Tag: paganism
Kirk Cameron’s absurdly ignorant Christmas message
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One of the world’s most famous Christian apologists, Hollywood actor Kirk Cameron, steps into the Christmas fray with nonsensical declarations that this time of the year – the winter solstice – has nothing to do with paganism and everything to do with Jesus Christ. This claim is patently absurd and…
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Pagan Parallels: Achilles Heel of Christianity
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My forum mod’s put together a post on the pagan parallels to the “life of Christ” constantly bandied about around the internet. In my book The Christ Conspiracy, published in 1999, I included several lists of parallels from the “lives” of various pagan gods and heroes. These parallels lists have…
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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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UK police get Pagan holidays
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Many of us in the field of comparative religion and mythology may never have guessed we would see the day when official organizations such as the police in Great Britain recognized the validity of Pagan celebrations that have their roots in antiquity. But it appears that we will see this…
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The Jesus Myth
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Following is a great quote from the Barbara G. Walker’s new book Man Made God (151). Barbara’s summary here pretty much says it all. It’s really that simple. All the fussing and personal attacks still haven’t changed that fact. …And according to Acts 4:13, the apostles were all “unlearned and…
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Pagan chaplain appointed at major American university
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As part of an interesting trend in the modern resurrection of Paganism, the first Pagan chaplain has been appointed at New York’s Syracuse University. What’s also intriguing is that this chaplain is a woman, Mary Hudson, whose appointment is heralded as part of an effort to be “more inclusive of…
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Air Force Pagans: Earth warriors
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Pagan warriors for the earth? The recognition by the U.S. military of various Earth-centered, Pagan and Wiccan sects as valid religious and spiritual systems is good news for those of us who value freedom of religion, as well as freedom from religion. The acceptance of a circle of rocks as…
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UK Gov’t worker to Pagan: ‘Take down your idols’
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Oh, but having an emaciated dead Jewish guy on your wall who has been tortured and nailed to a cross – that’s a great image for your children to see! Paganist protests as health visitor tells her to move items A follower of paganism claims a health visitor told her…
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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…
Read MoreThe myth of Hebrew monotheism
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In my book The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold, I have a chapter called “The Myth of Hebrew Monotheism,” which explains that, according to the Bible, the Hebrews/Israelites/Jews were always “whoring after other gods.” Unbelievably, rabid apologists attempting to debunk my entire body of work have even homed…
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