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Trinitarian God vs. Zeus
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What he said.
Mars Hill passage in Acts.
Artemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities In the classical period of Greek mythology. She was often described as the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo.
Artemis later became identified with Se...
Thanks for the responses, anyone else want to add... I just wanted this to stay out of the abyss for a little longer.
check earlier discussions "Jesus the Christ:Divine or not?" and "Explaining Trinitarianism:To do or not to do?"
mike gabriel also gave some links in his answer. I gave my thoughts in more detail there, too.
everything I'm saying here is second and third-hand info; so you'll have to verifiy if you use it, but:
1) zeus , theo, and deo are all from the same root.
2) in the jewish confession of faith (call to faith) "here O Israel. The Lord your God is o...
Plato dismantled the idea that Zeus is the equivalent of the "supreme good" which he called the "true God" 300 + years before the time of Christ. The arguments still hold. For a good outline of this, she can read "The Doctrine of God: Contours of ...
Jackson, Hesiod's Theogony is a primary source on the genealogy of the gods and goddesses.
Leithart's Heroes of the City of Man has some helpful analysis of the contrast of between a pagan and Xian account of creation in relation to the concepts ...
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- Who is the greatest theologian in the last 2000 years? (Besides Biblical People!)
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Comment Wall (6 comments)
- At 5:56pm on December 15, 2008,
ModBot2000 said… - Bishop has not been removed from Theologica. His profile remains intact under the name of Faustus
- At 11:37am on September 24, 2008,
Michael Patton said… - Jackson. Great to hear from you. Thanks for letting me know. Keep things sane there in the great white north.
- At 10:23am on August 12, 2008,
H said… - Hey, no problem! The typed word doesn't always convey everything we wish it would.
I may have to work on my communication skills too. Anyway, brother, don't give it a second thought. It's all good.
- At 2:59pm on July 8, 2008,
Rey Reynoso said… - Calvin was a Spirit led genius. He underscored the sovereignty of God, spent years expositing the text, every major commentary today refers to his commentaries, he had a way of presenting the very complex in a simple manner, and streamlined many doctrinal issues.
He also authored a system with much care on how he presented man's responsibility and God's sovereignty which when taken by his followers (specifically Beza) was carried farther than what I think Calvin himself would have gone.
Be that as it may, the man is one of the greatest theologians not because of his soteriology (or the way it was further flawed by his followers) but on account of all that other stuff I mentioned.
I may not agree with him, but I respect him immensely.
- At 1:04pm on July 6, 2008,
Miguel Mesa said… - What up Alberta! Peace to you my friend.
- At 2:28pm on June 23, 2008,
Char said… - Hey Jackson, I'm from Saskatchewan. Nice to see another prairie province person (how's that for alliteration) here!
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