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  1. Shiranui117

    The different Biblical canons.

    I'll trust Biblical and historical scholars when they say we have citations of the LXX in the works of Jewish writers from the 2nd century BC. Yes, because the New Testament canon wasn't definitively settled until the 500's. This is the reason the Book of Revelation isn't ever read from in...
  2. Shiranui117

    The different Biblical canons.

    Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus from the year 350 are both extensive and quite complete. There are more fragmentary manuscripts that date earlier; for example, Origen's lost work Hexapla was a verse-by-verse comparison of the Septuagint with 3 other extant Greek manuscript traditions of the...
  3. Shiranui117

    The different Biblical canons.

    ...I'm sorry, what? Do you think that every single Biblical scholar just decided to make up the idea of a Greek version of the Old Testament with a greater number of books than the much later Masoretic recension? The existence, composition and dating of the Septuagint is a settled matter among...
  4. Shiranui117

    The different Biblical canons.

    No it wasn't. The existence of the Septuagint from the second century BC onwards, and a multitude of different Hebrew recensions, proves that much. The early Christian Church used the Septuagint, as did Greek-speaking Jews in the diaspora (the latter also used various other Greek translations).
  5. Shiranui117

    Does Christianity Believe in a Soul or Ghosts

    Our bodies at the Resurrection will be the same bodies that we have now, but transfigured and glorified, as Christ was transfigured on Mt. Tabor and as His body was glorified at His Resurrection.
  6. Shiranui117

    Does Christianity Believe in a Soul or Ghosts

    We wait for the resurrection and the renewal of all things. We do have souls, and when we die, we receive a foretaste of either Heaven or Hell in accordance with the state of our soul (see the Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man). The living can pray for the dead (see 2 Maccabees 12:38-43), and...
  7. Shiranui117

    The different Biblical canons.

    Eastern Orthodox here. I don't have a problem with any of the wider Biblical canons including the Deuterocanonicals. I think excluding the Deuterocanonicals is sad. The Book of Enoch is a trip, and Wisdom of Sirach is probably one of my favorite books in the Bible. Calvin probably took Sirach...
  8. Shiranui117

    What is the Best or Proper Attitude of Humans Towards the Gods?

    I agree with @Erebus here. I think different faithful will naturally tend to relate to God in a way that makes the most sense to them in light of their personal experience. Most Orthodox seem to agree that God is certainly "higher on the pecking order" than we are; the church is God's house, and...
  9. Shiranui117

    What is the Best or Proper Attitude of Humans Towards the Gods?

    Care to expand?
  10. Shiranui117

    Do Jews, Christians, and Muslims Take the Same Attitude Towards Deity?

    I don't know enough about Judaism to give my thoughts on how they view God, so I won't attempt it. But Christians as a whole have a far greater sense of closeness with God than Muslims do; for Christians, God is our Father. The Trinity is a communion of Persons dwelling together in love and...
  11. Shiranui117

    Why is America No Longer a Representative Democracy?

    The populace is uninformed and disengaged, while the elites have things all under control.
  12. Shiranui117

    What Religion Have You Been Before?

    I used to be Catholic. I appreciate a lot of the architecture (especially Gothic and Early Baroque styles), and the more ancient hymnographic and iconographic traditions.
  13. Shiranui117

    How to guide someone out of evil propaganda

    In order to deradicalize people, you have to be able to talk with them, listen to them, form a personal connection, and have them be confronted with a reality that does not conform to the worldview that they have been conditioned to hold. After that, walk them through the darkness and back into...
  14. Shiranui117

    President Pelosi

    Department of Agriculture head or Secretary of State I think.
  15. Shiranui117

    What shorts lengths are acceptable?

    I agree. Bring those "garments" back so we can murder those scourges on decent clothing.
  16. Shiranui117

    What was your religious education in public schools by State?

    Yeah, all this and the stuff you put in the OP is standard curriculum at any school with halfway decent resources and teachers. I also finished high school in 2012, so maybe we millennials just are better in school than you old curmudgeons. I mean, it's not hard to learn enough about each world...
  17. Shiranui117

    What was your religious education in public schools by State?

    Same here. I mean, we had a World Religions class as an elective where we learned the basics of each major world religion, but all the stuff in the OP was covered during American history and European history classes.
  18. Shiranui117

    What was your religious education in public schools by State?

    All of them except Anne Bolelyn. We just knew that Henry VIII had a lot of wives and he killed like half of them. Anne's name might have shown up but honestly we just knew Henry VIII went through wives like I go through socks. I was educated in a good public school in Ohio.
  19. Shiranui117

    To what extent is religious freedom protected by 1st A?

    I believe that religions should not be forced to change their beliefs for others, and I believe that people should not be forced to speak against their own beliefs (religious or otherwise). In America, the church should not dictate who can and cannot get married, but by the same token churches...
  20. Shiranui117

    Carbon Removal, real fight with carbon pollutio

    Communism does even worse. Just look at China today, and the Soviet Union and East Germany during their heydays. The Aral Sea is almost completely gone thanks to the Soviets, and what's left is horribly polluted. China's pollution is so bad, people in many cities have to wear masks just to be...
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