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Originally posted by moonbusThe apostle Paul, who the risen Christ assigned to go preach to the Greek and other gentiles started it all. He related their understanding of their pagan gods to the Christian beliefs. Later Christians built on this method of explanation so that we have what we have today.
No. I'm saying that half of Christian doctrine is borrowed from pagan philosophy.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieYou know, we should all thank you for occasionally putting it in print that you have absolutely NO idea what you're talking about.
wow I knew you had your own creation myths (abiogenesis), your own high priests and luminaries (Darwin, Dawkins etc), places where you can worship the God of Science (university campus), your own sacred books (Origin of the species, the God delusion etc), your own hymns (Imagine by Lennon) but to have your own tree of life, thats really something else.
Originally posted by KingOnPointIt started during the reign of the Emp. Constantine, ca. 320 AD. It exercised all the most influential Christian thinkers of the next two centuries, including St. Athanasias, Eusebius, St. Basil, St. Gregory (of Nazianzus) and St. Gregory (of Nyssa). The issue split the Western (Roman Catholic) Empire from the Eastern Orthodox Empire (Constantinople)--arguably the second most significant event in the early history of Christianity.
Moonbus,
When did the Arian thinking start?
Originally posted by SuzianneI think he was saying that his family tree (genealogical tree) does not contain any apes. I could be wrong; he may have been on about something else; the thread has drifted pretty far afield.
Really? Do you think atheism is a religion too?
That's just about the most asinine thing I've ever heard.
Originally posted by moonbusRon was referencing robbie's post that said (minus the specifics in his parentheses): "wow I knew you had your own creation myths, your own high priests and luminaries, places where you can worship the God of Science, your own sacred books, your own hymns but to have your own tree of life, thats really something else."
I think he was saying that his family tree (genealogical tree) does not contain any apes. I could be wrong; he may have been on about something else; the thread has drifted pretty far afield.