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Did Titus cut down all the trees around Jerusalem?
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tgeorgescu

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November 29, 2024 - 12:07 am

Did Titus cut down all the trees around Jerusalem? On a radius of 15-20 km? True or false?

To me, it does not sound believable, just because for one guy to cut down an acre of forest it takes more than one year. Let’s say there were only 30 thousand acres of forest. That would mean 30 thousand soldiers only chopped wood for more than one year.

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Colin Milton

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December 6, 2024 - 5:09 am

I doubt there was much forest land around Jerusalem to begin with 2000 years ago. They need farmland and wood for daily life.

After WW2 forest were planted around Jerusalem, so that means Titus did not cut down all the trees. (time has no literal meaning in Judaism and Christianity. Never has, never will.) According to the rules of war since that Judaism and Christianity lost that war that means their God does not exist anymore. What they have now is new God called money.

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