Reading the early Christian church leaders was enlightening, as a member of an evangelical church. My church didn't really have any answers when I asked why our practices/beliefs diverged so intensely, which was somewhat disappointing. The writings of the early Christian leaders are filled with Greek philosophy, genuine debates about theology, and a ton of wisdom for both believers and unbelievers.
permenant 10 minutes ago [-]
Anyone, Christian or atheist, who has any interest in the Science Vs Religion debate as it has existed since Darwin should look at "Against Celsus" by Origen. It provides a fascinating example of a well educated Roman philosopher and a well educated Christian Platonist philosopher arguing with each other.
bobanrocky 10 minutes ago [-]
Personally, i like occasional non-tech links like this ..
altruios 17 minutes ago [-]
How is this technology related?
mellosouls 6 minutes ago [-]
It doesn't have to be. From the guidelines (link at the bottom):
On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity
trash88 7 minutes ago [-]
Docetism is an early version of the Holographic Universe theory.
sklargh 15 minutes ago [-]
Religion is basically assembly for civilization?
johnjames87 18 minutes ago [-]
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mortoc 44 minutes ago [-]
Why is this being presented to the HN community?
tptacek 9 minutes ago [-]
Because it's interesting as hell. I'm Catholic, and clicking around in here there's practically nothing religious in it to me at all. No part of my own faith engages with Celsus Description of the Ophite Diagrams. But it sounds like something out of a Clive Barker book --- and, behold, it is like something out of a Clive Barker book:
He is the Demiurge of this world, the God of Moses described in his creation
narrative. Of the Seven archontic demons, the first is lion-shaped; the second
is a bull; the third is amphibious and hisses horribly; the fourth is in the
form of an eagle ; the fifth has the appearance of a bear, the sixth, that of
a dog ; and the seventh, that of an ass named Thaphabaoth or Onoel.
This is like a weird parallel of Greek mythology. But it's got a little extra charge because it ostensibly plugs into a modern religion. Super fascinating.
trash88 12 minutes ago [-]
This is not an online bible, it's an archive of the surviving material from a movement that has had unimaginable reach and impact on the world we live. You can see first hand how diverse their thelogy was prior to canon and orthodox enclosure.
gespadas 37 minutes ago [-]
Why not? It's a wonderful summary of writings. I'm so glad I found this resource on HN.
nephihaha 34 minutes ago [-]
As I said there, I've used this particular website many times. It's a great historical resource in some ways.
nephihaha 36 minutes ago [-]
Why not? I have been on this particular website quite a few times, but there have been other pages linked on here which I haven't been to so much. It's good to have a variety of interests. I am getting a broader range of websites and articles off here than mainstream media.
misiti3780 18 minutes ago [-]
I, also frequent this sight to avoid religious dogma.
BigTTYGothGF 14 minutes ago [-]
Considering how often, say, lesswrong.com gets posted that may have been unwise.
DiggyJohnson 8 minutes ago [-]
That’s not a reason to visit this site.
One of the current top 100 posts relates to western religion. It’s easy to avoid if uninterested. I enjoy that every now and then we have an ancient history, archeology, theology, literature, futurism or etc. post make the front page.
qarl 33 minutes ago [-]
Why not? They're nice stories. People like stories, even if they're entirely made up.
I guess maybe it does feel a bit like gross proselytizing. Hm.
DennisP 14 minutes ago [-]
The link includes all sorts of stuff that modern Christians generally consider heretical, so I don't think it's proselytizing.
Most people underestimate the diversity of beliefs in early Christianity. A lot of that was violently suppressed by Constantine, to the point that some of it was only dug up in the last century.
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On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity
One of the current top 100 posts relates to western religion. It’s easy to avoid if uninterested. I enjoy that every now and then we have an ancient history, archeology, theology, literature, futurism or etc. post make the front page.
I guess maybe it does feel a bit like gross proselytizing. Hm.
Most people underestimate the diversity of beliefs in early Christianity. A lot of that was violently suppressed by Constantine, to the point that some of it was only dug up in the last century.