Bede

Sorry Alf. Been there, done that, bought the tee shirt and bored out of my mind by the whole Jesus Myth thing. So are many others who used to discuss it here.

B

Johann_Kaspar

Well, it seems that you are unable to support your point of view. I guess it should be expected from someone with an agenda.

Bede

I am quite happy to support this contention - it is only the Jesus myth I can't be bothered with. Here is the link to an article I wrote on the subject of the loss of pagan literature. I hope you find it helpful.

Yours

Bede

Vorkosigan

Developing topic has been split into new thread. Sorry, Bede, I seem to have caught one post too many there.

Vorkosigan

Chris Weimer

Bede, this is the first time I ever heard of anyone "burning down libraries" by the Christians. Now, I do suspect that much of literature had been distroyed, and when we find evidence of counter-Christian works in buried places (Nag Hammadi, Cairo Genizah, portions of the DSS) then one has to start wondering...

Bede

Given the DSS were buried long before Christians were in a position to do any damage, and the Cairo Genizah was a repostitory for worn out books that long post dates Christian rule in Egypt neither is evidence of Christian censorship. Nag Ham might be, but I'd like to see some evidence that these codices were not hidden for the same reasons as in the Genizah - that they had worn out but were buried for reasons of respect.

Just to be clear, my position is not that Christians did not destroy books, rather that they had the same policy towards what they perceived as dangerous or heretical as everyone else. There was no indiscriminate destruction and literature/science/philosophy etc were not targeted (as demonstrated by how much has survived.

Yours

Bede

Bede's Library - faith and reason

Chris Weimer

Ah, sorry, man, I've been up for about 25 hours now, so I'm not thinking straightly. You're right about both DSS and CG, :banghead:

but at least we agree that Christians destroyed "heresies"