Who was the historical Jesus and why does he matter? The controversy surrounding the existence of a historical person who founded the Christian movement has been raging for centuries – in fact much longer. This article is a very brief introduction to this lengthy subject. We will not focus here on the evidence concerning the [...]

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Harry Potter, Jesus Christ, and the Lion King are based on sun worship
Snow White [...]

Satan (aka Lucifer/the Devil) is a fascinating literary character whose evolution sheds light into the shift of values that took place with the rise of Christianity. Original ‘Satanic’ characters are surprisingly the heroes and champions of earlier cultures! Prometheus, for example, stole fire from the gods and was chained and tortured forever (by the gods [...]

Our idea of God comes from St. Anselm: God is the highest thought that can be thought.
If there is a God, and he lives up to all of our expectations of him, (and he must, or else he is not God), then he would not be so petty as to become furiously angry and result [...]