The Greatest Man that ever lived

Do you even read what you regurgitate?

Originally posted by dj2becker
Slavery long predated Christianity

...and it long post-dated it. And Christianity was used as a defense for it.

Aristotle claimed: "From the hour of their birth, some are marked out for subjection, others for rule".

Letter to St Timothy 3:2 'Those [slaves] whose masters are believers must
not take advantage of them because they are brothers but must give better
service because those who will profit from their work are believers and beloved.'

The great civilizations of Mesopotamia, Babylon, Egypt, Greece, Rome and those throughout Africa were all built upon slave labour.

...and America.

Most of these slaves were white people, or Europeans.

You mean the Mesopotamian, Babylonian, Egyptian, and African slaves mentioned
above are white? What about the early Christians who were Semetic?

St Patrick, the English missionary to the Irish, who was once a slave himself, was the first person to go down in history speaking out unequivocally against slavery.

This is not true. At the very least St John Chrysostom had many a sermon
against slavery in the late fourth century, decades before Saint Patrick was
even enslaved. I am sure that there are earlier references, but this claim
is categorically false (that St Patrick was the first).

Your sources suck, djbecker.

Nemesio

Originally posted by Redmike
What's a sycle?
Youll only see a red cross in 'western' hospitals - its an inverted Swiss flag.
If you go to the middle east, you'll see the red crescent symbol, for example.

Originally posted by dj2becker
[b]What's a sycle?

I meant "sickle".

Youll only see a red cross in 'western' hospitals - its an inverted Swiss flag

And where did the cross on the swiss flag come from? It was because of their Christian roots. It is the same cross found on the hospitals.[/b]

Originally posted by Nemesio
Do you even read what you regurgitate?

Originally posted by dj2becker
[b]Slavery long predated Christianity

...and it long post-dated it. And Christianity was used as a defense for it.

Aristotle claimed: "From the hour of their birth, some are marked out for subjection, others for rule".

Letter to St Timothy 3:2 'Those [sla ...[text shortened]... categorically false (that St Patrick was the first).

Your sources suck, djbecker.

Nemesio[/b]

The fact that our week consists of seven days is a testimony to the fact of God creating the world in six days, resting on the seventh.

Not unless your God is from Babylon: "The ancient Babylonians were known to have observed a fixed seven day week before the Jews adopted the idea."

http://www.findword.org/we/week.html

Originally posted by no1marauder
The fact that our week consists of seven days is a testimony to the fact of God creating the world in six days, resting on the seventh.

Not unless your God is from Babylon: "The ancient Babylonians were known to have observed a fixed seven day week before the Jews adopted the idea."

http://www.findword.org/we/week.html

Originally posted by dj2becker
So the Babyloniams predated Adam and Eve?

Originally posted by no1marauder
Yes. The fairy tale of Adam and Eve was created after the Babylonians. Besides, your article was claiming all these things were created by Christians and the seven day week predates Christ by thousands of years and was invented by pagans. So how could it give testimony to a fairy tale that the Babylonians didn't believe in?

Originally posted by no1marauder
Was that cross on the hospitals in ancient Sri Lanka and Egypt hundreds of years before Christ was born?

On who was the most books in history written? Jesus of course. What is the number one bestseller every year? The bible with over 30 million copies printed every year and over 100 million new testaments. The simple fact that there is so much controversy about this man and not someone else, is proof enough that he influenced the world more than anyone else that ever lived.
If you don't agree then tell me who is the greatest man that lived and why he influenced the world more than Jesus did?

Originally posted by dj2becker
I am talking about the hospitals we see today. Were you there to see the hospitals in ancient Egypt and Sri Lanka? How do you know they existed?

Originally posted by Siversmith
On who was the most books in history written? Jesus of course. What is the number one bestseller every year? The bible with over 30 million copies printed every year and over 100 million new testaments. The simple fact that there is so much controversy about this man and not someone else, is proof enough that he influenced the world more than anyone else ...[text shortened]... tell me who is the greatest man that lived and why he influenced the world more than Jesus did?

Originally posted by Siversmith
On who was the most books in history written? Jesus of course. What is the number one bestseller every year? The bible with over 30 million copies printed every year and over 100 million new testaments. The simple fact that there is so much controversy about this man and not someone else, is proof enough that he influenced the world more than anyone else ...[text shortened]... tell me who is the greatest man that lived and why he influenced the world more than Jesus did?

Originally posted by Maustrauser
Many of the books printed are by North American Evangelical Christians who ship them by the planeload into Africa, Russia and Asia, when really what the local population would prefer would be a good meal. Shame they have to sustain themselves on the OT gristle. But then again I guess they could make a good fuel - cleaner burning than cowpats...

Originally posted by dj2becker
Give a man food and he will live for a day. Give him the 'bread of life' and he will live for ever.