Tag: abrahamic religion
Bible manuscripts a mass of variations
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In my book The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold, published in 1999, I included a discussion of the hundreds of thousands of “variations” in the various Bible manuscripts dating to the earliest presently in existence. This fact has been known since the 18th and 19th centuries. It’s good…
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Bible scholar: New Testament books and letters bogus
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Some 80 years after lawyer Joseph Wheless wrote his classic Forgery in Christianity, it seems some – or at least one – mainstream scholars are catching up to the fact that the New Testament is not what it appears to be and what hundreds of millions have been taught around…
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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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Muslim reformer supports Congressional hearings on Radical Islam
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Why, as a Muslim, I support the congressional hearings about Radical Islam By Tawfik Hamid www.tawfikhamid.com House Homeland Security Committee chairman, Republican Peter King, of New York, opens hearings on the threat of homegrown Islamic terrorism in Washington, DC, on Thursday 10 March. Congressman Keith Ellison, a Muslim, objected to…
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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.…
Read MoreMuslim: 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…
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Did Washington and Jefferson believe Jesus was a myth?
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Okay – be prepared to have your socks knocked off! I hope you feel better, smarter and freer after reading this newest article of mine. It’s very long – I trimmed some fat, but I just couldn’t hold back all this juicy mental nutrition! Did Washington and Jefferson Believe Jesus…
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Sam Harris speaks truth about Islam on MSNBC with Lawrence O’Donnell
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Everyone needs to listen to the brilliant, enlightened and honest Sam Harris speaking the unvarnished, unwhitewashed truth about Islam – and QUICK! “We have a real problem with Islam, and it’s not an accident that we’re not having this conversation about the Amish or Quakers or Jains or even Buddhists….…
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Christ Myth Anthology
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Here’s some info about my latest project, which hopefully will be out sometime in 2011. It’s called The Christ Myth Anthology, and I started working on it last year. I published a tentative cover for it in my “Origins of Christianity” article, which I uploaded a year ago. The Christ…
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Jews, Israel and the Palestinians
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This article clarifies my position vis-a-vis these hot-button issues. As I have demonstrated in my work over the past couple of decades, there is always room for discussion of Jewish supremacy, as outlined in the Old Testament and Talmud. I have criticized this hegemony in my book The Christ Conspiracy…
Read MoreA god of life – the SUN!
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Hurrah! Here is a new Pat Condell video in which he discusses the Christ myth and the sun worship of the ancients! Unfortunately, he doesn’t name my book The Christ Conspiracy, which I know he read and which he told me was “excellent.” But he does link to the video…
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Mythicism conference in Greece
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My friend Minas Papageorgiou has passed along the news of his “Mythicism Conference” held in Athens, Greece. Looks like it was a great success. Congrats, Minas, and keep up the good work – μια χαρά! Be sure to read my interview with Minas as well! Mythicism event in Greece by…
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Islam is not a race
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Over the years, certain knuckledraggers have attempted to thwart my criticism of heinous ideologies by calling me a “racist.” The foolish tossing out of this absurd epithet has mainly occurred when I have addressed the numerous atrocities committed in the name of Islam, a long list indeed that needs to…
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Religion and mental illness
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I have many religious friends who are clearly not mentally ill. They like to fool themselves into acceptance of their religion by denial that their religion promotes unethical and at times horrific actions, not to mention the acceptance of supernatural occurrences without a smidgen of evidence. There is a wide…
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Pagans in Parliament
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Now here is something interesting on the religious horizon: Pagans serving on the “Board of Trustees of the Council of the Parliament of World Religions.” There are currently three people on the board, obviously brave individuals in consideration of previous reaction to the mere existence of people who deemed themselves…
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Most Brits say: ‘Islam is divisive’
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UPDATE: Islam4Uk has been banned! The majority of Brits evidently believe that Islam is divisive, and would protest a mosque being built in their neighborhoods. When one considers that Islam in Britain is often represented by the scoundrels pictured here – who really are angry, hateful-looking and very dour individuals…
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What is a Bible-based marriage?
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The impeccable Christian diva Betty Bowers teaches us scripture – with wonderful graphics to get the real meaning of the verses across loud and clear!
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TIME honors Neda as ‘Person of the Year’
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It’s great enough that TIME magazine’s “Man of the Year” is a woman, but it’s even better that she is Neda Soltan, the beautiful Persian protester struck down in the streets by a bullet courtesy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Neda’s horrible, untimely murder – or “martyrdom,” as it…
Read MoreWinter Solstice: The REAL ‘Reason for the Season’
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Just a little holiday cheer in advance of the coming winter solstice celebration! Actually, those who have my Astrotheology Calendar will know that we are already in the midst of several ancient winter-solstice festivities, including Brumalia, the Mysteries of Osiris and the Halcyon Days of Greece. In fact, December is…
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Scientific insight to religiosity
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A study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) shows that expert advice may shut down areas of the brain responsible for decision-making processes, particularly when individuals are trying to evaluate a situation where risk is involved. The study was published in the March 2009 issue of the Public Library of…
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The secular Muslim
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Here is a really good essay describing a segment of society who need to be acknowledged, encouraged and protected against bigotry from Muslims and non-Muslims alike. I refer to the many secular Muslims who have been living in non-Muslim countries for decades, assimilating just fine and living without scrutiny and…
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A Mutilated woman speaks out against FGM
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For some years now, a fascinating and amazing young Kenyan woman has been agitating effectively against the heinous practice of female genital mutilation (“FGM”). As has been pointed out many times, this tradition is pre-Islamic in Africa and has affected Christians, Muslims and animists alike. In this case, the victim…
Read MoreThe Origins of Christianity and the Quest for the Historical Jesus Christ
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I have recently revised my original article “The Origins of Christianity and the Quest for the Historical Jesus Christ,” which is the one that started it all 16 years ago! I put this article online in 1995 and began revising and expanding it based on feedback. It kicked up quite…
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Scientology under fire
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I have no great love for the Church of Scientology, even though I may like some of its victims adherents, but I find this current wave of persecution to be rather hypocritical. If the Church of Scientology is to be deemed a “criminal racket,” then so must all the other…
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