Thanks to New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman’s new book “Did Jesus Exist”, the debate over the historical Jesus has reached mainstream. Today CNN posted an article about called The Jesus debate: Man vs. myth Interestingly, the only “Mythicist” writers they
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Did Jesus Exist by Bart Ehrman
In the book trailer for the new book “Did Jesus Exist”, Bart Ehrman says “as a historian, I can assure you, that no matter what anybody else says about him, Jesus most certainly existed. There is as much evidence for
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What really happened on Easter Sunday – Jesus, suffering and guilt
My sister sent me the following chain letter, which goes into surprising detail about exactly how, physically, Jesus suffered on the cross. The point of the letter is to get you to feel his pain, which generates an emotional catharsis;
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Is John Carter Jesus Christ? Gods, Alien Technology, Atheism and Revolution
An online review posted about Disney’s 2012 John Carter of Earth movie runs thus: “John Carter evokes pretty much every sci-fi classic from the past 50 years without having any real personality of its own.” The essential thing to keep
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Paradise Lost 2013 Movie: Who is the Hero of Milton’s Epic?
***Oops – the movie adaptation of Paradise Lost starring Bradley Cooper has been canned as of February, 2012! It’s a crying shame…Hope they revive it down the road.*** For the past decade, traditionally marginalized or “evil” characters have gained the
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All the Greatest Stories were Told in the Bible: King David vs. Leonardo di Caprio
King David (who first defeated Goliath, stole his sword, then become a violent kingly soldier) soaked in the blood of battle, one day happened to see his fellow warrior and friend Uriah’s wife Bathsheba bathe in her courtyard from the roof
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Was David and Goliath plagiarized from Homer’s Iliad?
Something interesting I discovered today was the link between the David and Goliath story and Homer’s Iliad. I’ve already come to understand how much of the Old Testament (especially the flood story, but there are others) were lifted from Sumerian
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Which came first, Satan, Michael or Garuda? Christian and Hindu Religious Art
Prepare to be amazed. Today I’ve been looking for pictures of Satan, and pictures of Garuda, for two separate art projects. What I’d never before realized, however, is that medieval depictions of The Devil are basically direct copies of much
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David Fitzgerald Debunks Historical Jesus at Skepticon 3
I love this very convincing, clear and structured argument against the historical Jesus given by David Fitzgerald at Skepticon 3. David presents evidence and history that, while basic and easy to confirm, is widely unknown and goes against the common
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9 reasons why I love Jesus, but don’t believe in him anyway.
I grew up on Bible stories and Christian ethics. To a large extent, I like the stories – Christian literature is pretty good story-telling, usually about a hero, who is brought low, then gets supernatural powers to triumph over his
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What really happened between Cain and Abel? A surprising discovery from the book of Enoch
You probably know Cain as the bad guy who (for no good reason) killed his nice and kind brother Abel in Genesis, in the world’s first murder. Some of the unexplained problems of this account (such as why God accepted
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