RE: Jesus’ Failed Prophecy About His Return
January 10, 2019 at 6:47 am
(This post was last modified: January 10, 2019 at 6:49 am by Belacqua.)
(January 10, 2019 at 5:19 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Like when St. Cyril ordered torture and death as Hypatia’s fifth-century punishment for teaching science, math, and philosophy instead of Christian legends and dogma - I mean he didn't go to prison so I guess witchcraft was lawfully enforced since Cyril was not put to prison for killing an innocent smart woman because he proclaimed her to be a witch.
Can you point me to a source that says Hypatia was condemned for teaching science, math, and philosophy? All of the sources I have ever seen say Cyril opposed her due to political intrigues. She supported Orestes in a political showdown.
A lot of falsehoods have been written about her, including the unhistorical idea that her death coincided with the destruction of the great library. Like Giordano Bruno, she has sometimes been called into service by people who dislike Christianity -- but only when they conveniently oversimplify the facts.
It's true that she was a mathematician, though she seems not to have done original work -- mostly commentary on the work of others. There is no firm evidence that she made any scientific discoveries.
She believed in a geocentric universe and was a follower of Plotinus in her Neoplatonic beliefs. These are not Christian, but they are certainly unlike anything that science teaches today. The Plotinian belief that the soul descends from and returns to the One is similar to some kinds of Christianity, and was influential to some important Christians. In short, if she were posting on this forum you would berate her ideas.
Again, you are exaggerating or inventing.
