Many creation myths consisted of at least one of three elements; an order or instruction from the creator to the creations, a sin and a consequence which must be faced. The consequence is often what causes pain, hunger, disease and all the other evils that plaque the earth. In the Greek myth, when Pandora was […]
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Did the Exodus Really Happen? pdf
The Story of Ancient Egypt pdf
An Instruction, a Sin and the Consequence
Original Sin the Great Myth
Orthodox Christianity teaches that all human beings are born in the state of sin resulting from the fall of man. The Biblical basis for this is the Genesis’ tale of Adam and Eve and Paul’s teaching that “through one man (Adam) sin entered the world” (Romans 5:12). This implied that because of the trespass […]
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 […]
Sin
Sin was the Sumerian Moon god. Sumerians were living more than three thousand years ago in Mesopotamia. Today Mesopotamia is located in the territories of the states of Iraq and Kuwait. Sin was worshipped in the city of Ur. The high priest of his temple, chosen from the royal family, was viewed as Sin’s spouse. […]
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 […]
The Original Sin – A Myth Whose Time is Up
Julian Rose, Contributor Of all the deceptions pulled on humanity over the ages, The Original Sin is probably the most devastating. Yet hugely successful from the perspective of the perpetrators. Almost everywhere the doctrine of Christianity forged its zealous mission to convert the masses, so the Original Sin accompanied it. Imposing the rationale of guilt […]
World Without God – Robert Nielsen
There are many reasons why I am an Atheist, but at the core, I believe it is far more likely that we live in a world without God rather than one with one. Ask yourself, what would the world look like if A) there is a God controlling it or B) there is not. Then […]