I take a look at many verses of the bible which can be quite revealing of its true veracity. You might have to pause often, as space/time constraints have made it faster than I would have wished. But   more...take note of these excerpts, as well as the fact that there is more where that came from inside the Skeptic's Annotated Bible at: http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/  less

Did you know that Mormons believe in wearing special, spiritually protective unmentionables??? It is vitally important that we remain abreast of their underlying support system !!! ( o ) ( o ) ...

As seen on youtube.com and revver.com, The Blasphemy Art Challenge has come to livevideo.com. Enter as many times as you like but you can only win once. Your best piece (in our humble opinion) will   more...count as your only entry. Users must have ownership or permission of use to submit artwork. When a user posts their work or sends in their pictures they are giving youtube user ReligionIsACrutch and myself permission to rebroadcast their content for the duration of this challenge. All shipping fees will be covered by us. Now start posting!

bigevasive - http://youtube.com/profile?user=bigevasive

ReligionIsACrutch - http://youtube.com/profile?user=ReligionIsACrutch  less

Answering the question " whats the most important thing as atheists that we can teach theists ? ".

Athiests love a challenge ... I just wish this was one.

Many people wonder why atheists can be militant when it comes to religion. This video should explain why they care so passionately.

My take on the text and the end time indicators. I tried to do this in a respectful way and hope to raise questions on the issue.

The text used is a direct opposite of the teaching of Paul because in his   more...theology he teaches that one should not be of the world but should be separate. And that the world is unclean. It is my opinion that Paul hijacked the teachings and sayings of Jesus and turned it into a belief system of his own ideas and theology.

"I mean, brothers and sisters,the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none, and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no possessions, and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away. I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord; but the married man is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please his wife, and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin are anxious about the affairs of the Lord, so that they may be holy in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please her husband. I say this for your own benefit, not to put any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and unhindered devotion to the Lord. If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his fiancee, if his passions are strong, and so it has to be, let him marry as he wishes; it is no sin. Let them marry. But if someone stands firm in his resolve, being under no necessity but having his own desire under control, and has determined in his own mind to keep her as his fiancee, he will do well."
(1Co 7:29-37 NRSV)

This technique of 'borrowing" is called "pesharim" it is also used in the Dead sea scrolls.

The texts of Maccabees tells of the resistance to the Greek Hellenization policies. Maccabees 4 the Greeks use torture devices.

The War scroll is a good Essen apocalyptic
document.

Also "The Teacher of righteousness" may have some relevance.

The Sermon on the mount spoke in apocalyptic and metaphoric terms of the global reversal of the current order.  less

Adapa and the food of life.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/adapa.htm

Mark:14 Mark is the earliest account in Epic form, where the sayings and works that circulated were possibly tied together. The other   more...Gospels seem to try to improve on Mark. The"q" source is possibly used in the other gospels and not in Mark.

Quick ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_document

Here is an awesome essay that had influence in my thinking on this topic.

http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/axismundi/2002/Myth_Making_In.pd f

Also the parable of the prodigal son may be relevant for when the son returns he is clothed and a ring is put on his finger.

As the essay related, the serpent in the garden may have tricked the humans into eating the tree of good and evil so they would not eat of the tree of life and live forever, which as Genesis relates the heavenly council was worried about.

Then the Lord God said, "See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"— therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
(Gen 3:22-23 NRSV)

Christ was also semi divine even though he was divine he still had to face death. Even after he returns from the underworld he is clothed in heavenly garb.

Also may have relevance to a different way of viewing communion and why it has become such an important ritual.


Sorry if I pronounced some of the names wrong. The ancient Near East gods at times had complex names. Take care!  less

A response to firefly515 on youtube to a video he made stating that anyone who has ever accepted jesus at anytime in their life will get into heaven regardless of later actions.

"Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
(Job 42:3)

Corrections:
"Sin" is mention in Mark:3 and in Mark:9. But not in the context described. My Bad.


Joh 5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made   more...whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.



Joh 8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.  less

I take a stab at discussing some background history on the theology and mythology that led to the repression of women in Jewish and Christian belief systems. Next time I'll try to remain in the camera   more...view.  less

This is to brettkeane and my thoughts on what has been happening recently.

Is this your life philosophy? Send me a lot of video responses and tell me what you think and feel.

My brother Rocks out.

I answer some subscribers questions.

Ask me any Question you Want. I will Answer All Questions I get except really stupid vulgar ones. Video Responses get first priority then comments get second priority.

Changes to Myths, Rituals, Texts, and assimilation kills religions. This is what happened to Roman Religion, Baalism, Some Native American Religions, and others. Keep posting I enjoy watching.

Assimilation,and   more...Changes to Myth and Ritual over time kills religions.

Correction from "the Crew": What I meant to say was The Mormon church is the most successful modern day new religion that some believe may have evolved as a backlash to the second great awakening of the early 1800. We need to fire the script writer..

P.s Brett-We didn't mean you didn't know what you were talking about what we meant was you need more research to sound more convincing...we fired the script writer. Hope your feeling better.
-"The Crew"  less

Just me show the truth as I see it....uh oh.

I give advice.

Man, or myth?

Dogma is - a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof; set forth in an authoritative manner by a church.

Galileo said: "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has   more...endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."

Thomas Paine Quotes:

“Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man, more repugnant to reason, and more contradictory to itself than this thing called Christianity”

"Reason obeys itself; and Ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.”

“The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.”

“We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.”

"Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. "

"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead."  less

This is the only thing I can say....THINK!!!

Brett Keane talks with a christian.