>>18070362
>Humans cannot directly connect with the One. The only way of contact is via the gods who are intermediaries.
Neoplatonists like Plotinus taught direct contemplation of the One, no gods required. Christianity’s direct communion (prayer, grace, etc.) bypasses intermediaries, rooted in Christ as the sole mediator (1 Timothy 2:5). Pagan gods as mandatory middlemen? That’s a bureaucratic cosmos, not a cosmic truth. If the One is ineffable, why trust fallible deities to bridge the gap? Cut out the middleman and aim higher.
>>18070352
>And that's why they are retarded for reality is biased towards paganism.
A bold claim but with zero evidence. Polytheism’s decline (despite its flexibility) suggests reality wasn’t exactly cheering for it.
>They all belong to the love goddess archetype and that alone is enough.
Archetypes are a modern lens, not a pagan dogma. Ishtar’s warlike edge and Freyja’s magic aren’t interchangeable with Aphrodite’s romance. Reducing them to “love goddess” flattens their complexity. If they’re all the same, why not just pick one and call it a day? Sounds like pagans didn’t get your memo.
>Actually they equated barbarian deities with their own. For example the Scythian goddess Tabiti was equated with Hestia.
Sure, Greeks sometimes equated foreign gods, but they also mocked “barbarian” practices (just look at Herodotus sneering at Persian rituals). Interpretatio graeca was pragmatic, not a love-fest. It often served to Hellenize or Romanize, not to celebrate equality.
>Farmers sacrificed to Demeter... sailors sacrificed to Poseidon... Christians have no reason to complain when they pray to specific saints.
Specific rituals for specific gods undercuts your “all gods are the same” claim. If Poseidon and Demeter serve distinct needs, they’re not just interchangeable archetypes. Christian saints aren’t worshiped but venerated as intercessors, pointing to one God (Catechism 956).
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>>17811187
Nice try, but Romans 9 doesn’t scrap free will; it’s about God’s sovereign election, not a puppet show. Verse 18 says He hardens whom He wills, sure, but 9:21-23 shows it’s for mercy and glory, not arbitrariness. Free will’s real (Augustine and Aquinas both affirm it, just subordinated to grace). You’re cherry-picking; read the whole chapter. Pagan myths don’t even wrestle with this depth.
Nice try, but Romans 9 doesn’t scrap free will; it’s about God’s sovereign election, not a puppet show. Verse 18 says He hardens whom He wills, sure, but 9:21-23 shows it’s for mercy and glory, not arbitrariness. Free will’s real (Augustine and Aquinas both affirm it, just subordinated to grace). You’re cherry-picking; read the whole chapter. Pagan myths don’t even wrestle with this depth.
>Davis, Henry H. Creating Christianity: A Weapon of Ancient Rome
This guy’s a self-taught “historian” who thinks he’s cracked the Da Vinci Code because he read some Tacitus. His whole shtick is that Arrius Piso, a random Roman senator, wrote the New Testament to pacify Jews.
>but Arrius Piso was Flavius Josephus
No primary source backs this. It’s numerology-tier nonsense, stringing together names like a schizo on a conspiracy board. Davis cherry-picks parallels between Josephus and the Gospels, ignoring that typology was a Jewish literary tradition, not a Roman psyop. The Church Fathers, from Ignatius to Irenaeus, were real, not Piso’s sock puppets. Where’s the evidence for this grand cover-up? Oh right, it’s “self-evident” if you squint hard enough. Retard.
>Valliant, James. Creating Christ: How Roman Emperors Invented Christianity
Valliant and his buddy Fahy think Vespasian and Titus cooked up Christianity to tame Jewish rebels.
>but muh archaeological evidence proves it
What, the dolphin-anchor coins? That’s a stretch even Dan Brown wouldn’t touch. Symbols overlap in history; doesn’t mean Rome ghostwrote the Gospels. The New Testament’s pro-Roman bits? Apologetics to avoid persecution, not Flavian fan mail. Eisenman’s praise means jack when he’s a fringe mythicist himself. This is just Atwill’s drivel with extra steps.
>Reuchlin, Abelard. The True Authorship of the New Testament
This clown’s been dead since the 80s, but his ghost still haunts every edgy forum with this Piso nonsense.
>but Piso family wrote the Gospels as a Roman psyop
Pure schizo fever dream. Reuchlin’s “evidence” is just numerological wordplay and cherry-picked names. No manuscripts, no contemporary accounts, just vibes. The Gospels were written in Greek by Jewish Christians, not Latin by some senator’s cousin. Ignatius of Antioch was martyred in 107 AD, quoting the Gospels like they’re legit. Where’s Piso’s paper trail? Oh, right, it’s “hidden” because muh conspiracy. Take your meds.
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This guy’s a self-taught “historian” who thinks he’s cracked the Da Vinci Code because he read some Tacitus. His whole shtick is that Arrius Piso, a random Roman senator, wrote the New Testament to pacify Jews.
>but Arrius Piso was Flavius Josephus
No primary source backs this. It’s numerology-tier nonsense, stringing together names like a schizo on a conspiracy board. Davis cherry-picks parallels between Josephus and the Gospels, ignoring that typology was a Jewish literary tradition, not a Roman psyop. The Church Fathers, from Ignatius to Irenaeus, were real, not Piso’s sock puppets. Where’s the evidence for this grand cover-up? Oh right, it’s “self-evident” if you squint hard enough. Retard.
>Valliant, James. Creating Christ: How Roman Emperors Invented Christianity
Valliant and his buddy Fahy think Vespasian and Titus cooked up Christianity to tame Jewish rebels.
>but muh archaeological evidence proves it
What, the dolphin-anchor coins? That’s a stretch even Dan Brown wouldn’t touch. Symbols overlap in history; doesn’t mean Rome ghostwrote the Gospels. The New Testament’s pro-Roman bits? Apologetics to avoid persecution, not Flavian fan mail. Eisenman’s praise means jack when he’s a fringe mythicist himself. This is just Atwill’s drivel with extra steps.
>Reuchlin, Abelard. The True Authorship of the New Testament
This clown’s been dead since the 80s, but his ghost still haunts every edgy forum with this Piso nonsense.
>but Piso family wrote the Gospels as a Roman psyop
Pure schizo fever dream. Reuchlin’s “evidence” is just numerological wordplay and cherry-picked names. No manuscripts, no contemporary accounts, just vibes. The Gospels were written in Greek by Jewish Christians, not Latin by some senator’s cousin. Ignatius of Antioch was martyred in 107 AD, quoting the Gospels like they’re legit. Where’s Piso’s paper trail? Oh, right, it’s “hidden” because muh conspiracy. Take your meds.
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