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Having finished reading The Refutation of All Heresies, I understand now why my professors required us to read only the last three chapters of book 10 in our undergraduate study of / introduction to Hippolytus. I’m going to ride with Hippolytus for a while longer. Reading now his Treatise On...

* Shout out to my Alma Mater which made this reading of scrolls possible *

You’ve read the Bible. You know God has a personal name.

“To know a man’s library is, in some measure, to know a man’s mind.” - Geraldine Brooks

Maybe Hippolytus will talk about it in one of his writings. We’ll see.

Book 6. The story of Apsethus the Libyan (which I had never heard before) is alone, by itself, worth the 99 cents. A must read. (A parrot story! If this actually happened … hilarious!) Who knew that heresy (serious business) could be such wicked good fun?

So glad to hear that you’re reading along. Books 2 & 3 are lost. I’ve finished book 4 and have just a few pages left in book 5. What did you think about Book 1? Heads up: Tough reading ahead in Books 4 and 5. There’s a great story in Book 4 though about catching owls. That story alone made it...

“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” - Ray Bradbury

Why are you interested in listening to Jesus? What is it that you hope to receive from him?

Believing is, and always will be, critically important to Christians. However, If they are putting believing over all things then they are no better off than the demons. Christians don’t have the ability, nor do they have a mandate from heaven, to make other people believe anything. Consider...

“I like the Bible, but I don’t like what Christian’s believe about the Bible.” - August 9, 2021 Well, then what do Christians believe about the Bible that you don’t like?

It sounds like you’re heavily emotionally invested in this forum. I’m glad you’re here. The place wouldn’t be the same without you. What do you like about the Bible?

* Shout out to Commodianus. I read his book. He would not approve. *

Thanks for letting me know. What is the point that I’m missing?

I’m happy to hear that. Sometimes there’s a need, sometimes there isn’t. I work for the man.

Does she read what you post on this forum?

The world has overcome you. Jesus overcame the world. I think you know it, have read about it, but you don’t believe it.