The History Of Religions and their Gods!
This is a survey of religions from the earliest of times starting with ancient ceremonial burials and gifts goods, followed by the development of massive kingdoms and Temples. In this series we will dig deep into pre-Israelite cults and how they influenced Judaism and ultimately Christianity, what were the political motivations behind the scripture and the gospels? Then we will conclude with the Holocaust in the 1930's and look at how religion may have been involved in the murder of over 6 million Jews.
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This episode is a breakdown of the 4th and final gospel known as John. It was written around the mid to late 90s where this evangelist finds himself defending Christianity on all fronts from doubting gentiles and Jews, Gnostics and Docetic circles, and other interpretations of scripture as well.
The Gospel know as Luke is widely loved by Christians all around the world. But if you were to ask someone when it was written or where did this author get his sources, they might be a little confused. In this episode, I will look at the dating of this manuscript and exactly where he got his source information from. Would you be surprised to learn that this author borrowed from Homer, Jewish scripture and even Josephus to build stories for his accounts of Jesus
In this episode, I discuss his book and film "The Case for Christ" and all of it's claims why everyone should come to Jesus. Are his claims valid, do they hold any water, or are they all just bad Apologetics?
In this episode, I am going through the Gospel account of Matthew to identify what changes he makes to his predecessor, Mark (ca. 75CE). We explore reasons for his alterations, changes and updates followed by where he found his sources.
Over Easter The Tall Friendly Atheist Dad and I got on a call and this is became of it. Tariffs, our deconversion, Job and the Devil and Old Jewish Man Titties. You'll have to listen to the end!
This episode is a brief run down of the events that were taking place in Judea during the early part of the first century when the Jewish Revolutionaries decided to engage in a war with the Roman Empire. The events of the war, the people involved and the locations seem to be reflected in The Gospel of Mark from a Christian perspective. If this is true, the this helps us place the earliest Gospel account to after the war 70 CE.