Pittacus lived c 600 Bc which puts him far in advance of your so-called godboy, Theo. I once saw a website named "The Greeks said it first" or something which showed where a lot of xtian bullshit was actually just re-hashed Greek stuff.
A couple of examples from the 2d century writer, Celsus, quoting Plato:
A couple of examples from the 2d century writer, Celsus, quoting Plato:
Quote:"Not only do they misunderstand the words of the philosophers; they even stoop to assigning words of the philosophers to their Jesus. For example, we are told that Jesus judged the rich with the saying 'It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of god.' Yet we know that Plato expressed this very idea in a purer form when he said, 'It is impossible for an exceptionally good man to be exceptionally rich.'* Is one utterance more inspired than the other?" (94).
[*Plato, LAWS, 743A]
"You christians have a saying that goes something like this: 'Don't resist a man who insults you; even if he strikes you, offer your other cheek as well.' This is nothing new, and its been better said by others, especially by Plato, who ascribes the following to Socrates in the Crito...'ts never right to do wrong and never right to take revenge; nor is it right to give evil for evil, or in the case of one who has suffered some injury, to attempt to get even...'"
