Gaius Octavius

If you go to 'Forum' and open up some of the threads, you will find a gold mine of opinions on the matter. BTW, welcome.

Then you had better get cracking! BTW, what does that statement mean? Does it have meaning? Don't forget to read Tom Paine.

Funny, leftist radicals ( Have you ever heard of the angle -side- side proof of congruity in geometry?) I know here in America deny that Christianity is the public religion of the US. Do you know that the USA made a treaty with the Barbary States declaring that Christianity is not the religion of the USA? That this treaty is the Law of the USA? I am sure that you have read the Constitution of the USA. Therefor, would you please enlighten all as to where God or Christianity is mentioned therein? (Actually, there is mention, but I'll leave that to you.)

What is another term the Pope used perjoratively? I'd sure love to hear a few.

Yay! Ramses.

Medieval monks (in the West) initiated the use of the term 'Byzantine'. The Pope has enough on his shoulders. Once upon a time there were TWO Emperors; one in the East and one in the West.

From Iran to China, and in North Africa, camels are still used today for ploughing.

From The Augusta's review of the Livia book. "She was a keen viniculturist and horticulturist; she was obsessive about health, longevity and alternative medicine. He even quotes recipes attributed to Livia: one, that she seems to have cribbed from her sister-in-law Octavia, for toothpaste; and one of her own: a proven remedy against inflammation of the throat and chest in winter."

WATCH THOSE DAMNED BLOOD SUGARS! That is no joke and it is for the rest of your life. Strokes, heart attacks, sight, and loss of limbs.

I think that all these Greeks, Druids, etc., are a bunch of wackos looking for a bit of attention. This lot should take up knitting or something more eclectic in their spare time. Personally, I am into the Vampire bit. [ N.N., I hope that you know that I am playing Devil's Advocate. (Pardon the Papist term.)] Now, Scientology, that is the real thingy. Didn't L. Ron Hubbard write his book as a joke? And then it took off? Don't womens worship @ Tom Cruise's altars this very day? Pass the plate and empty your purses!

Like all people in a position of control, they do not want to be regarded as fallible. For the Church to admit that their religion was fasioned and repackaged by the Roman state to achieve political ends, would mean the end of Christianity. For 1600 years christians have become 'used' to the current form of the religion, and it is now to late to adopt the original form of the religion - whatever form that took. That is why the church burnt heretics in the middle ages, and now buys up and supresses christian writings that opposes the accepted doctrine. You seem to imply that there was an ongoing conspiracy for (at least) some four hundred years! Quite a feat. If we don't know "whatever form that took", how do we know that the present Christianity is a fraud? To buy up all the "opposes" would be quite a success story. Missed Marx and Nietzsche. And a whole crock of others.

Kudos!

P.P., thanks for the article and site. Questions: After one hundred years, why would there be anything of value left in the palace to set it afire? And the corollary, why would the Sicarii bother at this point? Seems to me that robbers would have cleared the palace of all the valuables. Why would the Sicarii bother with burning the weapons? The Romans would have done that. Why would they have burnt the good food? I don't think that the Sicarii felt that the Romans needed it.

Gladius xx, one is left with the conclusion that a conspiracy exists within the Roman and Orthodox Churches? To what end? What are they trying to keep from the hungry, ignorant masses?

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/psell...onographia.html In the preface and introduction, the translator uses the term 'Byzantine' (a pejorative), however in the translation of the book he uses the term 'Roman(s)". In the 11th century AD, there were still many nations in the Empire.

Save for his new love, I don't think that anyone worships Ursus.

I'm with Doc. The rest of you bastards should just try to imagine for a moment if you had Matt Millen as your team's general manager. The pain shooting through your cranium will ease if you allow yourself to see the humor in the futility and ineptitude (or just drink alot). :blowup: :horse: :shutup:

Frankly, My Dear :wub: , I think that you share DNA with the beings in the last joke I sent to you. Now that the Pats are out, what's the point?

I know nothing about this, but I do have questions. Is it not possible that some ancient and/or obscure law was used? A twisting of words in the law? A precedent in some other office?

Don't they contradict each other?

He still made his victories in the way of a lot of Roman blood. :mummy: Can't hear what you said.

Found it, GPM http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...si&img=1533

Don't you so much as dare!

I also don't think that D.C. took offense at anything. He is just asking questions.