If you are among the approximately 32 percent of the world population that considers themselves Christian, you were probably raised to believe that the Bible was written in some sort of historical vacuum—the various authors being inspired by God alone and having no outside influences whatsoever. However, the many books that make up the Bible […]
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Pious Frauds – Sabrina Aset
History is the lies upon which eminent men agree”, and history as it relates to religion is a Pious Fraud – a lie, or lies, which are perpetrated for the sake of religion, or “under the appearance of religion,” or for a good objective, where “the ends justifies the means.” But unlike other lies, which […]
Judaism – Genesis Myths: Adam and Eve, Eden, Cain and Abel, The Flood, The Tower of Babel – Dr M D Magee
Abstract The tree of life in the Jewish scriptures was not original. A stylized tree was often the center of cultic scenes, with animals such as Ibex feeding on it, or people flanking it. A cylinder seal in the British Museum has a man and a woman flanking a tree, hands stretched toward it. Behind […]
Bible Contradictions – The Thinking Atheist
This page addresses issues, contradictions and false logic with three of the most popular bible stories (Creation, Noah’s Ark and the Nativity Story), followed by a list of other scriptural accounts that conflict with each other. Browse the points below and ask yourself if the bible is truly a perfect, accurate, divinely-inspired document for living. […]
The 10 Commandments?
The Church Of Truth™ Free persons of all faiths from the tyranny of their religion The Bible is Wrong About the 10 Commandments The Bible gives us two versions of the 10 commandments. The first set of “thou shalt nots” that most people mistakenly think are the “10 commandments” were recited by God to Moses, and […]
Original Sin?
The Church Of Truth™ Free persons of all faiths from the tyranny of their religion The Bible is Wrong About “Original Sin” There are three ways to prove that the Bible is Wrong About “Original Sin”. First, let’s look at the essence of the story of Adam and Eve. The Back Story The Lord God creates […]
A History of God – Karen Armstrong pdf
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins pdf
Nanna/Suen/Sin (god)
Mesopotamian moon god. He was called Nanna in Sumerian, and Su’en or Sin in Akkadian. The earliest writings of both are roughly contemporary, and occur interchangeably. An additional name, which is only attested in literary texts, is Dilimbabbar. The true etymologies of both Nanna and Su’en remain unclear (Krebernik 1993-98b: 360-64). Functions Possible depiction of […]
The Myths of Christianity – 2 The Myth of Original Sin
Richard Holloway One Sunday night when I was a young priest I came home from evensong, had my supper and was reading the newspaper when the phone rang. It was a ward sister at a local hospital, asking if I would go to the hospital immediately, because parishioners of mine were in need of pastoral […]