Religion and Ethics Forum
Religion and Ethics Discussion => Christian Topic => Topic started by: jeremyp on January 19, 2023, 10:22:37 AM
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Anybody versed in Betteridge's law will automatically assume the answer is no.
Here is a more evidence based article
https://historyforatheists.com/2020/03/the-great-myths-8-the-loss-of-ancient-learning/
The tl;dr is that the notion that Christians in antiquity expunged all the texts they didn't like is not based on evidence.
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Anybody versed in Betteridge's law will automatically assume the answer is no.
Here is a more evidence based article
https://historyforatheists.com/2020/03/the-great-myths-8-the-loss-of-ancient-learning/
The tl;dr is that the notion that Christians in antiquity expunged all the texts they didn't like is not based on evidence.
Can We Be Sure Of This? ;)
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Can We Be Sure Of This? ;)
Maybe they 'didn't strive officiously to keep alive'.
After all, we only know of Celsus' work from the quotes in Origen's 'Contra Celsum' - and I think a few other ancient pagan works are known only as a result of such selective quotation. Use once, and throw away.
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Maybe they 'didn't strive officiously to keep alive'.
After all, we only know of Celsus' work from the quotes in Origen's 'Contra Celsum' - and I think a few other ancient pagan works are known only as a result of such selective quotation. Use once, and throw away.
I pretty much agree with the article. I was making joky reference to Betteridge's Law
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines