Secret hiding place for ancient christians

[Minimalist]

Holy shit?

[vorlon13]

Maybe we find out at last whether or not transubstantiation occurs in Jesus' body too !!!

[Minimalist]

Probably hiding from other Christians.

Hence my wonder about the dating of the site.  There were all sorts of disputes between various xtian groups fighting for supremacy.  Arianism - and he was a late 3d century figure - spread rapidly.  They were literally murdering each other in the streets in the 5th century. And never forget what Celsus said late in the 2d century:

"Christians, needless to say, utterly detest one another; they slander each other constantly with the vilest forms of abuse, and cannot come to any sort of agreement in their teaching. Each sect brands its own, fills the head of its own with deceitful nonsense..."

Actual Imperial persecution of xtians was limited to a span of 12 years and some of that wasn't even aimed at xtians.  Far more likely they were hiding from murderous fellow jesus freaks.  Can't trust those fuckers at all.

[Edwardo Piet]

Here I was thinking this thread title was referring to the Christian debate thread

But then I thought "Nah they're not that old and we all know they're there."

[Minimalist]

A lot of them think that old.

[The Grand Nudger]

Actual Imperial persecution of xtians was limited to a span of 12 years and some of that wasn't even aimed at xtians.  Far more likely they were hiding from murderous fellow jesus freaks.  Can't trust those fuckers at all.

Still can;t, lol. 

[Edwardo Piet]

A lot of them think that old.

But not quite as old as the awesome greeks before them:



How awesome that he completely nailed it even before the Bible was a thing, eh?

[ignoramus]

Yep. They were great once...

Nothing since ...just like Islam.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

Jesus himself also used to hide in fear although he loved telling people not to be afraid because God will protect them like in Luke 12:4 "Be not afraid of them that kill the body and after that have no more that they can do."

And yet Jesus lacked courage and on numerous occasions did not think his dad would protect him or that the big prophecy of him dying on the cross will come true. Like in Matthew 12:14-16 "Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him .... And he charged them that they should not make him known."
Jesus wanted to keep his hideout a secret so that he doesn't get killed.

Or in John 7:1 "After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him."
Again, Jesus could not protect himself nor he had the faith that almighty dad will protect him.

John 11:53-54, "Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death, Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness."
What a scared little bitch!

John 8:59 "Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself."
You don't hide from what you don't fear.

So much for the 23rd Psalm and the bit in Matthew 5:39 about not resisting the evil man.  When the committee wrote the first Bible, the Codex Amiatinus, in the 680s-690s they included all kinds of subtle clues to show that it was just a prank.  Since the Bible didn't exist before they wrote it not one knew the difference and they were awed by its weight, 75 pounds, and the beautiful illustrations in it.

[ignoramus]

WoG, do any copies exist of that first draft?