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Politics & Current Affairs / Re: Reform runs away from Free Speech

« Last post by Aruntraveller on August 29, 2025, 10:52:28 AM »

More on this from The Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/28/the-guardian-view-on-reform-uk-v-the-nottingham-post-a-councils-boycott-of-its-local-paper-is-both-petty-and-alarming

It appears to me that it is straight out of Trump's playbook. Sideline and ridicule any real scrutiny to further your own disinformation and to cover your own lack of knowledge.

Sports, Hobbies & Interests / Re: A new word game....

« Last post by Aruntraveller on August 29, 2025, 10:38:11 AM »

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Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment / Re: What are you watching?

« Last post by Nearly Sane on August 29, 2025, 10:24:38 AM »

Quote from: Nearly Sane on August 22, 2025, 07:00:34 PM

The Thursday Murder Club film has all the cinematic flair of an ITV2 serial from 2006

Well that's surely what the book is aiming for but it does it with more detail

https://archive.vn/yrwO7

So watched it and it was actually not too bad imo. Yes, Brosnan's accent is weird, and yes there's a few changes, though some seemed to e quite good, abd it's far from as detailed but the prrformances are generally good, with Imrie and Mirren working well together. I think that their roles were better written than the male leads, .

Sports, Hobbies & Interests / Re: Wordle

« Last post by Aruntraveller on August 29, 2025, 10:07:14 AM »

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Politics & Current Affairs / MSP locked out of parliament after secret toilet camera claims

« Last post by Nearly Sane on August 29, 2025, 09:47:54 AM »

Probably interested in photographing tractors

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wy40rxrvxo

Christian Topic / Re: Lewis's Trilemma - split from Matthew topic

« Last post by Gordon on August 29, 2025, 07:57:37 AM »

Quote from: Walt Zingmatilder on August 29, 2025, 06:56:30 AM

While it may be correct that History (The study of) doesn't do God and miracles are acts of God, there is the problem raised by the claim that these constitute physical changes and events also a category considered to be the province of History.

Not really: you can say that there are historical records of people believing that Jesus was resurrected, but your notion that any 'physical changes' that are claimed (and are presumed to be due to supernatural actions) are also within the province of academic historians doesn't work because, and you know this already, there is the problem of what methods can be used to specifically identify 'physical changes' that arose from supernatural intervention.

When you say "miracles are acts of God" you are begging the question. If I were you I'd just stick to 'faith', since your attempts to portray faith beliefs as historical facts just doesn't fly.

Sports, Hobbies & Interests / Re: A new word game....

« Last post by Steve H on August 29, 2025, 06:58:47 AM »

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Christian Topic / Re: Lewis's Trilemma - split from Matthew topic

« Last post by Walt Zingmatilder on August 29, 2025, 06:56:30 AM »

Quote from: Dicky Underpants on August 28, 2025, 04:42:54 PM

(from Ehrman's website https://www.bartehrman.com/jesus-resurrection/ )

Not quite sure how you'd support your comment that the question "Was there a resurrection?" has been Ehrman's bread and butter. As far as I can see, his thought has developed fairly logically from his follow-up on Schweitzer's thesis "Jesus - apocalyptic prophet of the new millennium" (Jesus as a mistaken prophet), through sifting out the possibilities of textual corruption in "Misquoting Jesus" and on to "How Jesus became God" - in other words, how people interpreted what they thought about the figure of Jesus and magnified this image into an ever more grandiose Christology.

While it may be correct that History (The study of) doesn't do God and miracles are acts of God, there is the problem raised by the claim that these constitute physical changes and events also a category considered to be the province of History.

I think Bart tends toward the resurrection not happening and this and the fact he is an historian in this field constitute his "bread and butter".