Book burning, history destroying tyrants who cannot defend their positions by good arguments? What kind of "civilization" is this?
"10) "Church fathers from Eusebius to Augustine were intimidated by Porphyry's challenges and arguments - so much so that his worthiest opponent (Macarius Magnes) is not an especially articulate one, wholly unable to play the role of Origen to his Celsus. [Origen wrote Contra Celsum, the best classical refutation of Celsus' True Doctrine.] Constantine in the fourth century and Theodosius in the fifth decided that the only way to overcome Porphyry's objections was to put his books to the torch. Thus, the extent of his writings against Christianity is unknown." page 155 "
I am leery of any religion that burns books.
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Last edited by George De Vaus; November 5th, 2010 at 01:19 AM.
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