Apollodorus

To some extent, I suppose, that may be the case. And, yes, maybe the US does need an external enemy to unify society. In that case, having an enemy ma...

Not necessarily. They may have had access to evidence, e.g., miracles, visions, etc. that we can no longer access except if we start from an attitude ...

Crikey! Did I really do that? I only commented to try to make polite conversation and because I know how much Banno appreciates my comments. But now t...

I fully understand that you don't care. If I were you, I wouldn't care either. However, Frank and I do care. Indeed, we are very caring are careful pe...

:grin: Yeah, that has been my experience, too. Their accent can be hard to understand sometimes which makes discussion rather difficult. The ones I sp...

True. That's why I thought they started the thread to promote the Chinese view for the sake of a bit of controversy. Unfortunately, it doesn't look li...

Dianoia is the discursive thought that intellectually "grasps" an abstract or metaphysical concept. Noesis is a more direct form of perception in whic...

I think the "voluntary" bit is the key to the problem. It is hard to imagine Tibet voluntarily submitting to Chinese occupation, suppression of its re...

Well, I don't usually trust mainstream papers either. I only posted the DM link because I thought it presents the issue in a clear and convincing way ...

Anyway, I have now deleted the bat soup comment even though there is no evidence that it was offensive. Would you like me to delete my other posts as ...

BTW my joke about bat soup couldn't have been offensive to ltlee1 because as explained in my posts I didn't believe that ltlee1 is Chinese. Plus, ltle...

So, am I also allowed to flag posts that I find offensive and "bullying", or is it one rule for some and another for others??? And you haven't answere...

I agree. I think The Bloodline of the Holy Grail by L Gardner makes interesting reading. But, in historical terms, no evidence has been found that can...

Well, if it's "not obvious", then maybe it's not there? Have you considered other people's posts calling Christians, Platonists, and other theists "li...

Correct. Aristotle, who understood Plato sufficiently well, speaks of contemplating divine realities. But Greek "contemplation", theoria, is not menta...

Yep. If somebody asks for evidence that the Timaeus teaches atheism, that is definitely "narcissism". And what would you call other people's refusal t...

I do agree that ideally, there should be an international balance of power. Unfortunately, China is applying the Maoist principle of defense, equilibr...

In that case, all you need to do is to start discussing things honestly and openly and show us how it's done. What you are actually doing is imposing ...

Sorry, but you invited me to join the discussion, did you not? Here is your statement: Did you post this or was it someone else? Maybe your alter ego ...

Shop? What are you selling?

Correct. And China's communist rulers know this. Hence the regime needs economic, political, and military expansion abroad to keep the developing inte...

Surely, Chinese "democracy" is directly linked to Chinese militarism and expansionism? 1. In order to keep the populace under control, the regime need...

Oh, they did. The Egyptians went through invasions and occupations like everyone else. Not to the same extent as the Hebrews. But they certainly had k...

Sure. But I think the real issue is China's foreign policy, i.e., militarism, expansionism, and neocolonialism. Unless the thread is pro-China, after ...

I wonder why that is. British colonialism was bad, German and Japanese expansionism was bad, American hegemony is bad, but Chinese colonialism, expans...

I'm sure the Egyptians had their own savior kings or Messiahs and their adversaries or Antichrists. But I doubt that Jesus is in any way comparable wi...

I'm not sure it's about "complaining". If German and Japanese expansionism was bad, why is Chinese expansionism good?

Yes. And if you don't mind me saying so, you seem to be a prime example of that. And this brings us back to where we started. You are accusing others ...

I thought it was lightning quick. But as you say, if a substantive post can be coaxed from them, why not?

OK I was just wondering how @ltlee1 came across the thread and whether he/she is actually Chinese or something else. But it isn't a major problem eith...

I didn't say it is stupidity. I said it is ignorance and lack of political experience which is to be expected after living in a dictatorship since 194...

I did think that might be the purpose of the thread. BTW the bat soup comment was meant as a joke. @ltlee1 didn't complain. Maybe he isn't Chinese?

Here is a sample of China's activities for you: Uncovering Chinese Espionage in the US – The Diplomat American universities are a soft target for Chin...

Well, such is life. Jews kept their religion and Christians founded their own. Isn't that what the Jews did before? I can see nothing wrong with that....

Well, as I said, you are at liberty to invent your own religion. Either that, or you could always convert to Judaism. Who is stopping you?

Regarding Tibet, China annexed it illegally. There was an uprising against China in 1959. https://freetibet.org/tibetan-uprising-1959 It is obvious to...

Anyway, my constructive suggestion is to first see how Plato's contemporaries read the dialogues, after which we can look into how that compares with ...

Well, I'm afraid that's the only NT we've got. You are at liberty to write your own if you so wish. Maybe in 1st-century Hebrew or Aramaic ....

More evidence of your ignoring the evidence and scholarly opinion. Have you got anything else to say on the subject or have you run out of ideas?

I've just told you: Jesus' disciples did not live according to Jewish tradition. Mark says so.

How is it "ignorance of the problem of interpretation"? Interpretation has never been such a problem until the 1900's. There is a very long and well-a...

IMHO that's rather irrelevant as you have no evidence for your claim. In the final analysis, all we have got is the NT text and the teachings of the C...

Well, why don't you look at your own attacks? You have used translations where relevant words or passages were missing. And you generally quote anti-P...

Well, maybe you should try reading other people's posts before commenting? I already quoted your quote and explained why "the Law" only referred to wh...

You know absolutely nothing about my beliefs which actually illustrates your methodology. You invited me to join your discussion and I am presenting m...

I think you are confused. Christians are not Jews and Christianity is not Judaism. Mark 7 says very clearly: "5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the l...

Unfortunately, that sounds very much like indulging in facile sophistry. The fact is that everything remains an open question until you have a final a...

Not necessarily. However, it may be possible to reach that conclusion from the facts of the situation, as you yourself have just done. And yes, China ...

They may not know any better. If they have been under a dictatorship since 1949, then they have no standard of reference by which to judge that there ...

The fact that Socrates used irony does not mean that everything he said was just irony. Plato definitely describes visible and invisible Gods, includi...