Comments on: Front yard flags

By: Deus Ex Macintosh

Deus Ex Macintosh — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:22:48 +0000

Homer - there is no new testament, only the unauthorised sequel!

No Sinc, the ‘unauthorised sequel’ is the Apocrypha.

By: skepticlawyer

skepticlawyer — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:31:37 +0000

And we’d better bloody win the toss tomorrow or I’ll be having words with Mr Ponting.

By: GMB

GMB — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:16:38 +0000

You’re out Sinclair.

You’re not invited.

By: Sinclair Davidson

Sinclair Davidson — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:07:06 +0000

in your dreams.

By: GMB

GMB — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:54:22 +0000

“I was under the impression that the Romans thought Christianity was a form of Judiasm - which was banned in the empire (after the Jewish war). So the early hostility was simply law-enforcement.”

Yeah I think thats right.

Because they had this Jewish terrorism problem.

So they trashed the temple. Before that there were many little sects and divisions of Judaism.

But after there was only two sects which proved not to be too dependent on the Temple or public meeting places…. Or this is how I heard it on some ancient ABC show anyhow.

And these two sects were the Pharisees and the Christians.

The Pharisees become Judaism under this interpretation and the Christians went multicultural and spread to the Greek and Roman worlds under the leadership of Paul.

Later on though the persecution might have been self-concious protection of the culture. Since Christianity was spreading into the mainstream.

Some folks reckon that at some time periods the Christians were actually being persecuted for their atheism.

For their undermining of the standing religion of the Empire.

As for the sex at Catallaxy I never expect you to be in any inner circle Sinclair.

It will probably just consist of me getting about on the Sydney train system taking care of female lurkers feminine needs.

By: Sinclair Davidson

Sinclair Davidson — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:17:34 +0000

I don’t want to mention your promise of photos. Every time it comes up (so to speak ) catallaxy crashes.

By: skepticlawyer

skepticlawyer — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:10:28 +0000

Weeeell… we keep having get your kit off challenges and there were some pretty good entries in the Hilalious comp.

Which reminds me, we have to judge that - there’s 200 smackeroonies to give away.

By: Sinclair Davidson

Sinclair Davidson — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:04:30 +0000

there’s sex at catallaxy?

By: skepticlawyer

skepticlawyer — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:55:23 +0000

Religion. Sex. Politics. Drugs. Find them all at Catallaxy, then argue over them…

By: Sinclair Davidson

Sinclair Davidson — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:41:04 +0000

Homer - there is no new testament, only the unauthorised sequel!