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What people are saying about the work of D.M. Murdock/Acharya S

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Over the decades that I’ve been writing about and teaching what is called “Jesus mythicism,” many educated people who have studied my work have made supportive comments. While my detractors like to toss out defamatory claims, the one thing most of them have in common is that they have never…

Dutch theologian and banned pastor: ‘Christ in Egypt’ is a ‘fantastic book!’

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A Dutch theologian who was banned recently from appearing in a local Reform Church for saying that Jesus is a myth drawn from Egyptian religion has stated that he has studied my book Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection. Rev. Dr. Edward van der Kaaij ruffled many feathers when he…

Radio/video program on Bible, Moses, Exodus, religion and myth!

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Here’s the Youtube recording of our conversation at “Beyond the Trailer Park” on January 21, 2015. I explain quite a bit about ancient religion, mythology, the Bible, Moses and the Exodus! http://youtu.be/2PVcLxqaQfg

Moses discussion with Aron Ra of American Atheists-TX

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UPDATE: Aron has promoted my book at the beginning of his video discussing the 10 Commandments and Christian commentator Dennis Prager: Here’s the Youtube video of my discussion on November 20, 2014 with Aron Ra of American Atheists-TX and Mark Nebo of BeSecular.com. In the caption on the video, Aron…

The Great Jesus Debate goes mainstream

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The Great Jesus Debate is now in the MSM at The Washington Post. Unfortunately, the article by Raphael Lataster cites the snippy Richard Carrier, as well as Bart Ehrman and Maurice Casey, all of whom have attacked and defamed me rather viciously. Of course, there is no mention of their…

Did Moses Exist? Errata

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There are a couple of errors and typos in my book Did Moses Exist? The Myth of the Israelite Lawgiver that need to be corrected. I appreciate the close reading by those who have brought them to my attention. I will be fixing them in the book itself, but here…

Bart Ehrman caught in lies and libel?

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In Did Jesus Exist? (p. 24), New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman quotes my book The Christ Conspiracy and refers to an image of a bronze sculpture of a cock, commenting in brackets (except for my “sic”): “’Peter’ is not only ‘the rock’ but also ‘the cock’ or penis, as the…

Bigotry in the nonbelieving and mythicist fields

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I’m essentially the lone female scholar of notoriety in the field of mythicism, and I can guarantee you that my treatment is not unlike the first woman sports announcer in the locker room, the first female stock trader, or any number of “firsts” in which women have been harangued relentlessly.…

Egyptian and Mithraic influence on Christianity

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We mythicists and comparative religion/mythology scholars and students often hear apologies attempting to refute comparisons between the Egyptian religion, Mithraism and Christianity. These rebuttals include that Egypt had nothing to do with the creation of Christianity and that Mithra’s birth was not celebrated on December 25th or the winter solstice,…

Acharya on Alan Eisenberg radio program, 10/27/2013

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UPDATE: Here is the link to Mythicist Milwaukee, where they’ve got the MP3 of my radio program online. Note that Alan worked as an attorney, so he has a unique style in “interrogating” his guests. Also, note that he chimes in quite a bit. Overall, it was a pleasant and…

Top 10 myths about the religion part of Zeitgeist

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If you’re one of the hundreds of millions globally who have seen the first or religion part of the first “ZEITGEIST” film, you will appreciate the short list I’ve put together at Examiner.com: http://www.examiner.com/list/top-10-myths-about-the-religion-part-of-zeitgeist Included in my article are images like the one below: As you will see, there is…

Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection

Cracked.com’s shockingly crappy article about ‘Religulous’ and ‘Zeitgeist’

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Cracked.com had an article disparaging documentaries “shockingly full of crap” that included the first “Zeitgeist” film. Unfortunately, the article itself – which had almost a million views in one day – is shockingly full of crap, as the author has a very superficial knowledge of the subject of comparative religion…

No, Zeitgeist has not been refuted!

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In addition to the numerous supposed “debunking” sites are images that purport to refute the first or religion part of the first “Zeitgeist” film (“ZG1.1”). We have already demonstrated the brief summary contentions in ZG1.1 to be largely accurate. In addition to numerous articles and a nearly 600-page book on…

Orpheus, Gnosticism and Christianity

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Here is the Youtube edition of my interview with Miguel Conner of Aeon Byte radio about the ancient cult of Orpheus and its relationship to Christianity and Gnosticism. In this program, I discuss a possibly pre-Christian artifact of “Orpheos Bakkikos” on a cross, as well as many other subjects. If…

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Happy Solstice!* In a program debuting on June 22, 2013, I discuss with Miguel Conner of Aeon Byte Radio the possible Orphic influences on Christianity, including a human figure on a cross that appears to be pre-Christian. This small gemstone of a crucifix was featured on the cover of a…

A Pre-Christian ‘God’ on a Cross?

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While I am moving closer to the publication of my Moses book, I could use some assistance, so I’m offering a brand-new, 40-page ebook entitled, “A Pre-Christian ‘God’ on a Cross? My paper examines a famous artifact of a crucifix with the inscription “Orpheos Bakkikos.” A Pre-Christian ‘God’ on a…

Mythicist book about Bart Ehrman and the Christ myth

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The collaborative rebuttal of Bart Ehrman’s book Did Jesus Exist? is available both in Kindle and hard copy. This one-of-a-kind volume is entitled Bart Erhman and the Quest of the Historical Jesus of Nazareth: An Evaluation of Ehrman’s Did Jesus Exist? (Cranford, NJ: American Atheist Press, 2012). The book includes…

Easter radio program on March 25th!

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UPDATE: Just in case you missed the live radio program yesterday, here is a link to the MP3. We had a lot of fun, and I shared some really fascinating information you will want to know about Easter! Many thanks to the kind and enthusiastic hosts and listeners! I will…

Christianity and Buddhism radio program, 2/23 and 2/24

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Today and tomorrow, February 23 and 24, 2013, my new radio interview with Miguel Conner at Aeon Byte will be available gratis. The easiest way to access it is to go to this page: http://www.aeonbytegnosticradio.com/ In the box with the orange line that says “AEON BYTE” and “Options,” click on…

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Here’s a brand-new, hot-off-the-presses publication of mine! It’s a review and study guide of a book by Dr. Michael Lockwood entitled Buddhism’s Relation to Christianity. You can support my work by obtaining a copy of this 23-page PDF, which reveals the Buddhist roots of Christian doctrines and traditions, including purported…

New sun ceremony at the cenote Ik Kil near Chichen Itza, 12/21/12

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Below is a video of the group I was with in the Yucatan, on the morning of the winter solstice, December 21, 2012. We are in the magical cenote Ik Kil near Chichen Itza, a fabulous sunken and naturally round water hole where we held a ceremony at around 5:00…

Anahita, virgin mother of Mithra

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I am delighted to announce that I have had an article published in a scholarly reader called Anahita: Ancient Persian Goddess and Zoroastrian Yazata, which contains the articles of many respected scholars in the field of history and Iranian studies. My article, “Was the Persian Goddess Anahita the Pre-Christian Virgin…

Maya maize god growing as World Tree through the earthy turtle

World Tree as Milky Way growing out of the back of a turtle

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A very interesting motif exists in mythology from Mexico to New York and Canada: The World Tree and the turtle. In Maya mythology, the First Father or Hun Hunahpu as the Maize God is depicted as emerging or resurrecting through the shell of a turtle, symbolizing the earth. This reborn…

Acharya S on Aeon Byte radio, 11/17-18

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Come hear my new radio program with Miguel Conner all this weekend! In this show, I discuss the Maya, the Milky Way and religious ideas that can be found around the world. The Mayans and the Milky Way http://www.aeonbytegnosticradio.com/2010/05/may-15-may-16-its-complete-truth-about.html Here’s Miguel’s write-up: “Groundbreaking scholarship continues to reveal the sublime legacy…

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CORRECTION: Sorry about the mix-up over the XZone radio program. I didn’t realize that it wouldn’t be live. The program will be recorded and will be broadcast first from 10:00-11:00 PM EST/7:00-8:00 PM PST. However, it will be an archived MP3 located at the following link, so you can listen…

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