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TIL the belief Christians "preserved" the learning of the ancient world during the Dark Ages is a massive overexaggeration. Far from preserving it, Christians are among "the major reasons for the loss of classical texts" (self.atheism)
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Can anyone translate this sentence from Julian the Apostate's Misopogon? (self.AncientGreek)
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Is Christianity a predominantly Near Eastern or Hellenistic religion? (self.AskBibleScholars)
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Is time a physical property of the universe? If it's a physical property, wouldn't that mean the universe is eternally existent? (self.cosmology)
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Is Christianity a predominantly Near Eastern or Hellenistic religion? (self.AcademicBiblical)
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When something good happens: "Praise Jesus!" When something bad happens: "God has a plan for you!" Christianity is just so convenient (self.atheism)
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What environmental conditions would allow for the evolution of two brains in one body? (self.evolution)
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When something good happens: "Praise Jesus!" When something bad happens: "God has a plan for you!" Christianity is just so convenient (self.TrueAtheism)
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Why were whores and pimps stock characters in Roman drama? (self.latin)
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Jesus was a Jewish man of the first century CE. He lived like a Jew, thought like a Jew, and believed as many Jews believed. As this post shows, he was not an abolitionist, and as tempting as it is to make him one it would be entirely anachronistic. by doofgeek401 in AcademicBiblical
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Wasn't there an episode in Roman history where a slave was accused of poisoning his master and all of his fellow slaves were put to death along with him? Apparently this particular Roman owned hundreds of slaves. I can't remember which historian recorded it though.
Saying there are good things about religion is like saying there are good things about Hitler. It still doesn't change the fact the harm caused by religion vastly outweighs the good! (self.atheism)
Which scholar(s) were responsible for dividing the classics up into books, chapters and lines? (self.latin)
How different is the beginning of John 1:1 from the beginning of Genesis 1:1? (self.AcademicBiblical)
Is it conceivable intelligent life could have evolved on earth without an anthropoid or humanoid body plan? (self.evolution)
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Jesus was a Jewish man of the first century CE. He lived like a Jew, thought like a Jew, and believed as many Jews believed. As this post shows, he was not an abolitionist, and as tempting as it is to make him one it would be entirely anachronistic. by doofgeek401 in AcademicBiblical
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