Similarities To Other Stories The similarities between the stories and characters in the Bible and those from previous mythologies are both undeniable and well-documented. It is only due to the extreme religious bias that pervades our world today that people rarely get exposed to this information. In this short piece I’ll attempt to show blatant […]
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Heaven and Hell are not ancient Jewish and Christian ideas 5*
Many people today, Christians, Muslims, and Jews, as well as people of other religions, are convinced that good people go to heaven when they die, while people who acted improperly go to Hell. But the notion that these places exist is pagan and entered Judaism only in the late second temple period, probably round 320 […]
Comparing the Code of Hammurabi to the Hebrew Bible 5*
The Code of Hammurabi is interesting on many levels, one of which is to compare the laws in this code with those in the Hebrew Bible. The comparison shows where the Bible was more humane than the Code. The following is some information about the Code. Hammurabi, king of Babylon is the author of this […]
A field guide to bullshit – By Alison George REVIEW 5* BOOK TO READ
How do people defend their beliefs in bizarre conspiracy theories or the power of crystals? Philosopher Stephen Law has tips for spotting their strategies You describe your new book, Believing Bullshit, as a guide to avoid getting sucked into “intellectual black holes”. What are they? Intellectual black holes are belief systems that draw people in […]
The God You Thought You Knew Paperback – by Etta Anderson (BOOKS TO READ) BULLSHIT COVERING BULLSHIT ME THINKS RJ
Many people tend to read the Bible at the surface level and accept and obey what is there unquestioningly. This book takes an entirely different approach. It encourages readers to be honest and bold to acknowledge seeming shortcomings and question them. Who is bold enough to admit that the Genesis account of our origin is […]
WHY FARMING? MEME
“Why farm? Why give up the 20-hour work week and the fun of hunting in order to toil in the sun? Why work harder for food that is less nutritious and a supply more capricious? Why invite famine, plague, pestilence and crowded living conditions? Why abandon the Golden Age and take up the burden?” (Harlan, […]
The Battle of Light and Dark 5*
Marduk defeating Tiamat The Battle of Light and Dark and its Healing in True Love: Combat Myth, Armageddon and Holy Matrimony This page is heal the long-standing combat myth of the ultimate battle between God and the Devil and the notion of final war or Armageddon. This is a story in which our culture has […]
The Origin of Sin and the Queen of Heaven 5*
https://www.dhushara.com/book/orsin/origsin.htm http://https://www.dhushara.com/book/orsin/decalog.htm http://https://www.dhushara.com/book/orsin/asherah.htm http://https://www.dhushara.com/book/god/hebrew.htm#anchor316374 The history of the Moon God and his consort in successive Near Eastern Cultures from Sumeria through Canaan to Sa’aba and Harran Dedicated to my namesake and alter-ego Christine “If it were not for you this work would have been a place of poverty” The moon is rightly believed to be […]
Nanna/Suen/Sin (god) 5*
Possible depiction of the god Nanna, seated on a temple-like throne, on a fragment of the Stele of Ur-Namma at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (object number B16676.14) (ca. 2100 BCE). The stele was excavated at Ur. © Penn Museum. Mesopotamian moon god. He was called Nanna in Sumerian, and Su’en […]