Originally posted by @moonbusYour account of Boddhisatvas is not entirely accurate, but in the right spirit
There is very little which is original in the NT. Nearly every episode and tenet has an analog in the ancient literature of the Mediterranean or North Africa or India. A god who is incarnated in human form, betrayed, killed, resuscitated. People being raised from the dead. A good god and an evil god who duel for humanity, the good god eventually winning in ...[text shortened]... re all there in pagan religions (Zoroastrianism, Gnosticism, Osiris mythology, etc.). Just read.
Originally posted by @karoly-aczelThere are multiple accounts. The Indian traditions embody a depth and richness unmatched by any Western religion. Not surprising, given that India achieved high civilisation when most of the rest of the world was still igniting campfires with sticks and stones.
Your account of Boddhisatvas is not entirely accurate, but in the right spirit
Originally posted by @moonbusAnd having enemies heads stomped flat by having an elephant jam down on it from about 6 feet up.... At least it would be quick.
There are multiple accounts. The Indian traditions embody a depth and richness unmatched by any Western religion. Not surprising, given that India achieved high civilisation when most of the rest of the world was still igniting campfires with sticks and stones.
Originally posted by @sonhouseMan's inhumanity to man is well-attested in all cultures, including our own. UNICEF estimates that 3 million children die every year due to avoidable/preventable malnutrition. That's a damning indictment of the OECD nations which massively over-produce food and waste much of it.
And having enemies heads stomped flat by having an elephant jam down on it from about 6 feet up.... At least it would be quick.
https://www.unicefusa.org/press/releases/unicef-too-many-children-dying-malnutrition/8259
New Testament persons who were confirmed to have lived by Non-Christian Sources and/or Confirmed Through Archeology
( not an exhaustive list )
From I Don't Have Enough Faith To Be An Atheist by Frank Turek Phd.
Agrippa I (Acts 12:1-24) confimred by Philo, Josephus
Agrippa II (Acts 25:13-26,32) confirmed by coins, Josephus
Ananias (Acts 23:2; 24:1) confirmed by Josephus
Arestas (2 Cor. 11:32) confirmed by Josephus
Bernice (wife of Agrippa II) (Acts 23:13) confirmed by Josephus
Caesar Augustus (Luke 2:1) confirmed by Josephus and others
Caiaphas (several citations) confirmed by ossuary, Josephus
Claudius (Acts 11:28; 18:2) confirmed by Josephus
Drusilla (wife of Felix) (Acts 24:24) confirmed by Josephus
Egyptian false prophet (Acts 21:38) confirmed by Josephus
Erastus (Acts 19:22) confirmed by inscription
Felix (Acts 23:24-25:14) confirmed by Tacitus, Josephus
Gallio (Acts 18:12-17) confirmed by inscription
Gameliel (Acts 5:34; 22:3) confirmed by Josephus
Herod Antipas (Matt. 14:1-12; Mark 6:14-29; Luke 3:1; 23:7-12) confirmed Josephus
Herod Archalaus (Matt. 2:22) confirmed by Josephus
Herod the Great (Matt. 2:1-19; Luke 1:5) confirmed by Tacitus, Josephus
Herod Philip I (Matt. 14:3; Mark 6:17) confirmed by Josephus
Herod Philip II (Luke 3:3) confirmed by Josephus
Herodias (Matt. 14:3; Mark 6:17) confirmed by Josephus
Herodias's daughter (Solome) (Matt. 14:1-12; Mark 6:14-29) confirmed by Josephus
James (several citations) confirmed by Josephus
John the Baptist (several citations) confirmed by Josephus
Judas the Galilean (Acts 5:37) confirmed by Josephus
Lysanias ( Luke 3:1) confirmed by inscription, Josephus
Pilate (several citations) confirmed by inscriptions, coins, Josephus, Philo, Tacitus
Quirinius (Luke 2:2) confirmed by Josephus
Porcius Festus (Acts 24:27-26:32) confirmed by Josephus
Sergias Paulus (Acts 13:6-12) confirmed by inscription
Tiberius Ceasar (Luke 3:1) confirmed by Tacitus, Suetonius, Paterculus, Dio Cassius, Josephus
Originally posted by @sonshipWhen you say "confirmed by Josephus", in what decade was he writing?
New Testament persons who were confirmed to have lived by Non-Christian Sources and/or confirmed by Archeology
( not an exhaustive list )
From [b] I Don't Have Enough Faith To Be An Atheist by Frank Turek Phd.
Agrippa I (Acts 12:1-24) confimred by Philo, Josephus
Agrippa II (Acts 25:13-26,32) confirmed by coins, Josephus ...[text shortened]... sar (Luke 3:1) confirmed by [b] Tacitus, Suetonius, Paterculus, Dio Cassius, Josephus [/b]
Originally posted by @sonshipThe references are to people in the Gospels, Epistles and the book of Acts.
New Testament persons who were confirmed to have lived by Non-Christian Sources and/or Confirmed Through Archeology
( not an exhaustive list )
From [b] I Don't Have Enough Faith To Be An Atheist by Frank Turek Phd.
Agrippa I (Acts 12:1-24) confimred by Philo, Josephus
Agrippa II (Acts 25:13-26,32) confirmed by coins, Jos ...[text shortened]... sar (Luke 3:1) confirmed by [b] Tacitus, Suetonius, Paterculus, Dio Cassius, Josephus [/b]
Could someone construct a similar table concerning the mythology of Osiris or Horus.
Thankyou