I've always heard it reveres him as a moral prophet etc. That of course would be wonderful except (1) we never hear of any mention of him in that context and (2) it brings up the old challenge -- if Jesus was valid only that far, is the rest of him insane or maybe delusional? (Not asking this, just revisiting the Christian eg fundy view -- prolly parafrazing C.S. Lewis.)
Incidentally I'm getting my very 1st taste of Windows 10 at this moment. Seems way better than I expected, tho' it's no replacement for the immortal and trustworthy Win7. I ordered an extra of my main laptop in Ebay and it came with a bootleg of 10 -- would overwrite with 7 but am SSD-only now.
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
Jesus was a Galilean. They were forcibly converted to Judaism just before 100 BC.
Israel and Judah were never united as one nation.
There never was a Temple of Solomon. David was no king as the population of Judah was only 1,600 at that time.
The Bible says Jesus was tou Nazareth, the Nazarene in Greek. The early Christians thought that meant he was born in a town called Nazareth but there was no such town then. tou (the in English) is a genitive. It could have meant he was from that place but it did not exist at that time. So it probably meant that he had taken a Nazarene vow as had Sampson of the long hair.
The above came from The Bible Unearthed by Israel Finkelstein, an Israeli archaeologist.
A Galilean, yes. "Converted to Judaism" -- extremely astute. They were (for want of a better term) Hebrewists or Yahwists before that -- the OT religion that has no name like the ancient Greek and Roman ones. Pleasexplain your 2nd and 3rd para? It sounds like you're daring the wild territory between the Bible and reality -- I'm sure we can trust Israel Finkelstein for NY scholarship ;-)
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
The Bible was written by foreigners who did not understand Hebrew. They used the term Golgotha and thought it was Hebrew. Not true. The New Testament was written in Koine Geek, which was used by uneducated people outside of Greece.
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
The maybe-not-fixable fan is dying (noisy!) in my not-so-old laptop with Win7, and a replacement fan is pretty pricey -- about half of what I could buy the same machine (used) for from Amazion -- with a supposedly legit copy of Win10.
N.B. When I got a new desktop computer with Win10 a few years ago, some cognoscente -- maybe Rivero?; he's a computer genius, you know -- posted a list or linked to a site with a list of settings to check and/or change to minimize Win10's spying on you and ratting you out to Microsoft/Gov. Just took a few minutes; well worth it. Probably should re-check these settings occasionally.
Paul did not write the Gospels. He did not learn Greek as a native speaker in Greece which was my point. The NT is written in Koine Geek. Aramaic is very close to ancient Hebrew. The OT is pure fantasy. There never was a Temple of Solomon.
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
Prolly should. Rivero's not a computer genius, but is a computer godsend for me over and over including re the then-new and -malevolent Win10. On his advice I never update Windows or Java and am feeling no pain from it (am I repeating myself again!).
Could an accumulation of dust be the fan problem? I finally had one of mine taken apart and thoro'ly cleaned recently -- prolly duck soup for you.
What model laptop do you use? Any of you out there with a P875 Satellite you don't need, let's deal.
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
Paul was a liar. The followers of Jesus like James remained inside the Jewish religion. I would still consider myself to be a Christian though I follow the mystical side which is based in Egyptian and Greek theories.
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
Lenovo ThinkPad T440S. Took it apart today, cleaned the fan with rubbing likker, and replaced and reworked the foam around the edge where the fan assembly is clamped into a slot on the enclosure. Tightened several slightly loose screws inside. Re-assembled, et voilà! -- quiet as a Kirchenmaus.
Will oil the bearing if the noise comes back. But that would be an only temporary fix, as the bearing is designed and intended be operated dry, because if oiled or greased it will collect dust and gum up over time.
“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.” - William S Burroughs
“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.” - William S Burroughs
The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. - Dr. Eldon Tyrell
Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner. Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner. My Man Godfrey (1936)
“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.” - William S Burroughs
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
You're spelling stops me in my tracks sometimes, like your interpretation of basketball and football this morning. Most times I figure it out, sometimes I don't.
All the time, I don't know the point. Is it sarcasm, hatred, humor, what? If you've got something to spill, spill it. Most of us here are pretty decent folks.
"I'm hypnotized by your spelling"
The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. - Dr. Eldon Tyrell
Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner. Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner. My Man Godfrey (1936)
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
The New Testament was written in Koine Geek, which was used by uneducated people outside of Greece.
You might want to check your facts on this one, Horse. The uneducated of the time may have spoken a kind of Greek, but the uneducated did not write Greek -- least ways any Greek that was passed on to us.
The Hellenistic form of Greek, "Koine" was the literary successor to the Attic used by Classical writers such as Plato.
The Greek employed in the New Testament including the Gospels was also known as "ecclesiastical" or "patristic" Greek and was a standard literary idiom used in the Eastern Mediterranean form around the first century BC onward.
My point was that the people who spoke Koine Greek were neither Greek nor educated. The ancient world was educated. Roman soldiers used written words and symbols to move men about in battle.
Koine Greek was simply the common language of the Mediterranean world in the first century. As Alexander the Great conquered the “civilized world” of his time, he spread Greek language and culture. Much like English has become today, Greek became the most common and pervasive “international language” of the day. Since most people could understand Koine, it was uniquely suited to proclaim the gospel throughout the world.
Not only was Koine Greek common in the sense it enjoyed widespread usage throughout the Roman Empire, but it was also common in the sense that it was not the language of the intellectual and academic elites. Classical Greek was used by the educated class. Koine Greek was the language of the working man, the peasant, the vendor, and the housewife—there was nothing pretentious about it. It was the vernacular, or vulgar language, of the day. The great works of Greek literature were written in Classical Greek. No scholar today would care to study anything written in Koine Greek, except for the fact that it is the language of the New Testament. God wanted His Word to be accessible to everyone, and He chose the common language of the day, Koine.
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
Wondering what's going on with the cia's poppy fields...
“ On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ” ~ H. L. Mencken
Wondering what's going on with the cia's poppy fields...
Same-same.
The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. - Dr. Eldon Tyrell
Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner. Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner. My Man Godfrey (1936)
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
Although some Gospel writers like Mark wrote less well that the more polished Luke, these works were written to a standard of the time which was the koine or common - but not substandard form.
"Classical" Greek or Attic was out of fashion as a literary language by the time the Gospels were being created. Attic is the form that we find the works of Homer published in today as well as the works of the writers of Athens in its ascendency. Koine was its successor.
Neither Brits nor Americans speak or write the Jacobean English of the KJV Bible. That does not make either dialect substandard. Rather English has evolved from one standard to another over centuries, as has Greek as well.
Koine Greek (UK: /ÈkTjniÐ/;[2][3][4] Modern Greek: •»»·½¹ÃĹº® š¿¹½®, romanized: Ellinistikí Kiní, lit. 'Common Greek', [elinistiÈci ciÈni]), also known as Alexandrian dialect, common Attic, Hellenistic or Biblical Greek, was the common supra-regional form of Greek spoken and written during the Hellenistic period, the Roman Empire and the early Byzantine Empire. . . .
Literary Koine was the medium of much of post-classical Greek literary and scholarly writing, such as the works of Plutarch and Polybius.[5] Koine is also the language of the Christian New Testament, of the Septuagint (the 3rd-century BC Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible), and of most early Christian theological writing by the Church Fathers. In this context, Koine Greek is also known as "Biblical", "New Testament", "ecclesiastical" or "patristic" Greek.[8] The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius also wrote his private thoughts in Koine Greek in a work that is now known as The Meditations.[9] Koine Greek continues to be used as the liturgical language of services in the Greek Orthodox Church.[10] - Wiki
No, like a cancer, the MIC just stays and stays and stays, hoping and planning to metastasize wherever else it can.
“ On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ” ~ H. L. Mencken
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
“ On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ” ~ H. L. Mencken
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. - Dr. Eldon Tyrell
Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner. Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner. My Man Godfrey (1936)
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um