<!--QuoteBegin-dhu+Sep 11 2007, 04:39 AM-->QUOTE(dhu @ Sep 11 2007, 04:39 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I am not in favor of ascribing Greater Authenticity to the Orthodox branches - Why make exception for them when even the Jews do not do so. All forms of Christianity are hoaxes and are not legitimate traditions.[right][snapback]72962[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Not in any way disagreeing with you.
Was merely pointing out that the person 'Roman Piso' was wrong with respect to certain comments of his in "CHRISTIANITY WAS ORIGINALLY CATHOLIC" (post #73).
Orthodoxy must be allowed to be on at least an equal footing with catholicism where ancientry is concerned (in fact orthodox traditions are older and have been more consistently maintained, whereas catholicism jumped left and right as the weather dictated). More importantly, however - as one of the links/stuff pasted in #85 shows - neither Orthodoxy nor catholicism were the original forms in which christianism manifested itself.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->I would ask you to look into some of the Caesar's Messiah resources that I have linked to above. It's is just too much that our friend jesus predicts the destruction of the Temple within one generation of his demise and Titus actually fulfills the prophecy to the day. What about Jesus Barabbas ("bar abba" - son of the father), which is such an obvious lampoon, right in the middle of the Passion narrative? There are other glaring instances pointed out by Atwill. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Sure. This is the stuff you posted that I said I was nodding to (what I understood of it).
Was merely pointing out that the person 'Roman Piso' was wrong with respect to certain comments of his in "CHRISTIANITY WAS ORIGINALLY CATHOLIC" (post #73).
Orthodoxy must be allowed to be on at least an equal footing with catholicism where ancientry is concerned (in fact orthodox traditions are older and have been more consistently maintained, whereas catholicism jumped left and right as the weather dictated). More importantly, however - as one of the links/stuff pasted in #85 shows - neither Orthodoxy nor catholicism were the original forms in which christianism manifested itself.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->I would ask you to look into some of the Caesar's Messiah resources that I have linked to above. It's is just too much that our friend jesus predicts the destruction of the Temple within one generation of his demise and Titus actually fulfills the prophecy to the day. What about Jesus Barabbas ("bar abba" - son of the father), which is such an obvious lampoon, right in the middle of the Passion narrative? There are other glaring instances pointed out by Atwill. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Sure. This is the stuff you posted that I said I was nodding to (what I understood of it).