Reading time: About 4 to 5 minutes. The central question in the two-thousand-year-old Catholic cannibalism debate is whether Roman Catholics or any other sect of Christians deserve to be called cannibals. The simplest way of defining the word cannibal is “a person who eats the flesh of other human beings”. We can trace the roots […]
Reading time: 7 to 8 minutes. When I was a child, my parents taught me about the many invisible beings that occasionally left their secret realm to pay us a visit. Mom and Dad taught me that those beings could interact with us, but you had to be very perceptive to know they were even […]
Reading time: About 4-5 minutes. What do you know about the Roman catacombs? If you’re like me, I’m guessing not a whole lot. At least, not until I some research. You probably know they were located underground and used for burials. You may have also been taught they were places were early Christians hid to […]
Christian Indoctrination One seemingly necessary part of most indoctrinations into Christianity is the one that teaches new Christians that they are special. In fact, they’re “God’s chosen people”. Jews say they held that distinction long before Christians appeared on the scene and they are absolutely correct. But once Christianity became the Roman Empire’s favored religion, […]
This is a follow-up to my post on The Origin of Christianity is Coming into Focus. Reading time: 3-4 minutes. From all I’ve absorbed from the hundreds of books I read about every aspect of Christianity; it’s pretty convincing that no eyewitnesses to Jesus’s life contributed anything in the New Testament. That doesn’t mean there […]
For the first time in my life, I observe people doubting the goodness, or even the relevance, of Christianity. Many are becoming agnostics and atheists. This seems to be due to evangelicals, or at least the fundamentalist branch of them, taking the religion’s reputation into uncharted territory. Their obsession with political power, dominance of our […]
Reading time: About 8-10 minutes. If you’ve been following my blog posts, you’ve noticed that most of them are focused on stimulating conversations about the origin of Christianity and its many customs. I try to avoid coming across as a professor of theology or history because that’s not what I am. I’m just an amateur […]
Reading time: About 8-10 minutes. Many people may ask why they would possibly need another Christian reference book. There are already shelves full of reference books concerning every aspect of Christianity—all the books of the Bible, all non-biblical Christian writings, Bible atlases and maps, even books on every important person in the Bible. We have […]
The Bible’s Mystical Numbers. Reading time: 6-7 minutes. I’ve always been intrigued by the numbers the Bible writers used repeatedly. To me, the Bible’s mystical numbers seemed to be code words with hidden meanings. Where they only significant in Jewish-Christian tradition or did those numbers have similar meanings in other cultures? This post is my […]
Christians in the Headlights. Reading Time: 8-10 minutes. Introduction As I begin, I need to explain something. I do not believe all evangelicals think or act alike. I try my best to steer away from stereotyping people before I even meet them. Like with every human population, evangelicals cover a wide spectrum. Many have been […]