(October 19, 2017 at 2:59 pm)Minimalist Wrote: That's because it was not "one thing" until one group won out. This had nothing to do with any fucking god. It had to do with backing the right horse at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
One of the great observations from antiquity is this, preserved by the xtian scholar Origen in an attempt to refute it.
Quote:"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...".
Celsus c 180 AD
You may want to check the sources and history of this quote. It is quite a liberal and imaginative interpretation, that probably shouldn't have quotations around nor be attributed to Celsus.
At least from what I have seen and researched. This is just a guess, but I would bet, that there wasn't a footnote on this!
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man. - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
