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The Myth of the Pagan Christmas; or Why Stephen Fry was Wrong on Mythmas19 comments

Chris Jensen Romer wrote 1 week ago: Almost everyone “knows” Christmas derived from Mithraism, or Saturnalia, or Yule, or wha … more →

Tags: Debunking Myths, History, Religion, Chronography of 354, Cumont, Grenme, horus and jesus, James Churchward, Manfred Clauss

We are Bread Eaters

vicarbill wrote 4 months ago: Sermon preached the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost…                                    click here to l … more →

Tags: Food, Sermons, 1 Kings 19:4-8, bestofneworleans.com, Betsy's Pancake House, Bread of Life, ELCA Youth Gathering, Ephesians 4:25-5:2, Jesus Justice Jazz

Ancient Mystery Cults

Stephen Bedard wrote 5 months ago: It is quite common for people to claim that the story of Jesus is based on the ancient mystery relig … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Jesus Myth, Mystery Religions, Osiris, Peter Gandy, Timothy freke, Mithras, ISIS

Church Fathers on Christ as Scarab4 comments

Benjamin Steele wrote 8 months ago: I was recently looking back over my copy of Tom Harpur’s The Pagan Christ.  I came across a passage … more →

Tags: Christianity, Ambrose, Astrotheology, Athanasius Kircherius, Augustine, beetle, Catholicism, Christ, comparative mythology

Documentary Clip

Stephen Bedard wrote 9 months ago: Here is a clip from the documentary based on our book Unmasking the Pagan Christ which is airing ton … more →

Tags: Historical Jesus, Jesus Myth, pagan christ, Stanley Porter, Unmasking the Pagan Christ, Stephen Bedard

Top Ten Problems With the Jesus Myth Theory2 comments

Stephen Bedard wrote 9 months ago: As I sit here watching the documentary on Tom Harpur’s Pagan Christ, I find myself reminded of … more →

Tags: Jesus Myth, Gospels, Historical Jesus, Josephus, pagan christ, paul

PKD Trumps Harpur and Ligotti1 comment

Benjamin Steele wrote 9 months ago: Sometimes I wonder why I write a blog.  When I write in my journal, I never wonder about this… … more →

Tags: Blogging, gnosticism, Christianity, Blog, Pessimism, A SCANNER DARKLY, Arctor, pkd, Philip K. Dick

Documentary Update

Stephen Bedard wrote 9 months ago: There has been some interest in the Unmasking the Pagan Christ documentary.  The documentary will be … more →

Tags: Jesus Myth, Stanley Porter, Unmasking the Pagan Christ

What Do You Believe?4 comments

Jim Somerville wrote 11 months ago: Tom Harpur is a journalist, TV host, and Canada’s best-known author on the topics of religion … more →

Tags: church, Belief, Believe, Confession of Faith, Creed, Faith, statement of belief, What do you believe?

Unmasking the Pagan Christ: The Documentary8 comments

Stephen Bedard wrote 12 months ago: In 2004, former Anglican priest and New Testament professor Tom Harpur wrote a book called The Pagan … more →

Tags: Historical Jesus, Jesus Myth, G.A. Wells, pagan christ, Peter Gandy, Robert Price, Stanley Porter, Timothy freke, Unmasking the Pagan Christ

The Pagan Christ5 comments

Shamelessly Atheist wrote 1 year ago: Last night CBC television aired a documentary on the Doc Zone entitled The Pagan Christ, based on Ca … more →

Tags: Religion, Atheism, Christianity, Jesus, The Pagan Christ ?

Wise Words for Today1 comment

Mick Turner wrote 1 year ago: The most striking thing about both the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed is what they leave out. F … more →

Tags: Christianity, Discipleship, spirituality, Wise Words for Today, Spiritual Quotations, Morality and Values, compassion, Christian Kindness, Service

Reading the Bible Literally24 comments

Stephen Bedard wrote 1 year ago: One of the issues that comes up often concerns how literal to read the Bible.  Often times our view … more →

Tags: Biblical Interpretation, ORIGEN, Bart Ehrman, Allegory, literalism, Hermeneutics

Book Review: Fabricating Jesus by Craig Evans1 comment

Jerry wrote 1 year ago: I have just finished reading this book Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort The Gospels,   … more →

Tags: Book Review, Dan Brown, false gospels, Word of God, Jesus Christ, Craig Evans, Fabricating Jesus, fictional history, Historical Jesus

The Raising of El-Asar-us?

Stephen Bedard wrote 1 year ago: The following is an excerpt from our book Unmasking the Pagan Christ. In many ways the argument we g … more →

Tags: Historical Jesus, Alvin Boyd Kuhn, lazarus, Osiris, pagan christ

Fabricating Jesus

Stephen Bedard wrote 1 year ago: I just finished reading Craig A. Evans’ Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gos … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Historical Jesus, John Dominic Crossan, Jesus Seminar, Craig Evans, Fabricating Jesus, Barbara Thiering, Dan Brown, talpiot tomb

Wine into Water2 comments

Stephen Bedard wrote 1 year ago: I have a new article published in the McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry. It is a response to … more →

Tags: Historical Jesus, pagan christ, water into wine

Origen of the Problem

Stephen Bedard wrote 1 year ago: When writers attempt to revise the meaning of Christianity, imposing their own radical views, one of … more →

Tags: Church History, ORIGEN, Allegorical Interpretation, reincarnation

Virginia Tech Tragedy: Prayer As an Action2 comments

commonplacer wrote 2 years ago: The Virginia Tech shooting: For all those who passed away, I pray for peace for you with God and for … more →

Tags: Virginia Tech, Waleed Shaalan, Prayer


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