Part 1: RTS – It’s Time To Recognize It I’m really struggling and am desperate never to go back to the religion I was raised in, but I no longer want to live in fear or depression. It seems that I am walking through the jungle alone with my machete; no one to share […]
Old Testament/Torah/Tanach
6 Ways Religion Does More Bad Than Good – Valerie Tarico
What if harming society is part of religion’s survival strategy? By / AlterNet Most British people think religion causes more harm than good according to a survey commissioned by the Huffington Post. Surprisingly, even among those who describe themselves as “very religious” 20 percent say that religion is harmful to society. For that we can […]
Zeus, Elohim, Yahweh, etc. are all the same gods – Dr. Arthur Ide
Dr. Arthur Ide more Contact Author Zeus & the Gigante Porphyrion; in Antikenmuseen, Berlin, Germany, No. 52521 Source Zeus, Elohim, Yahweh, Osiris, Isis, Horus and the Others All of the ancient gods and goddesses had equals but different names depending on which civilization mortals invented them in an effort to answer questions that seemed to […]
Events recorded in the Pentateuch: True or False
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_arhs.htm Considering the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy) the most extreme views are: The Pentateuch Common conservative religious beliefs Common beliefs of secular archaeologists & religious liberals Accuracy Totally accurate, inerrant, & infallible. Contains no mistakes. Inspired by God. Mixture of ancient myths, some valid history, […]
God’s 12 Biggest Dick Moves in the Old Testament – Rob Bricken
Before Jesus arrived and his divine father chilled out, the Old Testament God was, ironically, kind of a hellraiser. He was not a nice guy. He reallyliked killing people. And he may have actually been insane, if his willingness to randomly murder devout worshippers like Moses was any indication. Here are the 12 craziest, […]
Bible Inconsistencies … pdf
The Biblical Exodus Story Is Fiction – Staks Rosch
Shortly after I started to question my belief in God, I remember talking to my rabbi about Passover and the Exodus from Egypt. My rabbi knew that I was starting to doubt the supernatural and ridiculous aspects of the story. He told me in confidence that while the basic story is historical fact, the supernatural […]
The Bible is Fiction: A Collection Of Evidence – Daniel Miessler*
☞ Every Sunday I put out a curated list of the week’s most interesting stories in infosec, technology, and humans. You can subscribe to it here. Similarities to Other Stories Unavoidable Contradictions The Logical Explanation SIMILARITIES TO OTHER STORIES The similarities between the stories and characters in the Bible and those from previous mythologies […]
Some Reasons Why Humanists Reject The Bible – Joseph C. Sommer
Introduction Humanists reject the claim that the Bible is the word of God. They are convinced the book was written solely by humans in an ignorant, superstitious, and cruel age. They believe that because the writers of the Bible lived in an unenlightened era, the book contains many errors and harmful teachings. Humanists receive much […]
Nanshe – Joshua J. Mark
Nanshe (also known as Nanse, Nazi) is the Sumerian goddess of social justice and divination, whose popularity eventually transcended her original boundaries of southern Mesopotamia toward all points throughout the region in the 3rd millennium BCE. She watched over orphans and widows, oversaw fairness, fresh water, birds and fish, fertility, and favored prophets, giving them […]