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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Who came first, Gnostics or Christians? Early engravings reveal the truth!
Recently scholars identified what appears to be the world’s earliest Christian inscription, dating to the second century. It is in the collection of the Capitoline Museums in Rome. Orthodox or mainstream Christians argue that Jesus, the historical man came first
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Bart Ehrman: Did Jesus Exist? Is there evidence for a historical Jesus?
When asked in a recent interview (The Infidel Guy Show) about the evidence for the historical Jesus, Bart Ehrman threw out the tired line “No Serious/No Reputable Scholar doubts that a historical Jesus existed.” Ehrman’s support of the historical Jesus
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If you’re looking for a late-summer read, check out the book “Jesus Potter Harry Christ.” It claims that both Harry and Jesus are spiritual metaphors told in the literary form of historical fiction. The paperback is selling well on amazon,
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Dionysus, Hades and Jesus: Marriage in Death to Lords of the Underworld
One of the literary threads I hope to investigate in the future is the tie between vampirism and the ancient tradition of linking death and marriage together; many religions deal with death as an intimate reunion or marriage with a
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Bible archaeologists discover tablet that refutes Jesus’ resurrection
Did Jesus Christ really resurrect from the grave after three days? Probably not, it turns out. In 2008 archaeologists found a stone tablet that tells of a Jewish rebel hero who died and came back to life after three days.
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The truth about CS Lewis, Tolkien and Pagan Christs: Christian Parallels in Mythology
Last Month Chuck Colson – Christian leader, cultural commentator, and former Special Counsel for President Richard Nixon – commented on my book, Jesus Potter Harry Christ. His central criticism of my book is weak, desperate and unfounded – in fact
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I’ll be back: Jesus’ Virgin Birth, Easter Eggs and the Terminator
Jesus’ Virgin Birth, Chicken and Egg The birth of Jesus from Mary the Virgin is a riddle, a mystery. Either God came down like Zeus as the Holy Spirit (God comes as a dove, Zeus as a swan) or Celsus
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Jesus and Mithras Revisited: Shared Symbolism between Mithraism and the Higher Christian Mysteries
Part of the problem in comparing Christianity to other mysteries is that it retains a very ancient text, while corresponding texts for other traditions were lost (often purposefully destroyed by Christians). And the gospels chosen for the Bible were chosen
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Do Jesus Christ and Gilgamesh Share Similarities or a Common Tradition?
As was pointed out earlier, the epic of Gilgamesh is not only one of the oldest recorded stories known to man, but it was also familiar to Israel and may have been rewritten into the Old Testament. It should come
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Jesus and Pythagoras Similarities
Pythagoras is one of the most intriguing and mysterious figures in ancient history. Although today known only by his mathematical legacy, he was much more than a philosopher or mathematician – he was also the founder of a very secretive
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Egyptian Christ? Jesus and Osiris, Horus and Isis Similarities
Osiris, Horus and Isis were three Egyptian gods that became increasingly popular in Greece and Rome; they formed a ‘holy family’ of sorts; Osiris was the father of Horus and the brother/Husband of Isis. Osiris was Egyptian god of the
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