The traditional Jewish position is that the Torah is all divine in origin. Yet nowhere does the broader Bible suggest that it was all written by God and in no way is this belief necessary to live as an observant Jew. The Jewish Bible, the Tanach, attributes authorship of some of its sections to […]
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How the Bible Borrowed from Other Stories
The Bible (consisting of both the Old and New Testament) is central to Christianity and so are its many myths, stories and parables. But even though many of these myths help to define the religion, some of them are not original – they have been borrowed or copied from other myths from other religions. […]
UNVEILING THE MYTHS – DR. ASHRAF EZZAT 5*+
Many are the stories that were told in the Hebrew Bible, but the one story that is yet to be told is the story of the Hebrew Bible itself. Dr. Ashraf Ezzat The relationship with gods/god has always been one of man’s oldest preoccupations, and still is till this very day. While it’s fair […]
PROPHECY AND POLITICS: The Untold Story of Christian Zionism’s Rise to Power in the United States Well before Theodore Herzl founded political Zionism and published The Jewish State, Christian Zionists in the United States and England were already seeking to direct and influence the foreign policy of both nations in service to a religious obsession end times prophecy by Whitney Webb 5*
The largest pro-Israel organization in the United States is not composed of Jews, but of Christian evangelicals, with a total membership of 7 million, more than 2 million more members than the entirety of the American Jewish community. Members of this organization, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), met in Washington on Monday, attracting thousands of attendees and […]
Noah’s ark and the flood – Points of similarity between the Babylonian and Noachian flood stories 5*
Religious Tolerance Noah’s ark and the flood Points of similarity between the Babylonian and Noachian flood stories horizontal rule Comparing the stories The Chaldean Flood Tablets from the city of Ur in what is now Southern Iraq contain a story that describes how the Bablylonian god Enlil had been bothered by the incessant noise generated […]
The Bible is Fiction: A Collection of Evidence By Daniel Miessler 5*
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 […]
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 […]