No reader can truthfully deny that multitudes of curious occurrences are readily observable in the Bible. To a Christian believer, these strange events are nothing more than the mysterious ways of God. To a freethinker, the alleged phenomena are an indicative subset of the widespread superstitious beliefs held by our ancestors. There are […]
Noahide Laws
The Great Epic of Israel – Amos Kidder
10 Ways The Bible Was Influenced By Other Religions – Melloson Allen
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 […]
The Tree of Life – Ernest Crawley
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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. […]
A History of God – Karen Armstrong pdf
The Exodus from Egypt as Exceedingly Ridiculous
by Jonathan MS Pearce This is from some years ago. It is still the final argument in my God on Trial talk that I do. I have been kindly asked to give a talk to the Dorset Humanists next month, They seemed to enjoy my last few talks so much as to want me to create […]