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Godless Liberals

devildavid said:
You understand ancient Greek? Where did you study it?
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One wonders too. If Jesus was a Jew, and if they were under Roman rule, where the **** does the Greek language fit in? A bible written in anything but Latin or Hebrew is useless.

And even those are nothing more than a collection of poorly written short stories.
 
calamity said:
One wonders too. If Jesus was a Jew, and if they were under Roman rule, where the **** does the Greek language fit in? A bible written in anything but Latin or Hebrew is useless.

And even those are nothing more than a collection of poorly written short stories.
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Here ya go...ask and you shall receive...

Why was part of the Bible written in Greek?

“The sacred pronouncements of God” were entrusted to the Jews, stated the apostle Paul. (Romans 3:1, 2) Hence, the first part of the Bible was written mostly in Hebrew, the Jews’ language. Yet, the Christian Scriptures were written in Greek.* Why so?

In the fourth century B.C.E., the soldiers who served under Alexander the Great spoke various dialects of classical Greek, which were in the process of being blended to form Koine, or common Greek. Alexander’s conquests contributed to Koine becoming the international language of the day. By the time of those conquests, the Jews had become widely dispersed. Many never returned to Palestine from their Babylonian exile, which had ended centuries earlier. As a result, many of the Jews eventually lost their grasp of pure Hebrew and used Greek instead. (Acts 6:1) For their benefit, the Septuagint, a Koine, or common Greek, translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, was produced.

The Dictionnaire de la Bible notes that no other language had “the richness, the flexibility, and the universal and international character of Greek.” With its extensive and exact vocabulary, detailed grammar, and verbs that aptly expressed subtle shades of meaning, it was “a language of communication, of circulation, of propagation​—precisely the language needed by Christianity.” Is it not fitting that Greek was the language in which the Christian message was penned?
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Did You Know? — Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY
 
calamity said:
lol...if they accept the Bible has Greek roots, are they not admitting that it's mythology just like all the other works from the Greeks?
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Comprehension problems, I see...
 
Elvira said:
Comprehension problems, I see...
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lol...no, a thorough understanding of mythology--including why apples are so important in Genesis. And, you're right. It's a Greek thing.

Well, actually, I am right. You just haven't figured out why yet.
 
calamity said:
lol...no, a thorough understanding of mythology--including why apples are so important in Genesis. And, you're right. It's a Greek thing.

Well, actually, I am right. You just haven't figured out why yet.
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Show me where Genesis makes any mention of apples and I'll kiss your grits...:roll:
 
Elvira said:
Show me where Genesis makes any mention of apples and I'll kiss your grits...:roll:
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lol...not much of a grits guy.

But, it would depend on which Bible one refers to of course. Western Bibles; the forbidden fruit is an apple. But, it matters not because....

Apples appear in many religious traditions, often as a mystical or forbidden fruit. One of the problems identifying apples in religion, mythology and folktales is that the word "apple" was used as a generic term for all (foreign) fruit, other than berries, including nuts, as late as the 17th century.[26] For instance, in Greek mythology, the Greek hero Heracles, as a part of his Twelve Labours, was required to travel to the Garden of the Hesperides and pick the golden apples off the Tree of Life growing at its center.

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Atalanta, also of Greek mythology, raced all her suitors in an attempt to avoid marriage. She outran all but Hippomenes (also known as Melanion, a name possibly derived from melon the Greek word for both "apple" and fruit in general),[28] who defeated her by cunning, not speed. Hippomenes knew that he could not win in a fair race, so he used three golden apples (gifts of Aphrodite, the goddess of love) to distract Atalanta. It took all three apples and all of his speed, but Hippomenes was finally successful, winning the race and Atalanta's hand

Apple - Wikipedia
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Women and those apples. :lol:

Checkmate.
 
calamity said:
lol...not much of a grits guy.

But, it would depend on which Bible one refers to of course. Western Bibles; the forbidden fruit is an apple. But, it matters not because....



Checkmate.
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That has not a thing to do with the Bible but merely speculation...checkmate...
 
calamity said:
lol...no, a thorough understanding of mythology--including why apples are so important in Genesis. And, you're right. It's a Greek thing.

Well, actually, I am right. You just haven't figured out why yet.
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She has comprehension problems.
 
zyzygy said:
She has comprehension problems.
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Most people do when it comes to beliefs. It does require a suspension of disbelief to buy most of these myths.
 
calamity said:
Isn't that, like, you know, a good thing?

Well, come to think of it. I may be godless, but I'm probably not quite liberal. I'm not nutso conservative either. So, maybe today, most nutso god people who identify as conservative probably would call me a liberal.

I digress.

Godless is good. Why? Because godless means not believing in ****ing stupid ****. Just saying.
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Isn't it kind of hard to believe that you're just going to wind up crushed like a car in a black hole and cease to exist?
 
Elvira said:
That has not a thing to do with the Bible but merely speculation...checkmate...
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lol...the origins of the apple/forbidden fruit story is so Greek, they even wrote it into the bible.
 
calamity said:
lol....that post is ridiculous. But, when words like "collectivist" begin to eat into the prose, I can understand why the posting dry-rot sets in.
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As a Leftist you don't like the term "Collectivist" because it accurately describes you are, and with even the slightest bit of analytical thought you realize its not flattering. So like Leftist always do, you immediately attempt to employ Orwellian Doublespeak Propaganda tactics to try to change the language.

Right leaning people have an Individualist mindset.

Left leaning people have a Collectivists mindset.

That is the fundamental difference between the two sides. Any University Political Scientist Professor will agree.

The US Constitution is the vary invention on "Individual" severity, and that is what todays American Conservatives and Libertarians want to stick with.

Socialism is a-typical of a "Collectivist" Ideology, and that is what todays American Left want America to become.
 
Do you consider this man a 'Godless liberal' too? He's most definitely liberal, he's most definitely against a wall across the US border. So, he's a liberal, but I doubt very much that anyone can refer to this man as 'Godless liberal'?

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HumblePi said:
Do you consider this man a 'Godless liberal' too? He's most definitely liberal, he's most definitely against a wall across the US border. So, he's a liberal, but I doubt very much that anyone can refer to this man as 'Godless liberal'?

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Like with many, this Guy mistakes Socialism for Charity when in reality they are the opposite of each other. Of course he like Illegal Aliens, almost all are Catholic.
 
Casca XV said:
Like with many, this Guy mistakes Socialism for Charity when in reality they are the opposite of each other. Of course he like Illegal Aliens, almost all are Catholic.
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Humanitarian you mean?
 
Casca XV said:
Socialism is also the opposite of "Humanitarian" especially when you consider it's 100 million death count.
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what? where? when? who? Link please. Humanitarianism is not socialism.
 
Casca XV said:
Death Count from Socialist leaders in the 20th Century - Message Board Basketball Forum - InsideHoops

If you did not already know this you are in over your head here. Go back to killing zombies on Xbox.
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LMAO, you're so silly. You don't have a clue who I am or what my age is, but I'll give you a hint, you weren't even a sparkle in your grandfather's eye when I was born. And claiming that humanitarians are socialists just proves how ill informed you are. Now stop, please, you're embarrassing yourself.
 
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