First and foremost a person should be intellectually honest with themselves when looking at the Torah and the Tanach. I say this for several reasons. The first reason is because the Torah, the one we have today, was not written by Moses. This is because the original Paleo-Hebrew Law “of” Moses was lost or destroyed […]
The problem with Miracles
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 […]
Sweet Phony Moses – Stephen Van Eck*
Intensive study of the Old Testament, reading critically and analytically rather than reverentially and devotionally, casts serious doubt on the historicity of Moses. Now you can point out the lack of extrabiblical evidence for his existence, but this, of course, is unpersuasive to the pious. You can point out the uncanny similarity between the story […]
Why the Bible is False – Textuality
The Bible is false because it asserts the occurrence of events that could not have occurred, events that were – and are – impossible. Shakespeare’s Hamlet tells us the title character was visited by the ghost of his father. Do we believe this? Tolkien’s The Hobbit is set in a time between the dawn of fairies and the dominion […]
Judaism/Origins/Beginnings – Marc A. Krell* (link)
http://www.patheos.com/Library/Judaism/Origins/Beginnings
Virtually All of the Stories in the Torah are Ahistorical
(Sarah Lazarovic) “Virtually all of the stories in the Torah are ahistorical,” declares a manifesto posted in July on TheTorah.com. “Given the data to which modern historians have access,” the essay explains, “it is impossible to regard the accounts of mass Exodus from Egypt, the wilderness experience or the coordinated, swift, and complete conquest of the entire land […]
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 Dark Bible …
Atrocities (only a few) Back To Table Of Contents Babylon is fallen David slaughters them Decapitate them! Gideon slaughters God buries them alive God kills the firstborns! God sends pestilence God slaughters blacks God’s threat to kill Godly head wounds Godly mass murder Kill all unbelievers Kill man, woman, infant King David’s holocaust Moses’ mass […]
The Contradictory Book of Joshua
Contradictory history on the pages of the Bible The book of Joshua in the Bible presents several internally inconsistent scenarios which describe the entry of Israel into Canaan, and it also conflicts with Judges and other books of the Bible. The example of the books of Joshua and Judges can be used to illustrate that […]