StickNinjjas

@Chris_Fauteux @carbo_al @SocialNomadRach That's quite fascinating. I never knew that. Thanks

It's not a bad question and the answer is that Irenaeus gives us the earliest detailed list around 180 AD while secular historians will attest to the existence of the list of popes in the early 300s and on as christianity was illegal before then. Secular historians didn’t bother keeping a list of bishops because Christianity was basically an underground movement, and Roman writers saw it as a weird superstition and not something worth tracking. The Church itself was the only one keeping records, which is why we rely so much on those early Church Fathers for the names.

Here's what actual apostolic succession without a 1,800 year gap looks like

Okay, so, I'm not going to say the Tower of Babel was a real thing that existed, but this is ignoring the point of the mythological story. Nimrod believed in God, but considered himself to be his equal. He built the Tower of Babel so he could challenge God. By compelling people to participate in its construction, Nimrod was essentially making people turn away from God to trust in their own strength, and defy his command to spread around the world and multiply. God responded by confounding their languages and forcing them to scatter, and destroyed the tower to humble them. It wasn't that they were trying to reach the heavens. It's why they did it. A bunch of bronze age savages thought they could do the impossible. Thousands of years later, after the advent of Newtonian physics, and a World War which showed mankind why they needed to quit acting like apes fighting over a banana tree, Man was ready to reach the heavens. Not to prove he was better than God, but to better understand His creation. I'm not even a Bible-thumping Christian and I know this. Even if you don't take the story literally as an actual historical event, there's a lesson and warning against the folly of unchecked ambition and people concerting toward impossible goals doomed to disaster. Reaching the heavens is possible, but not before you're ready. Cautionary tales against trying to do things before you're ready are common in mythology. The story of Bellerophon trying to fly on Pegasus to Mount Olympus is one such story.

Z世代の小学生の頃って、まだスマホが今ほど当たり前じゃなくてさ、 放課後は「○○公園な」って口約束だけで集まって、 ベンチや地面に座ってDS開くあの感じ 連絡手段は雑なのにちゃんと来るし、すれ違い通信だけで盛り上がれるの、今思うとかなり贅沢だったよな 便利さは今の方が上だけど、豊かさって別軸にあった気がする

@Thomas_Tentacle Well, the Etruscan kings, the last three atleast, seem to have some basis in reality. We have found an inscription with 'Rex' on it, and their building projects are real, so it might just be a case of real people that were later mythologised.

Livy’s book 1 Aeneas flees Troy and founds Lavinium. Shortly Romulus kills Remus and founds Rome in 753 BC. Six kings follow and shape Rome through religion, war and works. The rape of Lucretia sparks Brutus’s revolt expelling the kings which births the republic. Mainly myth

@Darkdragon9611 I would like to think they encountered the last of the species then.

You know, maybe I’m being a cryptozoology nutcase, but I actually wonder if this magnificent creature is still alive somehow or at least a descendant of it. After all legends of the Kraken were reported in the 1600’s to 1800’s, but while Giant/colossal Squids were possibly what those sailers were seeing…maybe it was actually Nanaimoteuthis that somehow survived all this time?

@uncle_deluge Saw her today.

Wikisource has a little wolfgirl mascot pop up if you try to download the pages too quickly

@the93percent @CDawgVA Thanks for all your clips during rhe cyclethon!

So proud of @CDawgVA for upping the stakes year after year. Here’s my last edit of the Cyclethon to wrap things up! ❤️

@SocialNomadRach I mean Joshua was commanded by God, and the other is not. They dont have the right in modern day to destroy such historical landmarks.

The first thing Joshua did when he invaded Canaan was burn down the cities. We have their remains right now. Those places were never rebuilt. The targets are very intentional, I'm just not certain they have God's mandate like Joshua did.

@cirnosad What happened to him? He seemed so sane in his first term. Dementia?

@SocialNomadRach I cant fathom how someone could do that to their own sister

Holy crap...

@HarmlessYardDog Gm beags!

Good Morning, Roughnecks! I hope you like overtime!

@SocialNomadRach I'll give it a read.

@StickNinjjas If you're a member you can read this in full @ancient.rome/was-jesus-a-roman-citizen-b82d9621645c" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ancient.rome/…

I notice that the anti Catholic behaviour really ramps up during important feast days. Fine. Tell me then why St. John had to take Mother Mary to his home if Jesus had full blooded siblings.

@SocialNomadRach Oh, I didnt know that. That is interesting, thank you.

@StickNinjjas No. He was a subject of the Roman empire. Not all subjects were citizens. Judeans were allowed citizenship in 212AD. St. Paul's citizenship was rare for its time but it allowed him to preach in Rime as a result.

@SocialNomadRach Its like when Historians say that the isrealites worshipped other gods, and I just think about all the trouble the prophets went through to try and stop it

They can't even explain it away, every prophet was criticising them for child sacrifice to pagan gods before they got their shit rocked by the Assyrians or Babylonions, who held them in contempt for it.

Probably evidence of moloch child sacrifice.

@SocialNomadRach Wouldn't he have to be a citizen to register on the census? Or is not true?

St. Joseph wasn't even a Roman citizen. Neither was Jesus. Citizens were not allowed to be crucified or tortured the same way as foreigners. It's why the Romans practically shat themselves when they realised they whipped St. Paul.

@ReviewsPossum He's a great YouTuber too

Real Life Fake Wizard made a video recently talking about how bad writers default to "morally gray" protagonists because it removes the need for consistent values and a story that challenges those values, so there's no need for a meaningful arc. It's a lot easier to write a character who just does whatever the writer feels like because a character who can do anything is indistinguishable from a character who has no traits.

@SocialNomadRach Its insane how docile they became

The ancestors of the Norwegians, or of people around those parts, used to peel the lungs out of the backs of their enemies, through the ribs to make them look like wings. Called them blood eagles. Now their descendants are crying on 4chan about being called pigs.

@Gizzmo4141 I'd be a regular.

What do i want to do after the collapse? I think I'd like to run an Inn of sorts. Grow some crops for the food, have a few animals, Brew booze and cook delicious food for folk passing through. I enjoy fighting and building, But there's something pure about serving good meal.

@Gizzmo4141 @cirnosad Nice thread. I like the Fairy Tail gif too

With the Global Fuel crisis continuing to worsen, with only the temporary reprieve of the strategic oil reserves in sight, I figured I'd put together a small thread to help try and soften the Blow I'm a Prepper, have been for years now. Hopefully what I write down can help 1/