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    Religion The God Question (continued in Part 2 - link in last post)

    bowie cash, In this thread, does your post mean that there should be no research on convict Australia because it was bad news? Maybe convict descendants have no family tree?
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    Religion The God Question (continued in Part 2 - link in last post)

    p[ie eyed, Had a bad day did you? "I'm sick of being the called upon to disprove the unprovable by those too lazy to even get a decent grasp of their own beliefs." The quote is from Mr W Ikipedia "Claudius". We're just chatting about whether historians wrote about a person. Sir.
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    Interesting hint about why Jews were expelled: [Claudius was concerned with the spread of eastern mysteries within the city and searched for more Roman replacements. He emphasized the Eleusinian mysteries which had been practiced by so many during the Republic. He expelled foreign astrologers...
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    Religion The God Question (continued in Part 2 - link in last post)

    You stated that Tacitus would not likely use "Christ" as it was not an official reference. Pliny shows it was, by implication from his use of "Christian". Maybe in the 2nd century a myth cult could have emerged in Rome, but a Christian religion in Judea by people of Jesus' generation would...
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    Religion The God Question (continued in Part 2 - link in last post)

    wha...? "Consequently whether Jesus actually existed or not is immaterial to me. Claims that there is abundant historical evidence that Jesus existed simply cannot be substantiated. "
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    Religion The God Question (continued in Part 2 - link in last post)

    Foul. Jupiter and Hercules had temples or statues and the perceptions of their influence caused real events. Democracy and slavery were invisible but existed.
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    Pliny the Younger wrote of "Christians" which implies a "christ". [Pliny served as an imperial magistrate under Trajan (reigned AD 98–117).[1] Pliny was considered an honest and moderate man, consistent in his pursuit of suspected Christian members according to Roman law. He rose through a...
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    Religion The God Question (continued in Part 2 - link in last post)

    I've asked Roylion about errors and he hasn't replied yet. Making unfounded declarations, or just being anti religious, aren't strong positions.
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    However, all the others were respectable. Mithraism was a soldier's religion with temples in Britain etc probably similar to RSL in Oz today. Christianity in the beginning was mainly for slaves or Jews in Rome, about a non-hero who got flogged like a convict and executed. They didn't offer...
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    Religion The God Question (continued in Part 2 - link in last post)

    Which "official record" about Jesus do you mean? Naming Pilate as ruler in Judea would be reasonable for Roman pagan readers. wikipedia: [The town Antioch, which is said to have given them the name Christian, had a reputation for coming up with such nicknames.[10] However Peter's apparent...
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    Religion The God Question (continued in Part 2 - link in last post)

    Well I don't believe in atoms, never have, they did nothing for me and dodge when you try to pinpoint them. Why would anyone want to believe?
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