Author: Acharya S
Womb Envy: An Interview with Barbara G. Walker
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My friend Joan D’Arc, editor of Paranoia magazine, has posted an interview with Barbara G. Walker, whose book I published. Man Made God is a fantastic series of essays about religion and mythology, with a focus on the lost tradition of the divine female, as well as hidden Church history…
Read MoreDionysus: Born of a Virgin on December 25th, Killed and Resurrected after Three Days
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Be sure to read my new article! Dionysus: Born of a Virgin on December 25th, Killed and Resurrected after Three Days The Greek god Dionysus has been depicted as having been born of a virgin mother on December 25th; performing miracles such as changing water into wine; being surrounded by…
Read MoreScholar: Lead codices are probably fake
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I’ve been asked repeatedly about this big news concerning some 70 lead books purportedly found in Jordan that may have some bearing on early Christian history. I’ve been taking a “wait and see” approach so far, because it first needs to be established that these books are genuinely ancient. This…
Read MoreAttis: Born of a Virgin on December 25th, Crucified and Resurrected after Three Days
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Be sure to check out my newly posted article: Attis: Born of a Virgin on December 25th, Crucified and Resurrected after Three Days In many mythicist writings, the ancient Phrygo-Roman god Attis is depicted as having been born of a virgin mother on December 25th, being killed and resurrecting afterwards.…
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Archaeologist: American churches astronomically aligned
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One of the more important aspects of my work is to bring to light the ancient religious practice of aligning sacred sites with astronomical events, such as the daily, weekly, monthly and annual movements and phases of the sun, moon and other celestial bodies. This practice dates back thousands of…
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Bible scholar ‘exposes’ Christian fraud
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I said pretty much the same thing in my book The Christ Conspiracy in 1999 – and I was collecting there a scholarly consensus that dates back centuries. Ehrman’s playing catch-up: Some day perhaps he will look more closely at the mythicist position. One of the chapters in my book,…
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God’s wife makes the news – finally
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Well, it’s only been about 2,500 years in the making, but finally the wife of God is getting her due. Many of us have known for decades what Discovery “News” is now reporting. Of course, it hasn’t been polite for the mainstream media to reveal such important faith-challenging facts, so…
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Is the King James Bible Inspired? | History of the King James Version
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Enjoy my latest article! The book it’s excerpted from is one of the best for debating Christian apologists, in my humble opinion and that of many others. 🙂 Is the King James Bible Inspired? | History of the King James Version Is the King James version of the Bible inerrant…
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Islam’s disturbing legacy of slavery
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We are often told that Islam is “peaceful,” but few know about the long practice of slavery within Islam, which continues to this day. “Slavery is a part of Islam… Slavery is part of jihad, and jihad will remain as long there is Islam… [Those who argue that slavery has…
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2,500-year-old solar observatory in Peru reveals advanced culture
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The wonderful archaeological discovery of recent years at Chankillo, Peru, is described by physicist Dr. Brian Cox in the BBC video linked below. As he describes and waits for the sun rising over the top of the hill, to be seen through the niches in the 2,500-year-old monument, Cox has…
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Ancient Greek ‘Altar of the 12 Gods’ endangered by Athens railway
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An important ancient Greek archaeological site from the sixth century BCE, the Altar of the 12 Gods in the Agora at Athens, is currently endangered by the activity of a local railway company, the ISAP. One of the oldest ruins in the city, the altar honored the 12 Olympian gods:…
Read MoreAcharya’s Books on Kindle!
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Here are all the books I’ve got so far on Amazon’s electronic reading device, Kindle. You don’t need a Kindle Reader, however, as you can download apps for your iPhone, iPod, iPad, Blackberry, Android, PC, Mac and others! Amazon.com Widgets
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The Son of God is the Sun of God
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In the myth of the Inca/Peruvian creator god Viracocha appear a number of important mythological and astrotheological motifs that can be found in many other religions, including Christianity. For example, Viracocha possesses solar attributes, such as the golden color and the sun crown. Another astrotheological or nature-worshipping motif are the…
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Dawkins: Islam is ‘one of the great evils in the world’
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Richard Dawkins says it outright. One wonders why so few other atheists are speaking out in the same way. Note that he does not hasten to qualify his comment by saying, “Islamic extremism” or “radical Islam.” Dawkins: “I’m reasonably optimistic in America and Europe. I’m pessimistic about the Islamic world.…
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Acharya’s Gospel now on Kindle!
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I like to call my book The Gospel According to Acharya S the “Purple Bible” and the “Antidote to the World’s Insanity-Producing Scriptures.” I think if you read my book, you will discover why – and now I’ve made it easier to do just that by producing the Kindle edition!…
Read MoreAcharya S on Zeitgeist Movement Philadelphia radio
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UPDATE: Here is the MP3 recording of this show. And here is the Itunes download of this show. Following the big premiere of Peter Joseph’s “Zeitgeist: Moving Forward” on Saturday, I will be appearing on the radio show of the Philadelphia chapter of the Zeitgeist Movement on Sunday, January 16,…
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The Apologetics Debate Handbook on Kindle!
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That’s what I’m calling my book Who Was Jesus? Fingerprints of The Christ: “The Apologetics Debate Handbook,” because that’s what it is. When I first created Who Was Jesus? some years ago, I did it with simplicity in mind, and now I’ve made it even simpler because you can carry…
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Muslim: Coptic Christian attack a ‘failure to accept the other’
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Dr. Tawfik Hamid is a moderate Muslim who was a radical Islamist jihadi. A serious insider into the mind of a Muslim fundamentalist, he now writes insightful articles into the nature of Islam. He has asked me to post this article. Thank you, Dr. Hamid, for courageously telling the truth!…
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Islamomisogyny
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“Women are your fields: go, then, into your fields whence you please.” Quran 2:223 “Men have authority over women because God has made the one superior to the other… Good women are obedient. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them, forsake them in beds apart, and beat…
Read MoreJesus’s mythical birth
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“To make the story even more obviously a mythical creation, Matthew will tell us later that this Jesus was a carpenter’s son (Matt. 13:55). Very few kings in real life will notice the birth of a commoner, much less become involved in a defensive plot of protecting the throne from…
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Do they know it’s Christmas?
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It’s hard to believe this song dates from 1984! There are probably readers of this blog younger than that. A socially conscious song that still creates a lump in the throat… Happy Birth of the Great and Glorious Sun! May reality’s beneficent riches bestow themselves upon you in the coming…
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Jesus mythicists featured in Greek magazine
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As of December 23, 2010, a Greek magazine, Phainomena, owned by one of Greece’s biggest newspapers, Eleutheros Typos, is running a new article by Minas Papageorgiou about Jesus mythicism that features me, D.M. Murdock, aka Acharya S! An accompanying TV commercial asks, “Who are the people who doubt Jesus’s historicity?”…
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The true meaning of Christmas
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As can be seen from the Discovery clip here, the mainstream media and academia are finally catching up with what I’ve been saying for 15 years online and many others for decades and centuries before that. Too bad our educational system doesn’t teach important and interesting facts like these to…
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Is Lazarus a remake of Osiris?
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Is the story about the raising of Lazarus by Jesus in the New Testament Gospel of John a remake of the mythical resurrection of Osiris by Horus in the ancient Egyptian texts? Below is an image of the parts from my book Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection showing a…
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Migration & Diffusion Journal
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I want to introduce you to a wonderful site called “Migration & Diffusion” by Dr. Christine Pellech, whose mission statement is as follows: The basic theme of my website are cultural contacts and migration covering the time range from human origin up to the discovery of America by Columbus in…
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