Ancient Egypt… The Weekly Roundup – 5.3.19 3 May 201930 Apr 2019 It’s gotten all mixed up, you see, as it was bound to after thousands and thousands of years of dogma and tradition. Religion doesn’t spawn morality. Intelligence spawns morality,which inevitably gives…
Atheism… The Weekly Roundup – 4.12.19 12 Apr 20198 Apr 2019 "Mark, wanting to make a theological point, locates the event in a place whose name is associated with casting out demons – the language, as Marcus points out, does kinda support this. This…
Ancient Israel… The Weekly Roundup – 4.5.19 5 Apr 20191 Apr 2019 "One would certainly not expect any literary reference to Christians or Christianity or Jesus himself in Roman authors of the first century. Christianity was simply a tiny (TINY) religious movement…
Atheism… The Weekly Roundup – 2.22.19 22 Feb 201916 Feb 2019 "The stories of the ancestors of the Israelites do not come from any one period but developed over time. It is best to see the ancestors as composite characters." -…
Atheism… The Weekly Roundup – 2.1.19 1 Feb 201930 Jan 2019 "I propose the final edition of Genesis is the result of a similar process by an editor of the Holiness school of pre-exilic Israel, who combined and organized these various…
Atheism… The Weekly Roundup – 1.25.19 25 Jan 201926 Jan 2019 Over on his blog Charles Payet has a post entitled "It's the End of the World as We Knew It." Overall, it is a rather pessimistic piece and one with which…
'The Covenant'… A Conversation with @MiraScriptura 14 Jan 201914 Jan 2019 Today over on the Mira Scriptura podcast is a conversation I had with @MiraScriptura covering a wide range of topics including my journey from Christianity to atheism, views on the Documentary…
Atheism… The Weekly Roundup – 1.11.19 11 Jan 20194 Jan 2019 "What is at stake in that sad progression from Paul to anti-Paul? Why is it of importance that — at least with regard to slavery — radical Christian liberty is…
'The Bible for Normal People' (podcast)… The Weekly Roundup – 12.7.18 7 Dec 20187 Dec 2018 "The death of the messiah [in Mark's Gospel], at the hour of the cross, is the advent of the υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, who has come with great power and glory (13:26)."…
Atheism… The Weekly Round up – 11.9.18 9 Nov 201812 Nov 2018 "Jesus’ followers are to abandon any and all means of procuring a socio-economic livelihood, or more accurately conceiving of a livelihood in socio-economic terms." - Steven DiMattei Over at his…
