Tacitus

[Cyberman]

You surely do not mean the one who described all women's lady parts as "hatchet wounds", do you? He didn't strike me as a missionary so much as a loony.

There's a difference?

[Minimalist]

Blasphemer!

No, no. That was Life of Brian. That had the BEST ENDING EVER.

[Brian37]

Tacitus recorded at least one reference to Christ and two to early Christianity, one in each of his major works. The most important one is that found in the Annals, written about 115 A.D. The following was recounted concerning the great fire in Rome during the reign of Nero:

Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular.

Accordingly, an arrest was first made of all who pleaded guilty; then, upon their information, an immense multitude was convicted, not so much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind. Mockery of every sort was added to their deaths. Covered with the skins of beasts, they were torn by dogs and perished, or were nailed to crosses, or were doomed to the flames and burnt, to serve as a nightly illumination, when daylight had expired.

Nero offered his gardens for the spectacle, and was exhibiting a show in the circus, while he mingled with the people in the dress of a charioteer or stood aloft on a car. Hence, even for criminals who deserved extreme and exemplary punishment, there arose a feeling of compassion; for it was not, as it seemed, for the public good, but to glut one man’s cruelty, that they were being destroyed.

From this report we can learn several facts, both explicit and implicit, concerning Christ and the Christians who lived in Rome in the 60s A.D. Chronologically, we may ascertain the following information.

(1) Christians were named for their founder, Christus (from the Latin), (2) who was put to death by the Roman procurator Pontius Pilatus (also Latin), (3) during the reign of emperor Tiberius (14 37 A.D.). (4) His death ended the “superstition” for a short time, (5) but it broke out again, (6) especially in Judaea, where the teaching had its origin.

(7) His followers carried his doctrine to Rome. (8) When the great fire destroyed a large part of the city during the reign of Nero (68 A.D.), the emperor placed the blame on the Christians who lived in Rome. (9) Tacitus reports that this group was hated for their abominations. (10) These Christians were arrested after pleading guilty, (11) and many were convicted for “hatred for mankind.”

(12) They were mocked and (13) then tortured, including being “nailed to crosses” or burnt to death. (14) Because of these actions, the people had compassion on the Christians. (15) Tacitus therefore concluded that such punishments were not for the public good but were simply “to glut one man’s cruelty.”

Donald Trump is a real human. But I doubt you would believe him if he claimed he could fart vampires out of his ass. Tacitus first off as you listed is after the fact and hearsay. But even if he lived at the time of the alleged character Jesus, there is no such thing as godsperm or magic babies being born without a second set of DNA, nor can human flesh survive rigor mortis. If a man named Jesus existed, he would still merely be a man who at best started a cult that managed to be successfully marketed.

Otherwise, the next time you see a Superman movie that depicts a real city, by consistency of your logic, blindly believe men can fly like that.

Now sorry even out side this long winded after the fact typical apology, the bible is neither a science text book or even a history book. It was written by ignorant people who had no clue of modern science and simply wrote that crap in retrofit to suit their own desires.

Genesis alone is a joke scientifically. Creates the earth in 6 days when science proves it is 4 billion years old. Poofs adult men magically out of dirt. Poofs adult women magically out of a rib. Treats the sun and moon as separate sources of light when we know the photons of the sun bounce off of the moon and are reflected to us on earth. And those are just a few of the absurdities in that book.

[Jackalope]

Usually, yes, but this is one of the buggiest bugs in existence. He's right out there with Mabus and our very own "he who must not be named".

As a relatively newer member.."he who must not be named" makes me want to ask!

Don't.

It wouldn't be too terribly difficult to go back into the staff log and figure it out (keeping in mind that we didn't report the last 50 or 60 sock accounts).

[FatAndFaithless]

As a relatively newer member.."he who must not be named" makes me want to ask!

Don't.

It wouldn't be too terribly difficult to go back into the staff log and figure it out (keeping in mind that we didn't report the last 50 or 60 sock accounts).

Curiostiy...rising...laziness...inhibiting it...

[Whateverist]

You surely do not mean the one who described all women's lady parts as "hatchet wounds", do you? He didn't strike me as a missionary so much as a loony.

There's a difference?

Yeah, the missionaries are pushier.

[Minimalist]

Donald Trump is a real human.

Open to debate.

[Goosebump]

I read a few of the newer pages, is this not masturbation? If not, how does one unsubscribe to a thread the posted in? I'm sorry for my ignorance.

[Fidel_Castronaut]

I read a few of the newer pages, is this not masturbation? If not, how does one unsubscribe to a thread the posted in? I'm sorry for my ignorance.

If you've physically 'subscribed' to a thread then follow the same process to unsubscribe.

IF you've posted in it and you're annoyed by it continually popping up in the 'my posts' section, you're out of luck. Sorry!

If it's any consolation this thread will soon disappear into the depths anyway.

[Cyberman]

Unless people keep posting in it.