Introduction
to the Bible and Biblical Problems A short introduction to the history of the
Biblical text. KEY TO
ABBREVIATIONS for use with Bible data Compiled by Donald Morgan We Come
Not to Destroy the Bible The editor of The Skeptical Review
discusses reader reaction to the first issue of his magazine which is dedicated to proving
that the Bible is errant and NOT the "Word of God". This article
offers some keen insights to the mentality of fundamentalist Christians. Holy Bible
by Anonymous: A Book Review Judith Hayes (a.k.a The Happy Heretic) imagines
what an unsuspecting reviewer would think of the bible How To
Handle Bibliolaters By Delos McKown Ph.D The
Jeremiah Dilemma In spite of Christian claims, the discoveries of the Dead Sea
Scrolls at Qumran refute the claim that the present day Bible is essentially the same as
what was in the "original autographs."An important essay which
introduces important facts that Christians don't want you to know . . . BIBLE
ABSURDITIES From a flat-earth to four-footed fowl, a list of some Biblical
passages that range from scientifically incorrect to clear exaggerations. BIBLE
ATROCITIES From divinely directed mass genocide to baby killing - the Bible has it
all. BIBLICAL
INCONSISTENCIES A list that shows why it is rather difficult for Biblical
inerrantists to "have their cake and eat it too". BIBLICAL
PRECEPTS: QUESTIONABLE GUIDELINES Read this and see why the Bible is a rather
questionable guide to human morality. BIBLICAL
VULGARITIES & OBSCENITIESWarning: For Adults Only!!! I wonder how
often these verses get read in church? I hope that they won't offend anyone . FATAL BIBLICAL
FLAWS A list of some rather apparent contradictions. Bible Contradictions
(St.) Paul said: "God is not the author of confusion," (I Corinthians
14:33), yet never has a book produced more confusion than the Bible! Some clear
contradictions which were compiled by a former Evangelical minister. Recommended!!! Textual
Contradictions in the Bible The Bible contains numerous contradictions and is not
the work of perfect harmony as inerrancy believers claim it is. About
the Holy Bible As the author of this article says: "Somebody ought
to tell the truth about the Bible. The preachers dare not, because they would be driven
from their pulpits. Professors in colleges dare not, because they would lose their
salaries. Politicians dare not. They would be defeated. Editors dare not. They would lose
subscribers. Merchants dare not, because they might lose customers. Men of fashion dare
not, fearing that they would lose caste. Even clerks dare not, because they might be
discharged. And so I thought I would do it myself . . . " Inspiration
of the Bible Sixty-one reasons to doubt the inspiration of the Bible. Biblical Errancy Dennis
McKinsey's Biblical Errancy issues EXCELLENT!!
This essay was written to be delivered as a lecture and
is worded accordingly. It was part of a two day debate with a Fundamentalist Christian
minister. For each evening there are two parts, one of thirty minutes and a conclusion of
ten minutes. This essay takes the negative position. No Takers
The editor of The Skeptical Review claims there is a contradiction between
II Kings 9; 10:1-30 and Hosea 1:4. He also discusses II Timothy 3:16 and II Peter 1:20-21,
which claim the Bible is inspired. Silence in
FantasylandThe Skeptical Review, a publication which is dedicating
to proving that the Bible is "errant" (i.e. that it contains errors), has
a policy of giving free space to inerrantists in which they can respond to rebuttals-- so
why aren't there any takers? According to the editor, "The silence of men like
Archer and Jackson when they are offered publishing space to defend their belief in
inerrancy only deepens our suspicion that they know enough to realize their position
cannot survive close public scrutiny." Archer and Jackson, it should be noted,
are two well known Evangelical Christian scholars who believe that the Bible is the "Word
of God" and completely free from error. More
Problems for Bibliolaters Is the Bible so harmonious that it can only be explained
by divine inspiration? Farrell Till writes that "bibliolaters cannot harmonize the
Bible without resorting to scenarios so preposterously far-fetched that only the very
credulous can believe them." The
Evolution and Devolution of the Bible A look at the apocryphal books of the Bible
and what they tell us about how the evolutionary process of the Biblical text. Once Upon a
Time Christian fundamentalists dismiss as liberal nonsense any interpretation of
scriptures that is based on the existence of myths and legends in the Biblical text, yet
they themselves often take doctrinal positions that reflect a fairy-tale view of the
Bible. A Perfect
Work of Harmony? Inerrantists claim that the Bible "is characterized by
such an amazing unity and beautiful continuity as to be inexplicable on the basis of human
origin", but it just ain't so. Read this and see why . . . What is
Wrong With Any-Loophole-Will-Do Hermenuetics More problems with the implausible "how-it-could-have-been"
scenarios offered by Biblical inerrantists. A Case in
Point The Biblical inerrancy doctrine, if true, should apply to any verse or
phrase or word of the Biblical "scriptures". This article examines a few
approaches to this problem. Textual
Contradictions in the Bible Is the Bible the work of perfect harmony that
inerrancy believers claim it is? Suppose we let the Bible speak for itself and see what
answer we get. More
Trouble for the Perfect-Harmony Theory This article cites several examples of
Biblical contradictions to show that the "perfect unity" of the Bible is
anything but perfect. Evidence
That Doesn't Demand a Verdict Even in the Bible, people rejected Christian
testimony and waited for hard evidence before believing. Who are we to disagree? A
List of Biblical Contradictions A long list with some introductory comments,
including a discussion of the methodology that Christians use in order to try to resolve
these contradictions. Recommended!!! Another
Preacher Who Never Ceases to Be Amazed Farrell Till never ceases to be amazed at
the extremes that religionists will go to find inerrancy in God's word.
Scientific
Boo-Boos in the Bible Bibliolaters claim that the Bible is inerrant in every
detail, in matters of history, science, geography, chronology, etc., as well as faith and
practice. It is a claim that has won wide acceptance among fundamentalist Christians, but,
as is true of most zealotic tributes that have been paid to the Bible, it has no basis in
fact. This article shows what anyone who wants to know truth already does: the Bible is
riddled with mistakes. Many of those mistakes were scientific ones. What About
Scientific Foreknowledge in the Bible? Any challenge to the Bible inerrancy
doctrine will sooner or later encounter the scientific-foreknowledge argument. "If
the Bible is not the inspired word of God", the inerrancy spokesmen ask, "then
how do you explain the many examples of scientific foreknowledge in it?" The
claim implied in this question is that men writing in an age of relative ignorance
indicated in various passages of the Bible that they understood scientific truths that
were completely unknown at the time. The response the question seeks is that these
scientific facts could not have been known to Bible writers without God's having revealed
them during the verbal inspiration process. They see this as a compelling argument for the
inerrancy doctrine. A basic problem with this argument is the same as the one found in the
familiar harmonious-content, unity-of-theme, and fulfillment-of-prophecy arguments so
often presented in the Bible's defense. It is based more on speculation, imaginative
interpretations, and wishful thinking than on verifiable facts. Bible
Biology
Did Bible writers demonstrate knowledge of scientific facts that were unknown at the time
the Bible was being written? According to Farrell Till, "there is no more
'scientific knowledge' in the Bible than in any other literature of the same era."
Seemingly, many of the Biblical authors would have flunked Biology 101.
Leviticus 11:6 mistakenly classifies the rabbit as a ruminant or cud-chewer, a problem for
inerrantists, who claim that the Bible is scientifically accurate in every detail. This
article shows why the inerrantist explanation of Leviticus 11:6 is difficult to swallow. Still
Chewing: Chasing Rabbits With Dr. Geisler
Jeffrey A. Justice responds to Dr. Geisler's attempt to explain away the biological error
in Leviticus 11:5-6, in which it is said that rabbits chew their cud.
As the author says: "Living in a time when people
believed that females emitted semen during sexual intercourse, the author of Hebrews wrote
in . . . [Hebrews 11:11] something that he thought was a scientific fact. As it
turned out, he was wrong. He made a mistake . . . ". Read it for
yourself!!! Sarah's
"Power" to Conceive: A Response Bill Lockwood, a Christian, responds to
the above article. A Typically
Inadequate Response Farrell Till critiques the Christian attempt to resolve the
problem of Sarah's alleged power to make "a deposit of semen" in Hebrews
11:11. Sarah's
Power to Conceive: A Response (II) Bill Lockwood's attempt to rebut Farrell
Till's article "A Typically Inadequate Response."
Bobby Liddell (a Christian) defends Biblical prophecy in this
article. The Myth of
Prophecy Fulfillment Farrell Till rebuts Liddell's "The Essence Of
Prophecy".
Dr. Hugh Ross (a Christian)
attempts to prove the infallibility of the Bible by stating some unusual probability
statistics. Prophecy
Fulfillment: An Unprovable Claim Farrell Till counters Dr. Ross' claims. Excellent!!! Fulfilled
Prophecy: An Unprovable Claim (2) Farrell Till continues his rebuttal to Dr.
Hugh Ross's article claiming that prophecy fulfillments prove the divine origin of the
Bible. Recommended!!!
Till's
Errors Concerning Tyre Farrell Till claims that Ezekiel's prophecy against Tyre
failed, but in truth, the "failure" that has taken place is Till's failure
to distinguish between plural pronouns and singular pronouns. At least, that's what
Matthew Hogan claims in this article.
Hogan's
Errors Concerning Pronouns Like all others in the fundamentalist repertoire
of fulfillment claim, the alleged prophecy in Ezekiel 26 offers no plausible
evidence that the Bible was divinely inspired. A Straw
House Amid 10-Foot Waves Matthew Hogan defends a prophecy in Ezekiel 26
A Very
Great City Jonah 3:3 informs us that the old Assyrian capital, Nineveh, was an
exceedingly great city, being "three days' journey across"! This article
argues that archaeological evidence shows it was not more than 3 miles across. Excellent!!! Insights into Leviticus
- on the Jews for Judaism home page One of the cornerstones of Christian
theology is that the only way to achieve atonement for sins is through the offering of a
sacrifice whose blood is shed in our place. The Greek Testament makes this very clear in
Hebrews 9:22 " . . . without the shedding of blood there is no
forgiveness." Is this idea consistent with the teachings of the Torah, or do
the Jewish and Christian bibles diverge on this issue? Christians generally insist that
the absolute need for a vicarious blood sacrifice is rooted in the Torah, and cite as
proof Leviticus 17:11 "For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given
it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that
makes an atonement for the soul." This article shows that the Christian
position takes only part of the Biblical evidence into account, and ranks as a thorough
and logical refutation of a ridiculous doctrine to which many Christian adhere. Highly
recommended!!! Sexual
Conduct Pentateuchal Style A look at sexual rules of conduct in the Pentateuch
(which is the Greek name for the first five books of the Old Testament). So much for the
idea that the Bible condemns all sex outside of marriage . . . The Last
Hurrah of the Inerrancy Doctrine This article discusses the verbal inspiration of
the Bible, the contradiction between Exodus 6:16-20 and Exodus 12:40, the "original
autographs" of the Bible, etc. Was It
Morally Right for God to Order the Killing of the Canaanites? Yes, says Clarence
Lavender (a Christian). In a chilling article that has Lavender comparing innocent
children with cancerous tumors, Lavender calls the massacre "the highest
manifestation of the goodness of God." If that's the highest, I'd hate to see the
lowest. Suffer,
Little Children Till takes Lavender to task for his moral insensibility is the
above article. Still More
Family ValuesTill writes more on the 'Family Values' found in the Christian Old
Testament. A Final
Look at Family ValuesTill's last article on family values in the old testament
This article discusses "the divergent views of
Jehu's slaughter of the royal family of Israel" in II Kings 9; 10:1-30 and Hosea
1:4, as an example of the inconsistencies in the Bible. The Blood
of Jezreel Jerry McDonald replies to Farrell Till's article entitled "A
Perfect Work of Harmony?". He claims there is no contradiction between 2 Kings
10:30 and Hosea 1:4. Ahab,
Jezebel, Jehu, and the Blood of Jezreel Till responds to Jerry McDonald and claims
that the contradiction between 2 Kings 10:30 and Hosea 1:4 still stands.
An examination of Biblical records relating to the size of ancient armies poses still more
problems for Biblical the inerrantists. What About
Casualty Numbers? Another article in the same vein as the above one, this time
focusing on the number of casualties instead of the number of soldiers. Another
Flaw in the Perfect-Harmony Theory Inerrantists boast that the Bible possesses a
thematic unity so amazing that it can be explained only on the basis of divine
inspiration, but the facts do not support this claim. As an example, Till considers
Yahweh's promise in Jeremiah 18:7-8, and his failure to keep this promise for King Josiah.
The opening salvo in the debate over
the morality of the Amalekite massacre is a bloody one. The author discusses the incident
in the Bible where God orders the Israelis to kill the Amalekites - men, women and
children - even babies, and reflects on the moral lessons of this (allegedly) God-ordered
holocaust. The
Amalekite Destruction a Moral Atrocity? According to Lindell Mitchell (a
Christian), killing babies is wrong, unless God orders it, in which case it's just fine. (Not
a man I'd want for a babysitter.) Just Whose
Legs Are Unequal? In the first exchange between Farrell Till and Lindell Mitchell
on the subject of the Amalekite massacre, Mitchell accused Till of poor logic and evasion
of the issue. But readers should have no difficulty seeing whose logic is faulty. Mr. Till,
Your Legs Are Unequal! Lindell Mitchell continues to argue that "God
stands ontologically on a higher plane than man", and is therefore morally
entitled to order acts of genocide. So much for the moral superiority of Christianity. Affirmations
that Mitchell Did Indeed Make In the course of the debate over the Amalekite
massacre, Mitchell has refused to answer questions on the grounds that he is not the
affirmant. Is Mitchell within his rights here, or is he using this to dodge questions he
would not be comfortable answering? Till claims the latter is true, and explains why.
The law of Moses barred those of illegitimate birth from entering
into the assembly of God, but this law was apparently not enforced when the descendants of
"bastards" had achieved important social status. What Was a
"Mamzer"? A closer look at the use of the word mamzer (trans: "bastard")
in Deuteronomy 23:2 reveals more problems for Biblical inerrantists. Answers to
a Claim of Errancy of the Scriptures An attempted Christian response to "No
Bastards Allowed". Bent Over
Double For God A response to the above Christian attempt to show that the banning
of bastards from the assembly of Yahweh (Dt. 23:2) does not contradict any other Biblical
passages. Farrell Till counters that Fox's explanations have little or nothing in the
Bible to support them. Leaning
Over Backwards for God Farrell Till (again) uses the Bible to prove that bastards
aren't allowed in God's assembly.
Roger Hutchinson defends the view that the
Bible does not punish the children for the sins of their fathers A Problem
of False Analogy Till dissects the analogy used in Hutchinson's article
This discusses the evidence that some of the alleged land
promises that Yahweh made to the Israelites were not fulfilled. Possession
of the Promised Land Charles Coats gives a Christian response to the above
article, contending that Yahweh did not break his promise. According to Coats, Yahweh's
promise was a conditional promise and the Israelites had not lived up to the conditions of
his promise.
An example of glaring inconsistency can be found in the
two accounts of the death of Saul, the first king of Israel, as told by the writers of 2
Samuel and 1 Chronicles. Both writers claimed that Yahweh engineered Saul's death because
of his disobedience, but the two versions of his disobedience differ significantly. Letter
from a Dead Man Dead men tell no tales -- but they do write letters -- at least
according to the Bible. This article details a contradiction between 2 Chronicles and 2
Kings, in which Elijah writes a letter to King Jehoram, despite the fact that he wasn't
alive (on Earth, anyway) during Jehoram's reign. Letter
from a Dead Man: A Response Jerry Moffitt responds to "Letter From A Dead
Man".
Among the examples cited in an effort to disprove the doctrine of
Biblical inerrancy is an apparent contradiction between Exodus 12:40-41 and Exodus
6:16-20. Just
Another Far-Fetched How-It-Could-Have-Been: a Rejoinder Roger Hutchinson (a
Christian) debates Farrell Till's response to his explanation of the discrepancy between
the length of the Israelite sojourn in Egypt and the Exodus 6 chronology in the Aaronic
genealogy. Not Much To
Do Why doesn't Roger Hutchinson just admit that in this case we have an obvious
example of Biblical discrepancy?
New
Testament Contradictions More than just a list of contradictions, since there are
detailed comments on each one. Nice reading! Truth in the Christian
Bible? - on the Jews for Judaism home page
A short Jewish critique of the New Testament. Did Paul's
Men Hear A Voice? In the 9th chapter of Acts, Luke tells the story of the
conversion of Saul, saying that "the men which journeyed with him stood
speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man." In the 22nd chapter of the same
book, Luke quotes Paul's own words regarding the same experience: "And they that
were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him
that spake unto me." The
Jannes-Jambres Syndrome How did Paul know the names of the magicians who opposed
Moses (2 Tim. 3:8)? Farrell Till shows that Paul knew their names from a widely known oral
and written tradition and that, therefore, this verse hardly constitutes evidence for the
inspiration of the Bible. Contextual
Problems with the Gospel of John The Johannine material (Gospel of John) is a
radical departure from the synoptics of Mark, Matthew, and Luke. This article shows that
John's psuedepigraphical author relied solely on the Greek Septuagint and did not have a
Semitic-language background. Highly recommended! The
Gospel of John and the Hellenization of Jesus In John we find the culmination of
Greek philosophy that has created the Jesus that we are the most familiar with today. A
fully-formed Hellenized Jesus has emerged to become an equal with God. The Gospel of John
(ca. 120 CE) is complex and mystical. It's purpose is to propagandize the message that
Jesus is God Himself, creator of the universe, and so powerful that "whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (3:16). Excellent!!! Critique of
New Testament Reliability and "Bias" in NT Development A balanced look
at the status and authenticity of the New Testament texts. Recommended!!! New
Testament Family Values Till discusses the family values taught by Jesus and other
New-Tesament figures The
Problem with Jesus' Arrest and Trial There is a problem when dealing with
the various contradictory Biblical accounts of Jesus' arrest and trial as they relate to
each other and Jewish practice of the day. Touring The
Middle East, Jesus Style A more appropriate (and less offensive title) might have
been "Touring the Middle East New Testament Style", but anyway
. . . this article has some very strong arguments. The author points out a tremendous
geographical "oops!" which shows that either the God of the Bible works
in very mysterious-- even absurd-- ways, or whoever wrote Mark did not know anything about
the geography of the Middle East and certainly was not a disciple of Jesus. Highly
recommended!!! The World's
Sixteen Crucified Saviors Some of the points which this author makes are a bit far
fetched, and his knowledge of Islam is obviously rather weak, but there is some valid
information as well. Check it out . . . Jairus's
Daughter: Was She Dead or Wasn't She? Inconsistencies in the gospel stories
of Jairus' daughter suggest that the gospels are the product of fallible humans, not the
product of inspiration from God. Why Did
Matthew Need Dead Babies? What was Matthew's purpose in telling the tale of the
slaughter of the infants in Bethlehem? Is Jesus
God? A detailed critique of Maisel's "Is Jesus God?" pamphlet
"And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also
vain." (I Corinthians 15:14)
Leave No Stone Unturned:
An Easter Challenge For Christians To successfully complete this challenge,
all you have to do is explain what happened on Easter. The author doesn't demand "proof",
but only that Christians tell him exactly what happened on the day that Jesus supposedly
rose from the dead. The only catch: you can't leave out a single detail of any of
the separate Biblical accounts - all of which were supposedly inspired by the Holy Spirit.
A
Two-Thousand-Dollar Oppurtunity There is a longstanding offer of a $1,000
reward to anyone who can take all accounts of the resurrection in the four gospels, Acts,
and 1 Corinthians 15, and write a single narrative in which he includes every event and
detail mentioned in the separate accounts and do so without omitting anything or injecting
inconsistency, contradiction, or purely speculative materials into the narrative. To
sweeten the pot a little, The Skeptical Review will add another $1,000
to the original offer.
How Many
Women Went to the Tomb? According to Roger Hutchinson, no contradictions
exist concerning the number of women going to the tomb following the crucifixion of
Jesus. Not Enough
to Make the Stories Convincing Till shows that Hutchinson's attempted to
resolve the contradictions concerning the number of women at Jesus' tomb is not
sound, and points out a deeper problem that Hutchinson has not addressed.
This essay discusses two verses in the Gospel
of Matthew which say that at the moment of Jesus' death "the tombs were opened;
and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the
tombs after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared unto many"
(27:52-53). Isn't it odd that no other gospel writer mentioned such a great miracle? Isn't
it odd that no contemporary historian of the time mentioned such a thing, even though they
mentioned much lesser events? A "Must Read"! More About
the Resurrected Saints
The article "What Happened to the Resurrected Saints?" generated several
rebuttals. The article contains a response to reader criticisms of the original article. The Resurrection
- on the Jews for Judaism home page A short Biblical study to assist in
evaluating this most central of Christian claims - from the Jewish point of view. Why Didn't
They Know? According to the author, "just about everyone who had been
associated with Jesus knew that he was supposed to be resurrected except the
apostles." This article examines the numerous New Testament references to the
apostles' skepticism of a resurrection. Perhaps the most interesting part of this article
even though Luke (24:46) and Paul (1 Cor. 15:4) alleged that the "scriptures"
said that Jesus would be raised on the "third day ", no such prophecy
exists. As the author puts it, " . . . the claim and the reality are two
different things. One could search the OT scriptures until doom's day, and he would
find nothing written about a Messiah who would rise from the dead on the third day.
One will find nothing in the OT scriptures about a risen Messiah, period!" Read
it and see . . . Did They or
Didn't They? After the women supposedly saw Jesus' empty tomb, did they tell
anyone what they saw or didn't they? "That's the problem that inerrantists must
resolve." Did They
Tarry in the City?This essay address the apparent contradiction between an alleged
post-resurrection appe arance of Jesus on a mountain in Galilee and John 20:48 which
commands the disciples to "tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power
from on high". The
Resurrection Maze If the four gospel authors were divinely inspired, "there
would be no maze of inconsistencies in the juxtaposition of their stories." What
Third-Day Prophecy?The New Testament claims that the Messiah rose on the third day
"according to the s criptures", but where in the Old Testament is a
prophecy whose face-value meaning was so obvious that no reasonable person could deny that
the prophets were indeed predicting that the Messiah would rise from the dead? Claiming
prophecy fulfillment when there was no prophecy . . . a BIG problem for
Christians. Excellent . . . so read it!!! The
Historicity of Jesus' Resurrection A lengthy article of several chapters, that
deals with the historicity of the alleged resurrection of Jesus. Responds to many of the
arguments made by Christian apologists such as Josh McDowell and William Lane Craig. Recommended!!!
Note: The section below deals with a book by Josh McDowell, who is a relatively
well known Christian apologist. Actually, Josh McDowell might be one of most popular
Christian apologists ever. He has written several books and has been quite active in the Campus
Crusade for Christ. According to the back cover of his book The Resurrection
Factor, "he has spoken to more students than anyone else lecturing at
universities". Due to this, we thought that it would be worthwhile to include
links to a detailed rebuttal of his book Evidence That Demands a Verdict. In
this book, McDowell tries to portray the resurrection, and the alleged "evidence"
for it, as something that no reasonable person could deny. However, the rebuttal articles
listed below provide even stronger evidence that McDowell's claims are unreasonable and
that all "evidence" for the alleged resurrection is extremely weak.
A short reply to Josh McDowell's book
"Evidence That Demands a Verdict". Answers to
Tough Questions More responses to Josh McDowell and his methodology.
What Does The
Bible Say About Abortion? Certainly, Muslims and "fundamentalist"
Christians are anti-abortion, but can Christians justify this belief on the basis of the
Bible? Muslims certainly can on the basis of the Qur'an and Sunnah, but as
the former Evangelical author of this thought provoking tract shows, there is no basis in
the Bible for the "Pro-Life" Christian position. Quite the opposite
actually . . . "Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones
against the stones" (Psalm 137:9). Read it!!! New
Biblical Archaeology A Christian condemns "new" Biblical
archaeologists because their findings disprove common Bible stories. The Old
Logic A reply to the above article on "New Biblical Archaeology".
Excellent, so read it!!! Christianity
and Hindu Influence An explanation of the evidence that early Christian writings
incorporated some Hindu ideas and beliefs. Christianity's
Hindu Heritage Could it be that Hinduism played a major role in the development of
Trinitarian and Incarnational Christianity? The author of this article thinks so, and
shows several similarities between the two religions which Christians will find hard to
explain. Zoroastrianism:
The Forgotten Source Even though Zoroastrianism is almost unheard of today, this
religion played a major role in shaping Christian beliefs. This article provides some
additional evidence that Christians borrowed (or inherited) some of their beliefs from
pagan sources. How Did
the Apostles Die Till surveys the inconclusive evidence about early
Christian ``martyrs'' Why Did the
Apostles Die? Matson addresses the claim that the Apostles would not have
died for something they knew was false The
"Testimony" of Mara Bar-Serapion The absence of extrabiblical evidence
of the historicity of Jesus of Nazareth has long been an embarrassment to Christian
apologists. In our modern age of enlightenment, the fact that no contemporary testimony to
the life of Jesus can be found outside of the New Testament and apocryphal documents (all
of which were penned by obviously biased writers) continues to trouble Christian
apologists, possibly more so than at any time in church history. In their frustration,
Christians have resorted to some rather imaginative efforts to find Jesus of Nazareth in
ancient secular records. One such effort has focused on a letter that may have been
written toward the end of the first century. This article refutes this effort. Christian
Terrorism In Oklahoma City This article certainly is not written from the Muslim
perspective, but it does give some thoughts on the double-standards in the media and in
some people's minds. Christians sure have been whining a lot after experiencing just a
taste of what Muslims have had to put up with for years. A nice tit-for-tat, so read
it!!! "God's"
Opinion of Woman Well . . . at least according to the Bible. Recommended!!! Keep Them
Barefooted and Pregnant What the bible has to say about women
