RE: I picked up this months Nat Geo last night...
December 31, 2017 at 5:06 pm
(This post was last modified: December 31, 2017 at 5:41 pm by Minimalist.)
Essentially.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_minuscule
WTH, "Jesus" was invented, too!
I have some major problems with what she wrote. The biggest is the old canard that "mainstream" historians do not doubt the existence of jesus. Then she notes that there are two camps.... the fundie fools who think the miracle working godboy is real and the ones who think he was just a guy who built a following. The third school are the ones who think it is all bullshit and that is the school that is growing.
The simple fact is that the Roman Army destroyed the whole fucking country twice over, leveled Jerusalem and built a new city (Aelia Capitolina) on top of the rubble before Constantine's mother ever got there to start picking out "holy sites." Israeli archaeologists exploring the first century levels of the city are 30 feet below modern street level. Romey is a little too enamored by jesus freak bullshit which is what I expected when Rupert Murdoch took over Nat Geo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_minuscule
WTH, "Jesus" was invented, too!
Quote:Romey is accurately reporting that what mainstream archaeology in the area has found can be seen as confirming some aspects of the Biblical stories.
I have some major problems with what she wrote. The biggest is the old canard that "mainstream" historians do not doubt the existence of jesus. Then she notes that there are two camps.... the fundie fools who think the miracle working godboy is real and the ones who think he was just a guy who built a following. The third school are the ones who think it is all bullshit and that is the school that is growing.
The simple fact is that the Roman Army destroyed the whole fucking country twice over, leveled Jerusalem and built a new city (Aelia Capitolina) on top of the rubble before Constantine's mother ever got there to start picking out "holy sites." Israeli archaeologists exploring the first century levels of the city are 30 feet below modern street level. Romey is a little too enamored by jesus freak bullshit which is what I expected when Rupert Murdoch took over Nat Geo.
