I picked up this months Nat Geo last night...

[Wyrd of Gawd]

Just because the term had not been anglicized does not mean the concept did not exist.

Once the writers introduce obvious lies into their story their whole fairy tale crumbles.  That's OK if that is their objective but if they really want to be taken seriously then they should omit the obvious lies.

[Minimalist]

Iesou Christo long predates "Jesus Christ" mainly because the letter "J" was not invented and incorporated into the Latin alphabet until the 16th century.

Gaius Julius Caesar is not a fictional character because before "J" he was known as Gaius Iulius Caesar.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

Iesou Christo long predates "Jesus Christ" mainly because the letter "J" was not invented and incorporated into the Latin alphabet until the 16th century.

Gaius Julius Caesar is not a fictional character because before "J" he was known as Gaius Iulius Caesar.

"Christ" is just a title and it wasn't even regularly capitalized until the 17th century.

[Minimalist]

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Wyrd, prior to the introduction of miniscule script in the 9th/10th centuries AD, Greek was only written in capital letters.  In fact, the term capital letter would have been meaningless to them.

[SkyMutt]

[vulcanlogician]

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Wyrd, prior to the introduction of miniscule script in the 9th/10th centuries AD, Greek was only written in capital letters.  In fact, the term capital letter would have been meaningless to them.

Really? Wow, I had no idea. So did someone just "make up" lowercase Greek letters? Or am I missing something?

[Minimalist]

[Seraphina]

Ever since it was bought by Murdoch my expectations for good journalism have plummeted.  You can't pick one up to leaf through for fun facts without the fear of picking up an agenda driven, misrepresented poison pill.  I don't buy it any longer.

That explains a lot. I've had a subscription for a few years but thinking about ending it.

The Jesus article in December was a joke and was written as if Christianity's stories are the truth.

There was another article a few months back about trophy hunting in Africa - one of its points was that the animals need to be killed to be "saved".

Yeah, I'm going to cancel it and subscribe to Skeptical Inquirer instead. Or Mad Magazine.

-Teresa

[Pat Mustard]