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The movie was interesting. It was art if anything. Gibson made Satan look like Marilyn Manson. Would have been more interseting if Manson had played the role. God showed his disapproval by striking the actor playing Jesus with a lightning bolt. Jesus at the end was almost comical. He had...

Barefoot, I would say that we all have "our own cross to bear" but to claim it is caused by a separation from God is questionable. I have never been happier in my life then being an atheist. From my own expience happiness comes from within, not from one's relationship with an invisible entity...

You seemed to have rememorized the creationist's propaganda speech incorrectly. We have the same number of chromosomes as guppies. We are so similar to chimp DNA some speculate we can breed with them. <snip - I, Brian> This is probably what happened during the evolution of the apes. All...

The punishment of children, owning and beating of slaves is not the moral problem I have with Christianity- it is the punishment of God. For those who failed to grasp belief in a world wide flood, a talking snake, and resurrecting corpses we face a life of eternal fire- not just an hour or so...

Condemning a text to mediocrity was your conclusion of the document hypothesis not mine. For me any book which defies the laws of the universe and is being sold as truth needs to be defended, not my beliefs. If your religious texts falls on its face under critical examination, I am not to blame...

As to the theory of Creation stories, I have stated elsewhere, but will chime in again here. In the original Biblical text Eve was not mentioned by name. Adam simply had a wife. Adam was expelled and the woman was not. Adam then took a mortal wife. This is similar to a Babylonian tale. Lilith...

Just because the document hypothesis condemns a text to mediocrity does not mean it is incorrect. Let the chips fall where they may.

I have read Friedman's work and it was what made me realize his "Hidden Book in the Bible" was a text on astrology. Unfortuantely Friedman does not edit the text correctly either, although I agree with what you have reproduced here. He has major league problems once he gets into Judges.

The Ouija board is a lot of fun. I grew up with one, I used to play it with my mother while other kids played monopoly. I eventually introduced a few of them to the board. We grew bored of the board because it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out how it works and trust me-there is no...

Compare Gen. 1:1-2:4 and Gen.2.5ff My personal research indicates 2:4 is the beginning of second creation and not the ending of the first. There are differences between the two creations, with the first creation story being younger than the second text. This is a good place to break out your...

I am an ex-Christian turned atheist. My Christian friends tell me that they are better off believing in God/Jesus etc. using Pascal's Wager. If I am wrong-there are consequences, if they are wrong- there are no consequences. I concede that argument to them and ask how does one simply turn on...

http://www.infidelguy.com If you want to debate Bible contradictions. Atheists have grown weary of debating Bible contradictions. The apologists pile one absurdity upon another to explain contrdictions. A classic example is who is Joseph's father? The genealogies in Matthew and Luke are...

They do compare and it is acceptable until you descibe Jesus and the Bible in the same light as all other myths. Then it can't be. At this point the similarities are not exact so they can't be related. The out cry from religious groups approaches absurdity. Isn't Gilgamish the same story as...

Moses-Sargon is a classic relationship in the birth tale. Not many people are found floating down a river in a basket, but in this case both these guys were. There are a few other similarities too in this tale. What is interesting is that Moses' basket was sealed with pitch. This substance was...

Actually I am just scratching the surface on this one. This was the logical conclusion that came out of the astrology idea. We can eliminate the astrology aspect, but then one would ask, "why did they use a circular time line?" There are many texts which were added to the original even if one...

Tamar Tamar means "palm tree" which was sacred to the love and birth goddess Isis or Ishtar among the Arabs. Arabians worshipped the great palm of Nejran by draping it with woman's clothes and ornaments. In the original story, it is suggested by Graves Tamar would have been a sacred prostitute...

The Hebrews' Circular Time Line Our whole idea of placing the Bible text into a historical time line is that we think of time lines as linear. When we try to impose linear thinking on a circular object we fail. Remember this was God’s history, his writing, his story, his way of thinking. It was...

I was not overly impressed. I felt more spirtual up lifting from Jesus Christ Superstar than watching a 12 minute sequence of a European looking guy pretending to be Jesus having his flesh flayed off in slow motion. Most of the flash back scenes were poorly done. I did like 4 of them. The rest...

Ancient Pornography I am not sure where to start. The question might be asked to define pornography. Perhaps ancient erotica might be a better title. Religion and sex were very much combined. Are the Songs of Solomon erotic? The Babylonian religious texts tended to be erotic: ‘As for me...

The standard explanation of the goddess comes from the miracle of child birth. Women gave birth to children and so a goddess worship was initiated. When it was discovered the male was involved, they made her a consort who was also her father or creator. The breaking of water was associated with...