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The Synoptic Problem And The Abiathar Contradiction In Mark
The expression “The Synoptic Problem” simply refers to the question of why Mark, Mathew and Luke share so much word for word similarity. The riddle is usually solved by both conservative and liberal...
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4 Ways The Typical Sermon Can Be Manipulative
Aside from working undercover in Pentecostalism I have my own years of time spent listening to Pentecostal sermons, Baptist sermons, Non-denominational sermons, and the messages of preachers all across...
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How Can Jesus Be God If He Has A God?
If we assume the historicity of Jesus it becomes clear from the historical-critical method of studying the Bible that what was once a zealous charismatic Rabbi who died an unjust death quickly became...
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Christians Are Ignorant About Islam
I have been studying Islam as of late. By studying I mean attending a Mosque, discussing it with Muslims, watching online material about it, and reading the Koran with study notes. I have been amazed...
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Your Good Works Are Worthless If You Don’t Agree With Me!
There’s a common thread that I’ve found within my study of the Abrahamic religions. I first noticed it when I began reading the Bible years ago in the book of Proverbs just prior to my conversion....
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Thoughts On Jihad (Part 1.)- The Context Of The Koran
Reading through the Koran I’ve found that to a large extent I have been misinformed by my culture and by the Church about Jihad and about negative Muslim attitudes towards Jews and Christians. Yes, I...
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The Bible May Not Discourage Slavery, But the Koran Does!
It seems the most trivial thing a Holy Book touting itself as a divine guide for morals and philosophy could do is to at least discourage what is universally condemned in the U.S.- slavery. The...
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7 Key Reasons Why Bible Scholars Don’t Think The Gospels Are Historically...
While the average man in the pew has largely considered the four canonical gospels to be reliable source material for understanding the historical Jesus in the last few hundred years even Christian...
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Book Review: God Or Ichabod? A Non-Violent Christian Nihilism- By C.D. Keyes
I was hovering in the one dollar book section of a used Christian book store when I stumbled upon this little known masterpiece by C.D. Keyes. It is a brief work of art that I would term a...
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Do We Need The Ability To Sin To Have Free Will? How The Fundamentalist God...
Think about the fundamentalist Christian meta-narrative in the context of the attributes classically given to God. The fundamentalist Christian meta-narrative goes something like this: God, the one who...
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Why Does John’s Gospel Quote The Hindu Rigveda? (John 1:1)
This will sound familiar. “In the beginning was the word (Vak), and the word (Vak) was with Brahma, and the word (Vak) was Brahma” (Prajapati vai idam agra asit, Tasya vak dvitiya asit, Vag vai paramam...
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Matthew’s Zombie Apocalypse
I can remember being a new believer and setting out to read the gospels. I read the wisdom literature of the Hebrew Bible, some of the epistles and Leviticus before deciding to really dive into the...
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The Irony Of The Name “Zarathustra”
If you’ve heard of “Zarathustra” then you probably know him as the fictitious prophet of nihilism featured in Nietzsche’s work “Thus Spake Zarathustra” who proclaims the death of God and futility of...
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Ideology And The Cost-Benefit Analysis
In the name of objectivity ideas have been considered something to be “thought about”. The fact is that in our mind ideas are FELT before they are really thought about at any depth. Like a child eating...
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God’s Subjectivity
If I say that a specific dish is the best I’ve ever tasted and offer it to you it won’t offend me if you disagree. By nature we have experiences and perceptions that don’t have any weight outside...
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