John Harris said
“The lion” may represent the compulsive passions or attachments that inhabit a person. If the man eats the lion, he masters those passions and subjugates them to his humanity. If the lion eats the man, the person becomes ruled by those passions, even while outwardly remaining human.

Thank you, John. I think that is a very reasonable interpretation! For anyone who may be wondering, here is the text of Logion 7 of the Gospel of Thomas:

Jesus says: “Blessed is the lion, that a person will eat and the lion will become human. And anathema is the person whom a lion will eat and the lion will become human.”

Bart doesn't respond to posts here, but he does on the Recent Posts.  It doesn't have to be on topic.  Usually his responses are toward questions posed, so you might want to ask a question at the end like, "What do you think?"

You mentioned again that you do not feel you understand Logion 7 in the Gospel of Thomas. I realize the saying is notoriously difficult, but I wonder whether the image may be simpler than it first appears.

“The lion” may represent the compulsive passions or attachments that inhabit a person. If the man eats the lion, he masters those passions and subjugates them to his humanity. If the lion eats the man, the person becomes ruled by those passions, even while outwardly remaining human.

My own thought: When a child tries to distinguish between self & non-self, he chooses dichotomies that he hopes will help him to understand. It never helps, but he carries the dichotomies into adulthood, which become his passion. When he seeks gnosis, the attachment to these becomes an obstacle.

At any rate, I wanted to share the thought. Thank you again for all the work you do.

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Cool research bro, nobody had any idea.

Ok then, that’s a new kind of street preacher.

οι χριστοι εισιν οι λογοι του σαρκος

We are using prophylactics against the death-inducing drugs.

So many antidotes to mind altering drugs...

Wolven Joker Lokison:
Run, Christians, Run... Your Christ Can't Save You NOw!

The Ancient Greek has spoken. There is more to know that you all did not tell us ! ! !
You tried to canonize all of this EVIDENCE out.

Ammon:

Diodorus Siculus

This is a Christing operation against the death inducers.

We're Christing arrows with poison on their tips.

Another Source: Aristoteles et Corpus Aristotelicum Phil. Mirabilium auscultationes Bekker p. 835B line 34

Theophrastus Phil. Historia plantarum Bk 4 Ch 4 section 2 line 12

Ammon:

We created a fairy tale about what Christ (a house of cards that cannot stand) was but now we know the explicit meaning of christing.

We're going to end with this.

Mania is the ecstasy of your mind/reasoning. Insanity is what happens when you stretch out mania.

People are LYING to you. This is your chance to be free.

They think they know their texts about Jesus.

End of video.

This video gets a thumb up.

Ammon, if you wanted to die, just take Hemlock.

BUT WE ARE NOT TALKING about that, we're talking about mystery religions. You're supposed to triumph over death.

We don't have mystery religions anymore. We have carnivals.

= = =

Finally, at 1:06.19, I see his quote #24 Galenus Med. De Simplicium medicamentorum ...
Volume 12, page 174, line 11

Theriacs and death inducers

administered via [he doesn't say in English] making the seals

the same methodology and the same language as in John's Apocalypse

You do not have prophets without drugs

1:08.38 same book, Vol II, p. 609, line 8

treat the deleterious death inducers which can kill you like Hemlock.

Give pain killer with the antidote for the poison/death inducer

I didn't want to be accidentally exposed to the thirst inducer.

Look, everything can fall on the efficacy of the drug. So, efficacy comes from experience using the drugs.

(Theriac is the correct spelling. I may have put the letter "k" in the spelling earlier.)

So, Ammon has given us something e;se to think about:

Jesus knew Judas was betraying him with the worst case scenario being crucifixion.

Jesus thought that was a high probability, he begged God not to go through with it, but if it must be, Thy will be done.

BUT, I'm not suffering on the cross as long as it usually takes, I'm taking a death inducer (poison) and I'm daying early, I'm not going to suffer on the cross for as long as it takes.

They tried to give him an antidote for the poison but, vinegar doesn't quench thirst.

Dr. Bart Ehrman: I don’t think John knew Thomas and the Synoptics.

Steefen
The Gospel of John was likely written in Ephesus, in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), during the late 1st century, around 90-100 CE, for Christians of Hellenistic background.

1) But he would have known about the Church of Ephesus and how Paul (who died 64/65) preached the coming kingdom of God and Eph 5:5.

2) With Mark being written approximately 70CE, the author of John did not know the first of the Synoptics or the Oral History of Jesus teaching people to prepare for the kingdom.

Pagels: a follower of Jesus is not like Jesus, a child of God Gos of Thomas, saying 50

Steefen: Gos of Thomas isn’t the only place this is seen: Matthew 5:9, 1 John 3:2

So, we don’t know why there are the three put downs of Thomas in the Gos of John

Conclusion: Pagel’s argument is not strong or in error.

Bart:
I don’t see how Thomas can date before the 120s or so.
Thin that Thomas knew John.

Steefen
Author of Thomas has at least 10 years and doesn’t know of the Johanine community or its gospel?

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That’s all I found. “Revel” is in the poems, epigrams four times. Revel and Revelation are not synonymous. Other than this, there’s a lot of history and analysis written about Philodemus that is more than he wrote himself.

At 5:55 he, Beast of Ammon uses the passive voice meaning (to be satisfied) of αρκει μοι 🤷‍♂️, but that’s not a passive voice verb.
αρκεω
αρκει: Impersonal verb, Indicative Mood, Active Voice, Present tense, 3rd person Singular
Root is the same as αρηγω
It is enough for me: I am well content

Same thing I guess 🤷‍♂️ so the active voice verb used with dative case first person pronoun is the same thing as the passive voice verb verb

It clears up bad sinus congestion when breathed. And you can chew it like gum for bad breath.

What about the reference to Philodemus, On Vices?

Probably something to do with the Diaspora.