It’d be more believable if it was talking about ancient aliens.

This is exactly correct.

Wtf are you talking about? There were USA reporters in bomb shelters and Israelis making “oh, we’re so persecuted because we’re Jewish,” tiktok videos as Iran bombed the shit out of Israel.

They didn’t turn the other cheek. Propaganda has you.

Price is fringe, but when you consider that orthodoxy erased mountains of dissenting texts, it’s only fringe because all other ideas were erased for more than a thousand years.

Marcion, for example, had followers for at least three centuries. And the only examples we have of his writing is in quotes from church fathers arguing against him. There was a purge of unorthodox ideas, but his version of spirituality could have won out and then what is currently the norm would have been fringe. Christianity had a stranglehold over Europe and dictated its own history.

I’ll reiterate that if you prefer to stick with research that doesn’t shake your faith, The Passover Plot paints Jesus as a genius. It’s really good.

It’s unclear how Khamenei will navigate the crisis his regime faces but as his credibility collapses

Propaganda. How is his credibility collapsing?

It’s unclear how Khamenei will navigate the crisis his regime faces but as his credibility collapses

Propaganda. How is his credibility collapsing?

Repurposing most of a comment from earlier in the day where someone asked about learning about the Jesus Myth theory that Jesus was originally a heavinly figure and only got turned into a guy with an earthly ministry decades later. This is well supported by the evidence in texts from the start of christianity (epistles, Dead Sea Scrolls).

The Jesus Puzzle, by Earl Doherty. He gets criticized because he’s not a trained scholar, but his work remains compelling and Robert M Price endorses him. I really enjoyed this one.

The Amazing Colossal Apostle - The Search for the Historical Paul, by Robert M Price. He’s a former Baptist minister with multiple degrees in the field, a true expert. He has a bunch of published YouTube interviews talking about these topics as well.

Quick warning: RMP is a Trump supporter. That makes sense. Ministers are rightwing. Coming from believing to realizing that the Bible is a collection of stories rather than history doesn’t necessarily change your politics. He mostly never mentions it, but it’s come out a couple of times in videos. Luckily, he doesn’t say anything further about it. The book is phenominal.

And, if you still want to consider Jeses to be a historical figure, I loved this controversial piece: The Passover Plot, by Hugh J. Schonfield. This book assumes that Jesus was a real apocalyptic Jew who truly believed that he was the messiah and who brilliantly engineered the conditions to fulfill prophecy. It’s a great read. If Jesus was a historical figure, this is the version of him that I think is most likely.

I am currently reading Marcion and the Dating of the Synoptic Gospels, by Markus Vinzent. I’m enjoying it a lot. Marcion was the first “heretic” for his view that Paul was the only apostle who understood the true message: that the creator god of the Jews was a lesser god, which is why there is evil in the world, and Jesus’s god would adopt us.

I’d be in Aukland now if I hadn’t met my partner between deciding in 2021 and the election. She is a refugee and can’t leave or she’ll lose status. She is a political enemy of her government for advocating for democracy there. Did a phone interview and everything.

Mayor should write back, “Thanks for the letter.” And then continue according to plan.

It’d be funny if it wasn’t going to affect the rest of the population that didn’t vote for a psychotic nutjob.

Cool, more power to you.

Whoops, I insulted my base!

Strong support for my fellow union workers.

He’s the only one who can end the war on Day One on Day One on Day One there’ll be diplomacy he’s the only one only one only one. /s

Keyboard shortcuts for everything. Mousing to a menu is a waste of time in any app you use daily.

My Synology is compatible with an expansion unit and can support two of them. Check if yours can do the same for the storage aspect.