't care to know what you don't know?