juantoo3
....whys guy.... ʎʇıɹoɥʇnɐ uoıʇsǝnb
Now I'm just a grumpy old man, grumpiest of the grumps...other than Bananabrain. Nobody could outgrump Bananabrain.
I love you too.*Dauer and Bananabrain* I miss them too. And Q.. and iBrian. I'm sending them all psychic messages.. it worked on you!
Hugs.Oooh I just got sad! I was scrolling through old threads in Judaism and saw a post from Dor. I was avoiding them 😭
I would like that, thank youYour post spoke about the Hasmoneans distancing themselves from Christians. I asked what Hasmoneans because basically there were no Hasmoneans by the time of Jesus. As for the Zealots, they were neither hoping for nor working for the restoration of the Hasmoneans. Certainly the Zealots were inspired by the Maccabees and wished to emulate them, but the Hasmoneans very rapidly became as rotten as the forces their forebears had fought against.
As for Hanukkah, the story of the oil is Talmudic. It does not appear in the various books of the Maccabees nor anywhere else prior to the Talmudic midrash. The victory against the Syrians is true, the rededication of the Temple, which is what the name of the holiday means, is true, hence the holiday. There is a reason why there is a story in the Talmud about a miracle. Some othe time perhaps.
& @juantoo 3*Dauer and Bananabrain* I miss them too. And Q.. and iBrian. I'm sending them all psychic messages.. it worked on you!
I wish I had found this forum years ago. When Yahoo first started their Answers forums, I was one of the first people to start conversations in the religion & spirituality section. The first few years were great! Met a lot of interesting people and learned a lot about the world. We did a good job of getting rid of the trolls. But eventually the trolls swarmed, and the forum became full of immaturity and ignorance.& @juantoo 3
All these memories of people you knew in long years past... My head spins wondering how it took this long for me to discover this forum.
Judging by the oldest threads I've seen... You must be referring as far back as early 2000s. I would have reveled in it in those days, I was new to such things and really beginning more serious study of world religions ... I look at old threads here wondering if maybe I did know about it years ago and joined and somehow forgot, wondering if I will recognize something in old messages as my own, under an unfamiliar name... maybe...
Hopefully the whole forum will keep going and going and I will eventually also be an old timer... a newer old timer.
I think I signed on in 2004. I was writing a paper in school near the end of my degree...nontraditional student completed a 4 year degree in 3, graduated Summa *** Laude and a member of the National Honor Society. Wow, I don't often write that all out.& @juantoo 3
All these memories of people you knew in long years past... My head spins wondering how it took this long for me to discover this forum.
Judging by the oldest threads I've seen... You must be referring as far back as early 2000s. I would have reveled in it in those days, I was new to such things and really beginning more serious study of world religions ... I look at old threads here wondering if maybe I did know about it years ago and joined and somehow forgot, wondering if I will recognize something in old messages as my own, under an unfamiliar name... maybe...
Hopefully the whole forum will keep going and going and I will eventually also be an old timer... a newer old timer.
I'll just say I carried the moderator experience with me elsewhere, and put it to good use. None of my internet jobs since has been quite as challenging. Not so bad if you have tools, but without tools and without access to higher level authority who does have tools, makes it exceptionally difficult to do the job...and I ended up in a similar situation at another site where I modded. Mods got locked out of tools, and that included the site owner. Our host sold to another host, who proceeded to strip the tools from the mod staff and confiscated the content. I refused to sign my stuff over so they locked me out of my account completely.I wish I had found this forum years ago. When Yahoo first started their Answers forums, I was one of the first people to start conversations in the religion & spirituality section. The first few years were great! Met a lot of interesting people and learned a lot about the world. We did a good job of getting rid of the trolls. But eventually the trolls swarmed, and the forum became full of immaturity and ignorance.
Greetings @RabbiO!Your post spoke about the Hasmoneans distancing themselves from Christians. I asked what Hasmoneans because basically there were no Hasmoneans by the time of Jesus. As for the Zealots, they were neither hoping for nor working for the restoration of the Hasmoneans. Certainly the Zealots were inspired by the Maccabees and wished to emulate them, but the Hasmoneans very rapidly became as rotten as the forces their forebears had fought against.
As for Hanukkah, the story of the oil is Talmudic. It does not appear in the various books of the Maccabees nor anywhere else prior to the Talmudic midrash. The victory against the Syrians is true, the rededication of the Temple, which is what the name of the holiday means, is true, hence the holiday. There is a reason why there is a story in the Talmud about a miracle. Some othe time perhaps.
I've seen it a few times the old name for the site "CR" What did CR stand for?🤔I think I signed on in 2004. I was writing a paper in school near the end of my degree...nontraditional student completed a 4 year degree in 3, graduated Summa *** Laude and a member of the National Honor Society. Wow, I don't often write that all out.
I've gone looking for the old threads. I can't find them. When the site converted over from CR to IO (never got used to those initials), a lot of older threads disappeared. I know there's been at least one, maybe two changes of host, and that impacted things too. It happens.
I was looking for something in anthropology and the site had like a news clip of something they found somewhere, I don't even remember now. So when I was done with the article I looked at the site and it piqued my interest.
I also recall an early thread by some of the original founding members...Phyllis might remember the one guy wrote the book, after my encounter he disappeared, never got a good opportunity to have a conversation between us. I remember Bruaguach (probably spelled that wrong, I looked it up and it was a variant name for the Wild Man), and brucegdc...is that right, Phyllis? Anyway, it was basically a dare for a fundy Christian to stand in front of them to interrogate, and make fun of.
I hadn't been here two months, and I stood in front of the lot, and called them out. That included Brian.
I reminded them how hypocritical to claim to be inclusive, while gang tackling for sport.
I was treated differently after that day, and within a couple days I was the new mod.
It was a rough time for those few folks that held on.I'm glad I was not around during that transition. I don't know if I would have come back.