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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 2, 2018 15:55:36 GMT
I wanted to post this on the History board, but I can't seem to find it anymore. Was this board eliminated? Well, anyway, there are elements of Christianity in the Arthurian legends, so I guess it won't be out-of-line to post it on the hallowed pages of the RFS board. Enjoy.
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Post by koskiewicz on Oct 2, 2018 16:04:52 GMT
There is a history board. I use it regularly.
As far as King Arthur goes, one account has him migrating westward from ancient Sarmatia which was originally in eastern Europe. Sarmatia appears on early European maps in about the year 365AD.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 2, 2018 16:12:26 GMT
There is a history board. I use it regularly. As far as King Arthur goes, one account has him migrating westward from ancient Sarmatia which was originally in eastern Europe. Sarmatia appears on early European maps in about the year 365AD. Thanks, koskeiwicz. I never heard that account before. As I recall the Sarmatians gave the Romans a good deal of resistance when they were expanding into Eastern Europe.
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 2, 2018 16:12:34 GMT
History board here, under “Other General Topics.” Right near the bottom, just above the newly-revived Legacy boards. As for Arthur, I tend to think of him as fictional, but possibly a conflation of several different real-life figures.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 2, 2018 16:15:43 GMT
History board here, under “Other General Topics.” Right near the bottom, just above the newly-revived Legacy boards. As for Arthur, I tend to think of him as fictional, but possibly a conflation of several different real-life figures. Thanks. There's a comment with the video which says there were two King Arthurs. One fought against the Romans and the other was six hundred years later fighting against the Saxons after the Romans pulled out. My understanding is that this second King Arthur was the one whom the legend is based on, but it was embellished heavily in later centuries.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 2, 2018 16:19:41 GMT
This sounds like something an atheist would post as a snide innuendo about the historicity of Jesus. Do you mean my thread or his video? Or both?
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Oct 2, 2018 16:24:18 GMT
You need to watch this documentary:
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 2, 2018 16:31:34 GMT
You need to watch this documentary: Thanks, Ackbar. I'll check it out ASAP.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 2, 2018 16:36:21 GMT
Do you mean my thread or his video? Or both? The question in your OP. I've seen atheists argue that Christ never existed and was a fictional character created centuries after the fact. The question in my OP was copied word for word from the title of the video. I don't know if Brien Forrester is an atheist or not. He did a live stream recently and people were asking him if he believed in aliens. He wouldn't answer. People asked him if he believed in Christ. He wouldn't answer. He answered other questions, but not those. It's not incriminating in itself, of course, but I thought it was odd. All I can tell you is that I have never been an atheist. For thirty years I was a secular humanist, which is kind of like an atheist, but not really.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Oct 2, 2018 16:42:41 GMT
I would probably categorize him in the same way I would categorize Robin Hood and Merlin (possibly based on real people though probably exagerrated a bit).
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Post by lowtacks86 on Oct 2, 2018 16:45:27 GMT
Do you mean my thread or his video? Or both? The question in your OP. I've seen atheists argue that Christ never existed and was a fictional character created centuries after the fact. I believe he may have been at least been loosely based on actual person, though as a nonbeliever obviously I don't believe he was divine.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Oct 2, 2018 16:46:50 GMT
I think the real question is, did he ever associate with He-Man or Conan the Barbarian?
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 2, 2018 16:49:20 GMT
You need to watch this documentary: Thanks, Ackbar. I'll check it out ASAP. Just so you know, in case you don’t (it’s always difficult to tell sarcasm on the ‘net), Ackbar’s joking with you: that King Arthur is a silly (fictional) movie, bereft of any magical element, with Arthur as a Roman cavalry officer. It’s pretty awful.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 2, 2018 16:51:37 GMT
I think the real question is, did he ever associate with He-Man or Conan the Barbarian? Have graves marked with their names been found yet?
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Oct 2, 2018 16:51:58 GMT
Thanks, Ackbar. I'll check it out ASAP. Just so you know, in case you don’t (it’s always difficult to tell sarcasm on the ‘net), Ackbar’s joking with you: that King Arthur is a silly (fictional) movie, bereft of any magical element, with Arthur as a Roman cavalry officer. It’s pretty awful. I was assuming ( hoping ) he knew that!
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 2, 2018 16:52:47 GMT
Just so you know, in case you don’t (it’s always difficult to tell sarcasm on the ‘net), Ackbar’s joking with you: that King Arthur is a silly (fictional) movie, bereft of any magical element, with Arthur as a Roman cavalry officer. It’s pretty awful. I was assuming ( hoping ) he knew that! I was hoping he did, too, but I was just making sure! Poe’s law and all that.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 2, 2018 17:01:27 GMT
Just so you know, in case you don’t (it’s always difficult to tell sarcasm on the ‘net), Ackbar’s joking with you: that King Arthur is a silly (fictional) movie, bereft of any magical element, with Arthur as a Roman cavalry officer. It’s pretty awful. I was assuming ( hoping ) he knew that! Yes, I knew that. Producer of "Pirates of the Caribbean." Director of "Training Day." But I was raised to be polite, even when the other person is not. The others are being polite. Are you going to be a dick? We already have thefleetsin for that, in case you didn't know. I'll not be surprised if he attaches another one of his stinky "poems" to this thread before sundown.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 2, 2018 17:02:20 GMT
Just so you know, in case you don’t (it’s always difficult to tell sarcasm on the ‘net), Ackbar’s joking with you: that King Arthur is a silly (fictional) movie, bereft of any magical element, with Arthur as a Roman cavalry officer. It’s pretty awful. I was assuming ( hoping ) he knew that! Yes, I knew that. I was just hoping he'd drift off.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Oct 2, 2018 17:03:35 GMT
I was assuming ( hoping ) he knew that! Yes, I knew that. Producer of "Pirates of the Caribbean." Director of "Training Day." But I was raised to be polite, even when the other person is not. The others are being polite. Are you going to be a dick? We already have thefleetsin for that, in case you didn't know. I'll not be surprised if he attaches another one of his stinky "poems" to this thread before sundown. I don't think I was "being a dick" to anyone?
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 2, 2018 17:06:00 GMT
I was assuming ( hoping ) he knew that! Yes, I knew that. Producer of "Pirates of the Caribbean." Director of "Training Day." But I was raised to be polite, even when the other person is not. The others are being polite. Are you going to be a dick? We already have thefleetsin for that, in case you didn't know. I'll not be surprised if he attaches another one of his stinky "poems" to this thread before sundown. No, President Ackbar™’s a good guy. He was just being silly—as is the Ackbarian wont! Oh no, not thefleetsin… Anyone ever read my parody of a fleetsin poem? One of my more impressive accomplishments, if I do say so myself! Ahem:
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