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Plotinus replied to the thread All Things Star Wars.Honestly, while John Williams' scores are superb, I really don't need to hear them - or imitations of them - ever again. This especially... -
Plotinus replied to the thread Superheroes!.Ha, I love Last Action Hero, mainly because it's a great example of a film with a wonderful screenplay that somehow doesn't quite work...
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Plotinus replied to the thread Superheroes!.No, that's not correct - they're still awarded, though not by the monarch really, of course. For example, since we're talking about...
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Plotinus replied to the thread Superheroes!.It means they didn’t really do anything for that specific production. So in the case of an original IP creator it’s basically a courtesy...
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Plotinus replied to the thread When Jesus born?.He’s never going to actually answer. He only ever makes posts like that one.
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Plotinus replied to the thread When Jesus born?.It’s the Gospel of James, so fair enough, it’s not *super*-late. However, there are two important things to bear in mind here. First...
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Plotinus replied to the thread When Jesus born?.I really don’t see what any of this has to do with the topic at hand. I didn’t use the word “fantasy”. You said that it is “common...
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Plotinus replied to the thread When Jesus born?.Not really! It isn’t stated anywhere in the New Testament. It’s a much later tradition, invented as part of the later doctrine of Mary’s...
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Plotinus replied to the thread When Jesus born?.According to whom, though? Are you asking what orthodox Christian’s believe? Or what the authors of the Gospels or other parts of the...
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Plotinus replied to the thread When Jesus born?.Well, if you’re asking what the orthodox Christian view is, no, he doesn’t. The Holy Spirit doesn’t act as Jesus’ father in the act of...
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Plotinus replied to the thread When Jesus born?.The imagery in Revelation 13 is explained in Revelation 17. It specifies that the seven heads represent seven hills, and the ten horns...
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Plotinus replied to the thread When Jesus born?.If Jesus was born in 6 BCE, how can you say that Dionysius Exiguus “made no mistake” in saying he was born in 1 CE? And does this...
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This is about a month old now, but Disney+ plugged all of the Netflix series into its official MCU timeline. Nothing shocking here...
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Plotinus replied to the thread The Doctor is coming, the Doctor is coming!!.Well, I watched the Fourteenth Doctor specials. That didn't take long! Their sheer quality of both the writing and the acting really...
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Plotinus replied to the thread [RD] Ancient Philosophy (from Thales to Socrates) discussion thread.Yes, the notion of dialectic as a dynamic process is Hegelian. I don’t think you’ll find it in ancient or even medieval thinkers.
