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 […]
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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 […]
Absurdities of the Bible – Dr M D Magee
It would take a long time to go through all the absurdities of the bible, absurdities which are used to indoctrinate children still. Here are a few. Of course, it all began with Adam and Eve who led the human race into sin! When God made woman in the Yahwistic creation story, he took one […]
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 […]
Moses Story is A Self_Evidenced Fiction
Moses story is the most important story in the Old Testament. So, we need to examine how a devoted Jew would look at Moses Story from his perspective. Moses Story was the most important story which influenced Jesus thoughts. We can not understand Jesus ministry without knowing Moses Story. Moses Story gave Jesus courage, determination, […]
The Problem of Miracles – John W. Loftus
By John W. Loftus I can think of at least seven problems with believing in the biblical claims of miracles. 1) We live in a scientific era whereas the claims of biblical miracles come from a prescientific era. New Testament scholar Rudolph Bultmann just calls them “myths” and says: “The cosmology of the N.T. is […]
The Torah Compared With Previous Ancient Law Codes – MJKruebbe
Hammurabi’s Code and the Law of Moses . Here is a photo of the top part of a stele of Hammurabi’s Code (c. 1750 BCE), now in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Hammurabi receives his right to rule from God (Shamash, seated) and places his hand over his mouth as a sign of reverent prayer. […]