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https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/clement-stromata-book1.html

"Thus philosophy, a thing of the highest utility, flourished in antiquity among the barbarians, shedding its light over the nations. And afterwards it came to Greece. First in its ranks were the prophets of the Egyptians; and the Chaldeans among the Assyrians; and the Druids among the Gauls; and the Samanaeans among the Bactrians; and the philosophers of the Celts; and the Magi of the Persians, who foretold the Saviour's birth, and came into the land of Judaea guided by a star. The Indian gymnosophists are also in the number, and the other barbarian philosophers."

"Some, too, of the Indians obey the precepts of Buddha; whom, on account of his extraordinary sanctity, they have raised to divine honours."

-St. Clement of Alexandria

Honestly, I like the idea of such a cruel and arrogant man taking his own life in despair as everything around him collapses, rather than facing the consequences of defeat. (Kinda like what Adolf Hitler did when he lost) It feels more satisfying to me personally - a cowardly end for a LOSER who once who thought himself invincible

Honestly, I like the idea of such a cruel and arrogant man taking his own life in despair as everything around him collapses, rather than facing the consequences of defeat. (Kinda like what Adolf Hitler did when he lost) It feels more satisfying to me personally - a cowardly end for a LOSER who once who thought himself invincible.

I'm pretty sure even the Quran and Hadiths have parables. That being said some converts regardless of religion are...weird.

https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/clement-stromata-book1.html

"Thus philosophy, a thing of the highest utility, flourished in antiquity among the barbarians, shedding its light over the nations. And afterwards it came to Greece. First in its ranks were the prophets of the Egyptians; and the Chaldeans among the Assyrians; and the Druids among the Gauls; and the Samanaeans among the Bactrians; and the philosophers of the Celts; and the Magi of the Persians, who foretold the Saviour's birth, and came into the land of Judaea guided by a star. The Indian gymnosophists are also in the number, and the other barbarian philosophers."

"Some, too, of the Indians obey the precepts of Buddha; whom, on account of his extraordinary sanctity, they have raised to divine honours."

-St. Clement of Alexandria

Birds are not merely descendants of dinosaurs; they are dinosaurs themselves — the continuation of theropod dinosaurs that survived after the mass extinction, and this is scientifically supported.

• They are nested within the theropod dinosaur lineage
• Key features such as feathers, skeletal structure, and respiratory systems are directly inherited
• Fossils like Archaeopteryx demonstrate the evolutionary link
• During embryonic development, genes related to teeth are temporarily expressed

The Byzantine Empire was not merely a successor to Rome; it was the Roman Empire itself — the continuation of Eastern Roman Empire that survived after the fall of the Western Empire, and this is historically supported.

• Its people called themselves Romans
• The legal code of Justinian was a codification of Roman law
• Even after the fall of Rome, institutions such as the emperor, senate, and administrative system continued
• Constantinople was founded by a Roman emperor and called the “New Rome”

tl;dr think of the Byzantine Empire when you eat chicken

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molla_Kabiz

>Molla Kabiz was an Islamic cleric who was executed in Istanbul in 4 November 1527 for teaching the heresy that Jesus was spiritually superior to the prophet Muhammad.[1] Little is known of his early life, other than that he was originally from Iran and had been educated in Islamic scholarship.[2] Having been found guilty of heresy, the court urged him to renounce his doctrines and return to Sunni orthodoxy; he refused, resulting in his execution by beheading on 4 November 1527

He wasn't a Christian (or was he?) but makes me wonder how God would think of him. Was he a martyr?

I don't like modern Israel either but my dad seems to be borderline(?) antisemitic. Said something like he doesn't feel much bad about the Holocaust considering what Jews are doing now in Israel etc and Israel is worse than Nazis. He's Catholic but he told me that he even hates hearing about Israel in homilies which perplexes me. Not sure what to tell him about it.

Especially Christianity and Idlam

For example, the book "Sin of Empathy"

I do understand that these values are not always virtues and can be heavily misused, but some Christians nowadays talk about them almost as if they were vices when these things are still in the Bible and Christian tradition.