Deconstructing the Walls of Jericho Ze’ev Herzog— “‘Herzog is Almost in the Consensus Interview with Israel Finkelstein’“ and — “‘It’s Insignificant’” Many reviews — See response by Hershel Shanks, Herzog’s Attack on the Bible Unjustified” — Helen Jacobus, Unearthing clues to the biblical past — Richard S. Hess, “Early Israel in Canaan, A Survey […]
Old Testament/Torah/Tanach
Exodus Did Not Happen*
Every history book and every time-line mentions the Exodus. The Exodus and Moses are mentioned in the Gospels by Jesus, the Quran, the Book of Mormon, and by Baha’u’llah. People just assume it is a fact. That assumption is based solely on the story told in the Torah, but what if it is wrong? […]
The Persistence of Myth – Noah Kennedy*
Recounting the story of a battle with American soldiers. While working on a chapter on Jerusalem during the British Mandate (1917-1948) I ran into one of the private micro-dramas I assume most writers run into and that I learned long ago nobody else is really interested in. But as I thought about it more, there seemed […]
This is the website/blog of Philosopher Stephen Law*
Stephen Law This is the website/blog of Philosopher Stephen Law. Stephen is Reader in philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London, and editor of the Royal Institute of Philosophy journal THINK. He has published several books (see sidebar). For school talks and media email: think-AT-royalinstitutephilosophy.org Field Guide to Bullshit From New Scientist – interview by […]
Stealing Palestine: A study of historical and cultural theft – Roger Sheety
The cultural appropriation of books, music, art, cuisine and dress have been used by Zionists as a weapon against Palestinians Stealing and appropriating the culture and history of indigenous peoples is a typical characteristic of all modern colonial-settler states, but usually accomplished once the indigenous people in question has been eliminated, dispossessed, or otherwise seemingly […]
A Frank Discussion on Jewish Arrogance
The Jews are not the Chosen People A Frank Discussion on Jewish Arrogance Jews think they are something special … For the record – I was raised Jewish – sort of. My parents are Jewish – sort of – in name only. Much like the followers of any other religion of people who identify with […]
The Pro and Con of Supernatural Religion –
Biblical Contradictions – Dan Barker
This particular list was taken from an extract from Losing Faith In Faith: From Preacher to Atheist ” | Should we kill? Exodus 20:13 “Thou shalt not kill.” Leviticus 24:17 “And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.” vs Exodus 32:27 “Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel, Put every man […]
The goddamn Torah is bullshit – Abraham, the Jewish patriarch, probably never existed. Nor did Moses.*
By MICHAEL MASSING The whole Holey Buy-Bull is nothing more than a collection of plagiarized myths and fairy tales”. Abraham, the Jewish patriarch, probably never existed. Nor did Moses. The entire Exodus story as recounted in the Bible probably never occurred. The same is true of the tumbling of the walls of Jericho. And […]
AN APOSTATE TO JUDAISM – Staks Rosch
Last week, I went to the grocery store to do my weekly shopping, but when I returned home I realized that I missed out on getting five boxes of free matzah. That makes me a super bad Jew. It means that I forgot that Passover was coming up and that I missed out on free […]