Holy Blasphemy: A new philosophy of religion, culture and literature

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just,

then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.’ - Marcus Aurelius

Christian symbolism in “Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader” reveals perverse truth of religious faith

December 19, 2010
Derek Murphy
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Narnia, Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a Christian movie. Although we all know CS Lewis is a Christian apologist and that the Narnia series does, in a sense, reflect his theology, Voyage of the Dawn treader is specifically and
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Defining Jesus: Voting on Christ’s divine and human nature in the Ecumenical Church Councils

Although Christianity had finally been given state approval, Constantine soon saw that as a movement Christianity was deeply divided among itself in virtual all areas. In order to stifle disagreements and unify the empire under one, simplified religion, Emperor Constantine
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Jesus, Harry, Christians and Atheists: The Spiritual War for Possession of Harry Potter’s Soul.

I just stumbled across a comment made by self proclaimed Hogwarts professor John Granger against my book, Jesus Potter Harry Christ. It was hurtful. He says: Jesus Potter, Harry Christ is a book that “reveals” that Jesus of Nazareth was
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Was Jesus Gay? Homo-eroticism in the Secret Gospel of Mark, the Wedding Chamber and Christian Marriage

December 9, 2010
Derek Murphy
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A fragment of the Secret Gospel of Mark, a Gnostic text claimed to have been rediscovered by Prof. Morton Smith in 1958 at the Mar Saba monastery southeast of Jerusalem, describes Jesus performing initiation rituals. Before the discovery of Gnostic
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The History of Christmas: Pagan Yule-Tide, Tree Worship and the Real Birthday of Jesus Christ.

December 9, 2010
Derek Murphy
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Christmas is coming! And as the air turn cold and the familiar music starts to play incessantly, everybody is preparing to worship the birth of Jesus. Aren’t they? In fact if you’re at all literate, and especially if you’re a
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1000+ Atheist, Skeptical and Freethought websites (blogroll and email list)

November 25, 2010
Derek Murphy
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There are way too many awesome and interesting Atheist, Skeptical and Freethought websites out there that I’d like to share. But entering them manually one by one is not a project I’ll take on soon. So I’ve borrowed this list
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Recipe for Disaster: Thanksgiving, Passover and the history of racial genocide in the name of God.

November 25, 2010
Derek Murphy
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You might have found this post looking for Tasty Thanksgiving Recipes. At least I hope you did. And while I’ve got nothing against great food, there’s a cultural paradox and continuing violence to history being perpetrated by this Fall Family
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Jesus-Harry Potter Orthodox Icon Controversy Rocks Dallas: Harry Potter Christ Figure?

On August 10, 2009, Michael Paulson of the Dallas News wrote an article called the “Book of Harry” – which “explains how the boy wizard won over religious critics – and the deeper meaning theologians now see in his tale.”
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J.K. Rowling Sues Again! Is new book Jesus Potter, Harry Christ “Fair Use”?

November 22, 2010
Derek Murphy
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A new suit was filed Wednesday by the author J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. in federal courts in Manhattan against publisher Holy Blasphemy, which they hope to prove will infringe on Rowling’s intellectual property rights if it goes ahead with
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Church files lawsuit against JK Rowling: “Harry Potter plagiarizes Bible”

November 22, 2010
Derek Murphy
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The Church of England filed a lawsuit against J.K. Rowling this Friday claiming that she stole ideas for her wildly popular and lucrative “Harry Potter” books from the Bible. A representative from the Church, Eugene Thackery, added Rowling as a
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“Harry Potter is NOT Jesus”: New book banned by Polish Church

November 22, 2010
Derek Murphy
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“Harry Potter is NOT Jesus”: New book banned by Polish Church The Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Poland on Monday banned in its entire member schools a U.S. based publisher for publishing a book that claims both Jesus and Harry Potter
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The Fictional Jesus? New Book uses Harry Potter to question Historical Jesus

November 21, 2010
Derek Murphy
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This is the press release we’ve crafted for Derek Murphy’s new book, Jesus Potter Harry Christ: the fascinating history of the literary Jesus. Will post it all over starting next week. What do you think? PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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