The God of the Old Testament started out as just one of many deities of the ancient Israelites. It took a traumatic crisis to make him into the all-powerful creator of the world.Go to comments Open gallery view The earliest writing is about genesis myths: God creates Adam, as envisioned by Michelangelo and painted on […]
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Genesis of Genesis: Where Did the Biblical Story of Creation Come From?
The Bible actually has more than one creation myth, and the one you’re thinking of seems to have arisen not from ancient Israelite lore but from the central Asian steppes Primordial Mesopotamian mythical beings: A chaos monster, left, being vanquished by the Sun God. Myths around the region got adopted and changed.Credit: George Lazerby, […]
GOD: A Human History – ASLAN REZA
GOD: A Human History In our image Photo: Getty When I was a child, I thought God was a large, powerful old man who lived in the sky — a bigger, stronger version of my father, but with magical powers. I imagined him handsome and grizzled, his long gray hair draped over his broad shoulders. […]
How did god get started? Colin Wells pdf
BIBLE AND MESOPOTAMIA
NebuchadnezzarThe first 11 chapters of Genesis are largely set in Mesopotamia. Eden is a Sumerian word meaning “steppe,” and was a district in Sumer. The Tower of Babel was in Babylon. The Hanging Gardens may have inspired the story of the Garden of Eden. According to Genesis Abraham and Cain and Abel and […]
Heliolatry in the Hebrew Bible pdf
GREAT INFO WALTER REINHOLD RE NOAH ET AL
Noah’s Flood, the Archaeological and Geological evidence for its 3rd Millennium B.C. occurrence. (Including pictures of Noah’s Ark) and it’s Origins as an Amusing “Tongue-in-Cheek” Mesopotamian Farcial and Satirical Comedy! Please click here for Part 2 of this article ( It is _very_important_ that you also read Part 2 and not just Part 1 !!!! […]
FLOOD MYTHS PDF
Sumerian Influences on Western Religion
Sumerian Influences on Western Religion The world, and particularly the west, would be a vastly different place if it were not for its three main religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Often times in history, and even still today, these religions have found themselves at war with each other while shaping the course of history. Easy […]
Why the Bible cannot be the Word of God – Walter Reinhold Warttig Mattfeld
Why the Bible cannot be the Word of God Walter Reinhold Warttig Mattfeld y de la Torre, M. A. Ed. 02 March 2007 Revisions through 26 August 2008 Please click here for my article titled: “Why Jesus Christ cannot be the Messiah” Apologists, both Jewish and Christian, claim that the Holy Spirit […]