Recent content by credoconsolans

not for the Great Fire of Rome anyway. Candida Moss, author of my favorite recent book "The Myth of Persecution" writes "...Most of the historical evidence for Nero persecuting Christians comes to us from the writings of the Roman historian Tacitus, who wrote between 115-120 CE, at least fifty...

Nope. Adults lie too. So why are you instantly on the side of the student when both parties are equally capable of lying? Sorry, life experience. Too many stories of school district friends and teacher relatives being attacked by students to instantly assume any child is automatically the...

I think I did. When my co-worker had her step daughter taken by the state and put in a mental institution for being violent to her and her husband and her infant sister, I supported her in that. As for 'pre-schooler'...really? Hyperbole much? You're comparing a toddler to a 10 year old? So...

"Melt down"? Is that your euphemism for assault? They shouldn't be striking anyone. Neither the teacher/teacher's aid nor the student signed on to be physically assaulted at school. You must live in a very nice world, Toni. I worked with a woman who had her 12 year old step daughter...

Because of course, children never lie or exaggerate or imagine things or lash out, right? Especially kids who have mental issues? And of course, teachers file charges with the police all the time knowing they can't prove anything. Just for fun. Doesn't affect their reputations or standing...

Yes it does, Zipr. Educate yourself.

No, I'm comparing people who assault other people. Surely you don't think just because he's 10 years old he can't hurt someone? I once listened to a grown woman who was upset because she'd been mugged outside a strip mall by a bunch of grade school kids with pocket knives. but they're just...

OK - - - Updated - - - After what the Taliban did in Afghanistan and what the Ayatollah did in Iran, I can't believe there is anyone still thinking that modern life and technology can't go back to the 9th century almost overnight.

SCIENCE! I got all emotional too, watching them.

So, they moved the kid? Well, that makes his assault all better right? You ok with moving rapists and child molesters to different schools, too?

For a second there, this sounded interesting. Very sci-fi Outer Limits-y. Then I realized you are talking about that Christian series about the Rapture.

I find that hard to believe considering historians only recently discovered Pontius Pilate the man actually existed. By one inscription on a dedication. I don't recall historians finding his library full of his records of his acts while serving in Judea. Same thing with John the Baptist. I...

Yes. He did it once, why wouldn't he do it again?

I brought that up in a thread a year or so ago. If the "evidence" is basically hearsay, and there is no real proof, why don't historians/scholars say so? Instead, we get this hedging. "A man named Jesus PROBABLY existed..." Which gives bible thumpers all the ammo they need to take "a man...

It's my understanding that the scholarly consensus is that there was an actual Jesus. I don't believe that his execution is anything they agree actually happened. Plus that they agree there was an actual historical Jesus doesn't really mean anything. Yeshua was a common name. Carrier in his...