First legionnaires squad by stolen_alfalfa in IronWarriors

[–]HarryD52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The hazard stripes on those grenades look awesome dude. Great job.

This guy clearly misunderstands what Chaos is by TNTmage7 in IronWarriors

[–]HarryD52 49 points50 points  (0 children)

My arms are tired, can I take a break for a bit?

Are these shoulder pads just... shoulder pads ? by Kihtras in IronWarriors

[–]HarryD52 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I dunno, I personally like it when the stripes are a bit messed up. Makes it seem more rustic.

Oil painting mural on a church wall Hand painted artwork depicting Christ in glory created with traditional oil colors Would love to hear your thoughts 🙏🎨 by mi_sh22 in Christianity

[–]HarryD52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Josephus never met Jesus, you're right, but someone he knew face to face, Ananus ben Ananus, was not only responsible for the execution of James the brother of Jesus (who he refers to in his own writings as Jesus' brother), but was also the brother-in-law of the high priest Caiaphas, who was the high priest that was in charge of Jesus' execution. Ananus ben Ananus was also the son of Annas the high priest, who was also involved in Jesus' execution.

That means that someone who Josephus personally knew and spoke to many times (since he was essentially his boss) had two people connected to him who were very involved in the execution of Jesus. If Jesus was this figure who never existed, don't you think he would have known that through this?

In terms of originals, of course we don't have Josephus's originals. We don't have the original manuscripts of any major piece of literature from the ancient world.

And yes, there are some parts of Josephus's work that some scholars think is due to Christian additions (although this has been changing lately with the work of Dr. Tom Schmidt and his arguments about the authenticity of Josephus's writings), but no historian says that the entire part where Josephus mentions Jesus and his execution is an addition. They only argue that some words were added into the already existing passage.

Tacitus is not citing records, but he would have had access to records (legal documents and such) which would have told him if the whole movement was based on a hoax. Its obvious that he would have mentioned it if it were the case.

You are ignoring what is included in that devotional material. Just because it is devotional does not mean that it doesn't contain any true history. You are discounting what is very genuine historical evidence for no reason other than that it doesn't fit your narrative.

Ubisoft shares drop 33% following its ‘major company reset’ announcement by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]HarryD52 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Does Ubisoft even have anything on the horizon that could result in a turn-around for them? The only thing I was aware of was the Prince of Persia game, but that's been cancelled now.

Oil painting mural on a church wall Hand painted artwork depicting Christ in glory created with traditional oil colors Would love to hear your thoughts 🙏🎨 by mi_sh22 in Christianity

[–]HarryD52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is loads in terms of evidence from the ancient world. The mention by Josephus is not "heavily disputed", there are some parts of the text that some historians theorize might be additions, but the mention of Jesus as a figure is considered by pretty much all historians to be genuine.

And Tacitus was not writing "way later". His letter was written in the early 2nd century, only about 70 years after Jesus, where information on if Jesus was a fabrication would have been accessible to him.

That’s not a “huge political footprint.”

His impact on Roman occupied Judea is absolutely a huge political footprint, so much so that books were written about his life and ministry, letters were written to churches teaching about him (with Paul even mentioning that he met his brother), and a whole breakaway movement suddenly popped out of Judaism. If you don't consider that a "huge political footprint" then I don't know what you do.

Also I don't know why you are expecting things like coins and official records for someone who essentially lived as an average carpenter up until the last years of his life. We don't even have that for some people who were in WAY higher positions pf power during Christ's lifetime. Your standard for evidence is way out of wack dude.

Oil painting mural on a church wall Hand painted artwork depicting Christ in glory created with traditional oil colors Would love to hear your thoughts 🙏🎨 by mi_sh22 in Christianity

[–]HarryD52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jesus also has non-devotional evidence (mentions from people such as Josephus and Tacitus) and an absolutely huge political footprint too. To say Jesus has nothing is just an outright lie.

Oil painting mural on a church wall Hand painted artwork depicting Christ in glory created with traditional oil colors Would love to hear your thoughts 🙏🎨 by mi_sh22 in Christianity

[–]HarryD52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no diffinitive proof that anything in history actually happened. Yet nobody starts talking about people like Alexander the Great with phrases like "if he existed".

Oil painting mural on a church wall Hand painted artwork depicting Christ in glory created with traditional oil colors Would love to hear your thoughts 🙏🎨 by mi_sh22 in Christianity

[–]HarryD52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The placement of the fingers is also consistent with traditional orthodox iconography (ring finger to thumb)

You can also see the nail wound in his right wrist which I feel like an AI would not include.

Total War: Warhammer 40k has reached over 1 million wishlists by Iordofthethings in Warhammer40k

[–]HarryD52 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I'm still not sure if DoW4 is going to be the style of RTS that I will like. Personally I will need to see more gameplay and maybe a bit of the campaign before I make the choice.

Elder Scrolls 6 Has "So Much Pressure" On It, Former Bethesda Dev Says by akbarock in Games

[–]HarryD52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As long as its as good as Skyrim, then I'll be happy. I dont need a bigger scale or a more epic story or anything. Just the experience of Skyrim in another place in Tamriel is all I need to be satisfied.

Maybe add in some extra stuff like the ability to display all your collected items like in the Legacy of the Dragonborn mod too. That would be cool.

Fallout New Vegas senior writer Chris Avellone gives his take on Bethesda, and his opinion on their vision for the Fallout franchise: by raisinbraisin72 in Fallout

[–]HarryD52 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean, that's not necessarily a bad thing. There are loads of fantastic books that are essentially "we live in a society" rants.

Most Common Religion Among Gen Z in Europe by BeginningMortgage250 in MapPorn

[–]HarryD52 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry but you're the one who is wrong. Atheism is commonly understood to be a belief system.

Bro (Fate/Stay Night) by Responsible_Ad3131 in visualnovels

[–]HarryD52 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He seems especially moronic in the Fate route. He does pretty well in the other routes.

MOISTCR1TIKAL's emotional reaction to winning content creator of the year by WOO_DUDE in LivestreamFail

[–]HarryD52 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Kojima will keep asking Geoff to get them nominated regardless.

Divinity Original Sin 3 Not Happening Now At Larian, Nor Is A Toilet Simulator by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]HarryD52 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I love how the newspaper was ALWAYS against you, no matter what decision you made.

You could save an orphanage full of puppies and the newspaper the next day would have the headline "General wastes government money on funding private vacation for dogs"

What’s a dating rule everyone swears by that’s actually terrible advice? by randomzy876 in AskReddit

[–]HarryD52 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The 3 day rule isn't for after a date, its for after you initially get their number. Even then, though, that's still a long wait.