(October 15, 2018 at 1:49 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:

(October 15, 2018 at 1:48 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Oh FFS.  No wonder you're insane.

Their app gives you access to tons of translations through out time as well as current. It also helps you research original words and their meanings and their derivatives.

The help you need comes in pill form.

(October 15, 2018 at 3:30 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The help you need comes in pill form.

Here's the thing. Sometimes my teen kids ask me why I waste my time on such obvious BS?

My answer is always the same. Should we all just lay down and die under the jackboot of religion? What do you think might happen if nobody stood up to this thuggery?

(October 15, 2018 at 2:13 pm)Drich Wrote: 2) Jesus' thomas went on to India to spread the word there

What's your source for this claim?

He read it in another book of Holy Horseshit.  Dripshit is easily impressed.... unless the book is about some god other than his own!

(October 15, 2018 at 4:28 pm)Minimalist Wrote: He read it in another book of Holy Horseshit.  Dripshit is easily impressed.... unless the book is about some god other than his own!

I had an idea of the historical source, but was sure; but, I knew that Drich is just parroting the typical evangelical Christian nonsense.  But, here it is:

Quote:Death

According to Syrian Christian tradition, Saint Thomas was allegedly killed at St.Thomas Mount, in Chennai, in 72 A.D. and his body was interred in Mylapore.[36] Ephrem the Syrian states that the Apostle was martyred in India, and that his relics were taken then to Edessa. This is the earliest known record of his martyrdom.[37]

The records of Barbosa from early 16th century inform that the tomb was then maintained by a Muslim who kept a lamp burning there.[38]:237 The San Thome Basilica Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India presently located at the tomb was first built in the 16th century by the Portuguese and rebuilt in the 19th century.[39] St. Thomas Mount has been a revered site by Hindus, Muslims and Christians since at least the 16th century.[38]:31

Quote:Ephrem the Syrian (Classical Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ‎ Mār Ap̠rêm Suryāyâ, Classical Syriac pronunciation: [mɒr aɸˈrem surˈjɒˌjɒ]; Koine Greek: Ἐφραίμ ὁ Σῦρος; Latin: Ephraem Syrus, also known as Saint Ephraem, Ephrem, or Ephraim; c. 306 – 373) was a Syriac Christian deacon and a prolific Syriac-language hymnographer and theologian of the fourth century.

Quote:They are NOT the same. Your reply was nothing but an attempt to disguise the fact you know nothing about early Christianity.

He's not too solid on middle or later jesusism, either.

I remember when learning about the Bible growing up that Mark was usually the gospel referenced the least. In many cases there are 3 versions of certain stories from the synoptic gospels. The versions used more often were the padded out versions used in Matthew or Luke. Reading Mark today is a completely different experience than when I was a believer. It's more interesting to study the Bible today because I don't have to do mental gymnastics to harmonize things.