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“Clouding the exact evolution of El and Yahweh as concepts (and any other aspect of belief, for neither El nor Yahweh ever existed as anything except mind images of fervent believers) is the invaria...”
“Judaism, for example, presents itself as monotheistic and retrofits that claim on its history by revising its lore. But in ancient times, Judaism was much more accurately Henotheism, wherein people...”
“But for centuries, since the capitulation of Judah, the Jewish peoples had been almost continuously under foreign control. So, where was Yahweh all this time while his people suffered...? Far from ...”
“The only difference between holding one god as exclusive or supreme and believing in many gods specialized in function is the number.”
“In terms of idols which represented various gods: worshipping an idol or star cluster is no different than worshipping a concept.”
“The religious and scholarly alike arrive at conclusions as to Jesus nature based on the world-view they hold, the belief structure that shapes their interpretation. Inaccurate views of the function...”
“Understand that religion, at least western versions of it, rests on a type of thinking called Revelation. This mode holds that truths concerning the workings of reality are hidden, masked by, throu...”
“However, just as earlier, when Christianity was introduced it didnt eliminate pagan conceptualizations, but layered new beliefs on top of them, so science simply added to the western mindset. It di...”
“You encounter, at its core, a subjective Reality, one based on meaning and value reflective of your own Self, not an objective universe, cold, particle-based and indifferent as science projects.”
“Various visionaries through time came to see with some degree of clarity that Oneness, that intrinsic connection between Self and experienced Reality.”
“The fact is: Jesus wrote not a solitary word that survives. Equally astounding is historical silence: not a single historical account refers to him during his lifetime from any source whatsoever, R...”
“Josephus is the first historian to make note of Jesus having even existed and that happened six full decades after his death.”
“The authors of the gospels, like all writers in all time periods, either reference information they have at hand including things theyve heard or read or they make things up. . . For reference ma...”
“That means 19 or 20 of the books of the NT (New Testament) are anonymous. Many are blatantly pseudepigraphic (forgeries, see next section), with famous names applied to artificially promote veracity.”
“The gospels, never meant to report, butrather to convince, are in no sense objective and dispassionate biographies. They are glowing accounts meant to persuade people of the writers convictions.”
“Of course, the original (anonymous) writer of (the Gospel of) John didnt use quotes as they didnt exist in written Greek but the translator/publisher of the modern Bible does. And that style stro...”
“Regardless of type, however, the mechanism of a religion works like this: children, from the time they can communicate, are taught to see reality in a certain way. They are indoctrinated with a pre...”
“The scientist would look at a sphere, measure the surface in great detail, categorize the skin qualities and components, then predict evolving surface tensions and potentials. The use of that spher...”
“You are the only real authority in your life, but you yield that status to so many externals by believing in them, by having been punished or forced into accepting them.”
“Because your life is a reflection of your inner Self, causality comes exclusively in changing your own nature, not trying to change the external world out there by manipulating it.”
