Hello everyone...I am in need of some help...I am in a debate with someone about the authors of the canonical gospels...my position is that the general concensus of biblical scholars is that they were not penned by anyone named Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. I named off a ton of sources to back...
I know a lot of Christians accept that Jesus was 100% man and 100% God...But doesnt the very fact that in the story, Jesus being born of a virgin (not to mention his many miracles), negate the idea that he was 100% man? I mean, why dont Christians just call him a demigod since he fits all the...
I was reading something by Hyam Maccoby today on the topic of Judas Iscariot and his role in the origin of anti Semitism. He definitely doesnt conclude in any way that Christian theology is to blame for this, however what I am interested in is the fact that Maccoby believes Judas to be a forced...
How would you feel if your pastor or members of the clergy at your personal church were actually atheists and did not believe in the things that they were teaching you? Sound farfetched? Actually this is becoming more common, at least in media reports, and there is something called The Clergy...
So I am reading the Bible again, for the first time as a non believer, and I noticed something that caught my attention. Moses has two siblings, Aaron and Miriam. Now, we all know, when Moses was a baby, he was sent up the Nile to save him from execution. My questions is, if Moses was named...