9th grade dropout, art school dropout, spent most of my life cooking for a living / managing small restaurants, if I wasn't doing that I was building things with my hands or apprenticing under someone to learn a new trade
Have worked in sales, worked as a cobbler, built homes, rebuilt homes /...
Welp, it all comes back to the fact there are two ways to interpret a text
Eisegesis and exegesis
I've spent 10 years traveling forums and chats and could count on one hand the number of people that are even familiar with these two crucial concepts, so I rarely listen or pay attention to...
I've read accounts of monkeys in India being trained to steal. They'll hang out on a fencepost near a market and swoop down and snatch money and items and bring them to the trainer for a reward
I also know that they break into homes whenever they can, it's a big problem in some cities in India
well,.....per the claims in the NT, Jesus is a " high priest "
" High priests " and deified " priest-kings " existed for quite some time prior to the Bible ( Deification of humans in literature starts with the Akkadians and predates the Torah by some 1,500+ years )
Priests in that time ( And...
Sure, that's from Papyrus 115
In that case, 616 is apparently written using the letters of the XI monogram
In other texts that have 666, ( Papyrus 47 as an example ) the number is written with XΣ, taken from IΣ XΣ
Then the letter digamma ϛ as the numeral 6
XI + ϛ = 616
XΣ + ϛ = 666
The...
I usually avoid the Woo, but ...I'm also wary of anybody that presents something to me as " disclosed truth ", since I'm well aware of how misdirection works
I usually never eat breakfast or lunch, just been that way for years ( OMAD - one meal a day )
That said, I enjoy typical breakfast foods and will sometimes eat breakfast for dinner, but rarely
I'm a latke + poached eggs kinda guy, maybe some cheddar grits+scallions+bacon crumbles, or...
Welp,...in that case.....there are only 2 reasons why I ask questions
1. I'm genuinely interested in being taught something new
2. I'm interested in poking holes in what you claim, and seeding dissent
I feel like when someone gets upset at being questioned, they know already they're on shaky...