on sheep, wolves, and sheepdogs - by ltc (ret) dave grossman, author of "on killing.
honor never grows old, and honor rejoices the heart of age.
it does so because honor is, finally, about defending those noble and worthy things that deserve defending, even if it comes at a high cost.
Thank you for an interesting reading, NN.
In true Roger Water's style i would add PIGS to the animal constellation - those who are behind the wolves. Those who are never confronted by the sheepdogs, because they're too smart to ever get their hands dirty. They are the ones that are ultimately guilty for what conscious wolves, deranged wolves and wannabe wolves perpetrate upon sheep. Even sheepdogs are at the mercy of those pigs.
Eden
pagels main area of concentration is the gnostic gospels.
she has expanded her research over the years to traditional christian subjects.
her knowledge of the gnostics allowed her to show us contrast with orthodoxy from the start of the class.
Bump.
What a nice, loyal, courtesy of you...
Eden
just published another article on my website.
i promised i would make a more complete study on dating the book of revelation.
as a result i published the article: dating revelation - solely with internal evidence from the new testament.
Darnit, you made me look under the hood.
Glad I did :)
Only three of the seven cities in Revelation are mentioned elsewhere in the bible.
Correct. In fact here it is:
Ephesus: Revelation 2:1 ; Ephesians 1:1; Acts 19:1
Thyatira: Revelation 2:18; Acts 16:14
Laodicea: Revelation 3:14; Colossians 4:15
But the lack of cross-references with other parts of the Bible renders the other four invalid? There's abundant extra-biblical evidence of the existence of these cities. The lack of internal evidence within the Bible proves nothing; The cross-referencing within the Bible constitutes evidence. I don't see a difficulty here.
Eden
just published another article on my website.
i promised i would make a more complete study on dating the book of revelation.
as a result i published the article: dating revelation - solely with internal evidence from the new testament.
My Jesus approves of every thing I do
My my, we definitively live in different worlds. Or we're talking about different Jesuses. Or perhaps you're perfect. I can't decide what it is.
- Matthew 7:21
Eden
just published another article on my website.
i promised i would make a more complete study on dating the book of revelation.
as a result i published the article: dating revelation - solely with internal evidence from the new testament.
mP
I confess my ignorance when it comes to numerology. I can't give you an informed answer about that.
Eden
just published another article on my website.
i promised i would make a more complete study on dating the book of revelation.
as a result i published the article: dating revelation - solely with internal evidence from the new testament.
TOH
The first case is a logical deduction; The second is an assumption.
Eden
just published another article on my website.
i promised i would make a more complete study on dating the book of revelation.
as a result i published the article: dating revelation - solely with internal evidence from the new testament.
BOTR,
Fair enough, I can see your point. I can't say I apologize for not living up to the standard that you claim you usually view me upon, but it is what it is this time. I am starting to discern an issue here with the dates that i haven't realized before, but I got a theory that I need to put it to test before I even discuss it.
All in all, i wish you get better from the allergies. I know that I have frequent respiratory issues because of them.
Eden
just published another article on my website.
i promised i would make a more complete study on dating the book of revelation.
as a result i published the article: dating revelation - solely with internal evidence from the new testament.
Also (quote from another website):
Eden
just published another article on my website.
i promised i would make a more complete study on dating the book of revelation.
as a result i published the article: dating revelation - solely with internal evidence from the new testament.
I used cross references with other NT documents. Doesn't textual evidence mean anything to you?
You need another external evidence as an anchor?
Consider the congregations in Asia Minor that Paul started. They were originally 9. Ephesus, Pergamon, Philadelphia, Sardis, Thyatira, Smyrna, Colosse, Hierapolis, and Laodicea. It would be natural that Jesus would address messages to all these congregations. But Colosse and Hierapolis are missing. Why?
Roman historian Tacitus records a devastating earthquake that destroyed the three neighbouring cities of Colosse, Hierapolis and Laodicea, as having taken place on the 7th year of emperor Nero. This amounts to 61 CE. Of the three cities, only Laodicea was soon rebuilt, again according to Tacitus, while the others remained uninhabited. On the other hand, the prophetic message delivered by Jesus to the congregation of Philadelphia, it warns about the hour of tribulation that was "about to come to the world", a reference to persecution. Nero unleashed the persecution against the Christians in AD 64. So, the part of Revelation that deals with the seven messages to the seven congregations (The last part to be received) can indeed be anchored between the dates 61 and 64 AD, more likely 62/63 AD.
Eden
just published another article on my website.
i promised i would make a more complete study on dating the book of revelation.
as a result i published the article: dating revelation - solely with internal evidence from the new testament.
Eusebius also quotes from Ireneaus. Ireneaus, in turn, claims that he learned it through Polycarp (one generation before), who claims to have seen it (Ireneaus doesn't specify what Polycarp saw) from the time he was with the apostle John. It ends up being hearsay.
Eden
