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Nero Became Demon Possessed After Paul's Testimony?

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  • #31
    Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
    Nero, yes. Caligula, yes. "Most" is overstating things quite a bit.
    But they're the ones we remember. Kinda like the problem child in school, right Rogue?
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
      I read an article some time back which made a pretty good case that Caligula wasn't nearly as crazy as he was portrayed. Debauched and depraved, without a doubt? But insane... maybe not so much.

      For instance one of the primary examples put forth to illustrate his insanity is that Caligula made his favorite horse, Incitatus, a Roman Senator and even proposed making him a consul.

      The story is regarded by some to be fictitious political propaganda of the time but even if true it very well could have been Caligula mocking and ridiculing his political adversaries (principally the Senate).
      Because he always placed the "Senator Incitatus" name badge on the south end of the northbound horse?



      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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      • #33
        Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
        But they're the ones we remember. Kinda like the problem child in school, right Rogue?
        I always have been unforgettable

        I'm always still in trouble again

        "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
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        • #34
          Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
          I always have been unforgettable
          And responsible! Pretty much anything bad that happened --- Rogue was responsible!
          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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          • #35
            Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
            And responsible! Pretty much anything bad that happened --- Rogue was responsible!
            I never get caught for the things I did and often get blamed for stuff I didn't do.

            Back in High Skewl one of the Vice Principals, while unsuccessfully trying to give me detention, acknowledged that I didn't do what I had been accused of and exasperatedly added that I get away with so many things I did do. I replied, "fine then catch me doing the things you think I get away with."

            They never did

            I'm always still in trouble again

            "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
            "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
            "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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            • #36
              Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
              I never get caught for the things I did and often get blamed for stuff I didn't do.

              Back in High Skewl one of the Vice Principals, while unsuccessfully trying to give me detention, acknowledged that I didn't do what I had been accused of and exasperatedly added that I get away with so many things I did do. I replied, "fine then catch me doing the things you think I get away with."

              They never did
              I think I mentioned that after passing the civil service exam for police officer, and having been grilled by the Chief and Safety Director, I was told "OK, so you have officially passed muster and will be commissioned, but we have one remaining question that will not affect the outcome". I gulped hard .... the Safety Director looked at a page in his folder, then looked at me over his reading glasses, and asked, "Is it true that you welded a police car to a fire high hydrant your senior year in High School?"
              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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              • #37
                Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                I think I mentioned that after passing the civil service exam for police officer, and having been grilled by the Chief and Safety Director, I was told "OK, so you have officially passed muster and will be commissioned, but we have one remaining question that will not affect the outcome". I gulped hard .... the Safety Director looked at a page in his folder, then looked at me over his reading glasses, and asked, "Is it true that you welded a police car to a fire high hydrant your senior year in High School?"
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                • #38
                  Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
                  Supernatural intervention would explain why Nero took such an interest in a small religious group that should not have seemed to be that much of a threat to the order of the empire.
                  I don't think one needs demon possession to explain man's penchant for evil and cruelty, unless you want to argue that every brutal tyrant throughout history was possessed by a demon.
                  Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                  But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                  Than a fool in the eyes of God


                  From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                    I don't think one needs demon possession to explain man's penchant for evil and cruelty, unless you want to argue that every brutal tyrant throughout history was possessed by a demon.
                    No, but it would explain a sudden change in character.
                    Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
                    1 Corinthians 16:13

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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by Raphael View Post
                      No, but it would explain a sudden change in character.
                      Er, so would lead poisoning...

                      I'm not sure that the change is so 'sudden' - but there is some merit to the point.
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                      • #41
                        Lead poisoning? Oh yeah! The Romans would drink wine out of lead bowls. Didn't turn out so good. Anyways, what would go through Nero's mind at the final Judgement? Oh *insert Latin curse word* ?
                        If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!

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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by Raphael View Post
                          No, but it would explain a sudden change in character.
                          There are any number of things that can explain that as well. To me, demon possession is such an "out there" hypothesis that it's not even worth considering.
                          Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                          But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                          Than a fool in the eyes of God


                          From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                          • #43
                            Originally posted by Christianbookworm View Post
                            Lead poisoning? Oh yeah! The Romans would drink wine out of lead bowls. Didn't turn out so good. Anyways, what would go through Nero's mind at the final Judgement? Oh *insert Latin curse word* ?
                            Rome used lead pipes for plumbing and actually sweetened wine with white lead, as well.
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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by Teallaura View Post
                              Rome used lead pipes for plumbing and actually sweetened wine with white lead, as well.
                              Humans are stupid. Why does God care about us? We act so dumb! And I bet some fundy atheist will complain that God did not baby proof the Universe for us. Human proof? Is that even possible?
                              If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!

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                              • #45
                                Originally posted by Christianbookworm View Post
                                Lead poisoning? Oh yeah! The Romans would drink wine out of lead bowls. Didn't turn out so good. Anyways, what would go through Nero's mind at the final Judgement? Oh *insert Latin curse word* ?
                                More of a problem is that they would have private taps into the water coming into the city through the aqueducts which were often lead pipes.

                                I'm always still in trouble again

                                "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                                "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                                "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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