Rick Strassman
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all this stuff that's going on you have you have all this philosophy all the science all the medical literature i think galen wrote like 10 of the classical literature um that exists today in greek um you have comedy you have legal documents that are written in antiquity but then you have this narrow lane of the bible where you have all these other stories but
all this stuff that's going on you have you have all this philosophy all the science all the medical literature i think galen wrote like 10 of the classical literature um that exists today in greek um you have comedy you have legal documents that are written in antiquity but then you have this narrow lane of the bible where you have all these other stories but
all this stuff that's going on you have you have all this philosophy all the science all the medical literature i think galen wrote like 10 of the classical literature um that exists today in greek um you have comedy you have legal documents that are written in antiquity but then you have this narrow lane of the bible where you have all these other stories but
none of those people are corroborated anywhere out of the Bible, right? Like there's no, like none of these people in the Bible, Ezekiel, Mahan, like none of them. Is there any historical texts about them? Is there any medical texts about them? Did any of these guys have physicians? Because that's usually how you corroborate things when you're studying classical history, right?
none of those people are corroborated anywhere out of the Bible, right? Like there's no, like none of these people in the Bible, Ezekiel, Mahan, like none of them. Is there any historical texts about them? Is there any medical texts about them? Did any of these guys have physicians? Because that's usually how you corroborate things when you're studying classical history, right?
none of those people are corroborated anywhere out of the Bible, right? Like there's no, like none of these people in the Bible, Ezekiel, Mahan, like none of them. Is there any historical texts about them? Is there any medical texts about them? Did any of these guys have physicians? Because that's usually how you corroborate things when you're studying classical history, right?
You look at like when even quoting people like Julius Caesar, when he quotes a historian, that's how you validate that historian and the things that he writes about.
You look at like when even quoting people like Julius Caesar, when he quotes a historian, that's how you validate that historian and the things that he writes about.
You look at like when even quoting people like Julius Caesar, when he quotes a historian, that's how you validate that historian and the things that he writes about.
Right. Well, I mean, I don't think, I think they're all fairy tales, but like that's, that's just one of the most obvious things to me. It's like the way I love to look at it, which is a way a friend of mine who's a classical philologist explained this to me. It's like, imagine in 2000 years from now, There's people that are saying Gandalf is real. And how do they know Gandalf is real?
Right. Well, I mean, I don't think, I think they're all fairy tales, but like that's, that's just one of the most obvious things to me. It's like the way I love to look at it, which is a way a friend of mine who's a classical philologist explained this to me. It's like, imagine in 2000 years from now, There's people that are saying Gandalf is real. And how do they know Gandalf is real?
Right. Well, I mean, I don't think, I think they're all fairy tales, but like that's, that's just one of the most obvious things to me. It's like the way I love to look at it, which is a way a friend of mine who's a classical philologist explained this to me. It's like, imagine in 2000 years from now, There's people that are saying Gandalf is real. And how do they know Gandalf is real?
It's because there's this divine trilogy that was written about Gandalf and how he lives in the middle of the earth. And it's called the Lord of the Rings. But there's no one, no one else is writing about Gandalf except for in this trilogy. It's like, it's the same, the same thing almost.
It's because there's this divine trilogy that was written about Gandalf and how he lives in the middle of the earth. And it's called the Lord of the Rings. But there's no one, no one else is writing about Gandalf except for in this trilogy. It's like, it's the same, the same thing almost.
It's because there's this divine trilogy that was written about Gandalf and how he lives in the middle of the earth. And it's called the Lord of the Rings. But there's no one, no one else is writing about Gandalf except for in this trilogy. It's like, it's the same, the same thing almost.
Yeah, I agree.
Yeah, I agree.
Yeah, I agree.
Yeah.
Yeah.