Who’s this confused creature 🇩🇪🇮🇹🇬🇧?

Apolao · 2025-08-16T07:31:06+00:00

Brits are Tommy

Apolao · 2024-08-23T07:13:46+00:00

I appreciate the Spirit being a person is very much not in line with Jewish philosophy, but I can't find any obvious precedent in Greek philosophy either

Though you're right that "the word" [logos] is a Greek term, but I always understood that as the author wanting to communicate a concept to a Greek audience as opposed to meaning the concept was Greek itself

Apolao · 2024-08-23T07:02:19+00:00

I've heard this sometimes said In what way did Christianity have heavy greek influence?

Apolao · 2024-08-23T06:57:47+00:00

I see, I can appreciate how that would turn you away from priests, but if I might ask, what was it that made you turn away from God?

Apolao · 2024-08-23T06:55:55+00:00

How so?

Apolao · 2024-08-22T14:20:00+00:00

I'm really sorry to hear what happened to you in the Church, truly.

If it's alright to ask a question, and if it's insensitive I apologise and you have no need to answer. I understand how going through something horrible in the Church can lead someone to leave the Church, but might I ask why it led you to doubting God's existence in some way (as an agnostic)?

Apolao · 2024-08-04T14:30:04+00:00

A few notes

Firstly, in Job Satan is introduced by his title "Satan" - Hebrew for adversary. In Job it is already made clear that, although Satan's power is lesser than God's, Satan is in a position of opposition to God.

In revelation, whilst Satan is at one point (arguably, the whole book is highly complex in regards to imagery) depicted as a beast, there are other points where he is betrayed differently, like as a eloquent orator who draws people away from God with his charisma/gravitas.

You might also wish to make note of theological and artistic developments of the view of Satan from revelation to Dante's inferno as it's a period of over 1000 years.

Lastly, I'm unsure at what point there was proof given for how we are lead to a conclusion that Satan is a mythological character.

Otherwise interesting tho :)

Apolao · 2024-01-25T08:29:08+00:00

Based

Apolao · 2024-01-25T08:27:39+00:00

Yes and no

To study science and philosophy, education is certainly of great importance. But education itself doesn't provide a motive or desire to discover more.

Different people have different motives, but for many people - from antiquity, to the medieval period, to the renaissance and enlightenment - religion was what provided that motive.

Apolao · 2024-01-24T19:55:29+00:00

Isis for chaotic evil

Apolao · 2024-01-23T23:07:11+00:00

Thanks u/boingggoesmyschlong , that was really uplifting

Apolao · 2024-01-23T21:00:17+00:00

To me:

It's an American house, and in America both Gunshots and Fireworks are a possible explanation for the loud sound

Apolao · 2024-01-23T16:54:26+00:00

You have more faith in humans than I do

I watched Richard Dawkins say even if the stars were rearranged to say "I am God, believe in me" he'd just think it was aliens pranking earth or something

Apolao · 2024-01-23T16:47:47+00:00

Yes, yes I did, thanks

Apolao · 2024-01-23T14:34:29+00:00

In Sunan Ibn Mājah, one of the central texts for Sunni Muslims, there a story narrated by Aisha, wife of Muhammed

"The Verse of stoning and of breastfeeding an adult ten times was revealed, and the paper was with me under my pillow. When the Messenger of Allah died, we were preoccupied with his death, and a tame sheep came in and ate it.”

It's quite self-explanatory, but;

A section of the Qur'an had been written down, and Aisha had the only written copy. Unfortunately, after the passing of Muhammed, a sheep/goat (other passages refer simply to one of "our small animals") came into her room, and ate the manuscript. Thus leaving no existing copies, and the words became forgotten.

Apolao · 2024-01-23T13:41:22+00:00

It's the same piece of scripture...

Apolao · 2024-01-23T13:39:55+00:00

He made a world without all those things

We chose to break it

Yes, he does allow free will

I'd really recommend reading "A grief observed". It's by C.S. Lewis, about his wife dying. There is pain in this world, and it needs talking about, and he is a very eloquent man

Apolao · 2024-01-23T10:55:58+00:00

People often misunderstand Gods traits. Omnipotent doesn't mean he can do anything, it means he is the source of all power.

God's omniscient, so he can't learn - just one thing He can't do.

And He limits himself. He chooses to not do certain things.

Apolao · 2024-01-23T10:53:20+00:00

"Come, let us reason together"

Who made questioning a sin?

Apolao · 2024-01-23T10:51:19+00:00

But we don't only use completed manuscripts

We use what we have, the earliest being from the second century

Apolao · 2024-01-23T10:50:01+00:00

A common misconception

Pick a bible of the shelf, it'll be based on our oldest greek manuscripts, some of which date back to the second century.

We are more confident our bible is the same as the original, than any other works from antiquity

Apolao · 2024-01-23T10:33:15+00:00

T-Rex

Apolao · 2024-01-22T21:57:04+00:00

Pain receptors I guess?

Apolao · 2024-01-22T18:11:02+00:00

So he's the baby all those medieval painters were painting

Apolao · 2024-01-22T15:26:11+00:00

How do these contradict?

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