Tag: christianity
1st-century Gospel of Mark fragment found?
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The New Testament blogosphere is all abuzz with news of a purported papyrus discovery that comprises fragments of some 19 or more different Bible manuscripts, including a small piece of the Gospel of Mark. A Christian professor relates that “one of the world’s leading paleographers” has dated the Mark fragment…
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Jesus and Paul: Figurehead and founder of Christianity?
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When the facts of comparative religion and history are known, typical perspectives of Christian origins and history sometimes sound unsophisticated and uninformed. For example, in the article below Huffington Post writer Robert Orlando raises up a number of “Christian” elements that derive from pre-Christian Paganism. However, he also comments: “There…
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Atheists to put up ‘Jesus Myth’ billboards in U.S.
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“American Atheists are planning to put up more holiday ‘Myth’ billboards… this year, the group’s planning to erect signs featuring images of Santa, Jesus, Poseidon and the devil next to the message: ’37 Million Americans know MYTHS when they see them.’” Thirty-seven million Americans agree with me? So, why have…
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Our Lord and Savior Quetzalcoatl born of a virgin and crucified!
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One of the gods I highlighted in my book The Christ Conspiracy, and even more so in my book Suns of God, is the Mesoamerican deity Kukulkan or Quetzalcoatl. In Christ Con, I included the fact that mainstream scholarship does not allow for contact between the “Old” and “New” Worlds,…
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Is Jesus obsolete? Christians debate the need for a savior
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There has been much debate of late about whether the biblical Adam and Eve were “real people” or myths. A number of Christian scientists, for example, have conceded that DNA studies cast serious doubt on the biblical account of Adam and Eve, indicating that the story is indeed mythical. Obviously,…
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Archaeologist: Egyptian religion forms the roots of Jewish, Christian, Islamic religious tree
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As has been the claim by some for decades and centuries… In the History Channel video below, an Arab-Egyptian archaeologist inside the pyramid of King Teti (c. 2345-2333 BCE), where early inscriptions of the ancient Egyptian sacred writings called the Pyramid Texts can be found, makes the following remarks: “Everybody…
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Adam and Eve a myth?
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The NPR article below explains that Christian scholars are being forced to reconsider the account of Adam and Eve in the Bible, largely because of genetic studies. If Adam is mythical, then the Bible is incorrect and not “inerrant.” Moreover, the New Testament traces Jesus’s family lineage to the (fictional)…
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Garden of Eden originally a Pygmy myth?
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In one of the most fascinating books I’ve ever read, Pygmy Kitabu, Belgian anthropologist Dr. Jean-Pierre Hallet relates numerous detailed legends of the Pygmy people of the Ituri Forest in the Congo, including their origin and savior myths. Hallet, who spent some 30 years living off and on with the…
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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…
Read MoreChrist in Egypt discussion on Booktalk.org
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I’m delighted to announce that my book Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection has been chosen for discussion at the popular site BookTalk.org. You can find the various discussion threads here: http://www.booktalk.org/christ-in-egypt-the-horus-jesus-connection-by-d-m-murdock-f180.html All who wish to join are welcome to do so – BookTalk.org is well moderated and very civil.…
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Is Jesus coming soon? Is the end near?
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UPDATE 2013: As we know, this event came and went without incident, except that several thousand people apparently sold or gave away all their belongings but were not raptured off the planet. Harold Camping, however, has gone since then to meet his Maker. RIP. UPDATE: Be sure to join us…
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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…
Read MoreEaster: Christian or Pagan? Radio show and articles
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Happy Belated Vernal Equinox Celebrations! Time for these perennial favorites once again! As you can see from the articles below, there’s more to Easter and Passover than meets the eye. On April 21st at 9:00 PM EST/6:00 PM PST, I will be appearing once again on the Godless Discussion Radio…
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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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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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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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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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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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Is Christ a clone of Mithra?
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In my book The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold appears a series of lists in a popular chapter called “The Characters.” These lists recite characteristics in common with the Jesus figure of the following gods and godmen: Attis, Buddha, Dionysus, Hercules, Horus, Krishna, Mithra, Prometheus and Zoroaster. One…
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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The Virgin-Born Son of the Sun God
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Much-loved ancient tales from the Indian sacred text the Mahabharata demonstrate some important motifs found within Christianity as well. As part of this discussion of comparative religion and mythology, it has often been argued that the Indian god Krishna’s mother was not a virgin but only a “chaste” maiden who…
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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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Barbara G. Walker this weekend on Aeon Byte!
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My friend Miguel/Abraxas has a very special radio show playing all this weekend, May 8th and 9th. On this program, Miguel interviews the fabulous Barbara G. Walker, who discusses her wondrous life’s work as found in her new book, Man Made God. Here is where you can listen in to…
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What is ‘your’ religion?
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An exchange on my Freethought Examiner article “Pope further damages Church reputation with Shroud claim” brought up a recurring issue regarding religion and culture: To wit, what is “your” religion and/or culture? Is it really “yours?” Did you create it? Or was it put upon you from the outside? In…
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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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