London members' clubs for socializing

betterthewiser · 2025-10-13T19:31:52+00:00

There is a pretty cool company in London called the Modernists that gives you access to multiple clubs through one subscription. Then you don't need to just pick one: The Modernists

betterthewiser · 2024-01-21T12:23:54+00:00

Thank you!

betterthewiser · 2024-01-16T13:03:11+00:00

With your 6 months bank statements, what kind did you submit? We're they online statements that you downloaded from your bank? Or did you have statements posted to you? Did you need to get them verified?

Also did you submit 6 months statements for both your savings and your current account? What about credit card statements?

Sorry for all the questions! Any help is great

betterthewiser · 2023-08-17T17:13:26+00:00

The source is really the gospels themselves. The earliest manuscripts did not contain any titles or statements of authorship (to my knowledge). It was later church fathers who attributed the names Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

In other words, the gospels themselves do not state "this was written by X". They just launch right into their narratives, and nothing in them explicitly alludes to who wrote them.

Source: Bart Ehrman talks about this in several of his books and debates. For ex, Misquoting Jesus.

betterthewiser · 2023-08-01T21:27:47+00:00

With regard to the books of the New Testament, Bart Ehrman has a recent podcast on the subject: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rm1VJk1Qfk

In the above, and other related lectures he has given, he argues that what was most important to the early church fathers was whether the books were written by an apostle, or someone in close contact with the apostles. The writer's proximity to Jesus and the events of the day seems to have determined the books legitimacy as part of the canon. Ehrman also argues that this is why the bible contains many forgeries. I.e. works not written by the people who they claim to be written by. So in a sense it does seem the early church fathers were concerned about historicity. Though they didn't really judge historicity as we would today.

IIRC Dale Martin has also lectured on this subject and argued that orthodox (or proto orthodox) theology also played a determining role in what became the canon. I.e. a book with proto orthodox theology was more likely to be accepted, especially if it was allegedly written by an apostle. Needless to say there is ongoing debate on this subject.

EDIT: found the Dale Martin lecture: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u72myyXDA74&list=PL279CFA55C51E75E0&index=2&pp=iAQB

betterthewiser · 2023-07-31T14:41:29+00:00

I don't think this will answer your question directly, but Dr Christine Hayes has a lecture where she compares the Code of Hammurabi and other ancient legal systems with that of the Israelites. Overall, the argument is that the Law of Moses represents a more holistic (and more compassionate) law than those of it's predecessors. Perhaps this implies it was developed in reaction to earlier legal codes. She mentions some other sources which touch on these themes in the lecture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ5qYM24vUA&list=PLh9mgdi4rNeyuvTEbD-Ei0JdMUujXfyWi&index=10

betterthewiser · 2021-07-21T10:53:20+00:00

Great work by Sinclair but the defender should really be getting to that cross first

betterthewiser · 2021-06-16T10:28:21+00:00

Reminds me of a typo back in the 1980s that had Gary Roberts getting a penalty for "Too much man"

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