The man behind the myth
Dr Steven DeMattei is probably the most clear sighted New Testament scholar working in the field of Biblical Studies today. What is even more remarkable is that his field of study is, in fact, the Tanakh ‘The Old Testament’ rather than the ‘New’. ...
Dr Steven DiMattei writes: What do we mean when we ask ‘What is the Bible?’ Think about it for a moment. Think about the question, about what the question might already assume or take for granted. Think about the ways in which we might respond to ...
It is Written Every religion since time began has tried to come up with an answer to the question of human suffering. Religions try to deal with our suffering by telling us what is good and what is evil. The implication of all religions is tha ...
All religions are based, more or less, on the same premise that only the spirit is real. Since the dawn of time, there has always been a man in a twenty-thousand dollar suit waiting to take advantage of your need to find meaning in your life. H ...
In May 2020, the famous Christian apologist, Ravi Zacharias, sadly passed away after losing his battle with cancer. Almost immediately, and somewhat inevitably, a host of women came forward to accuse the allegedly energetic septuagenarian Ravi of sex ...
Consider the following sayings attributed to Christ, three of which may well be from the common source. In order to confirm our suspicion let’s examine the text for philosophical coherence. “I am telling you, love your enemies, bless those who curse ...
Everyone wants to know what Evil is and how to avoid it. Nobody wants to suffer or cause suffering but most of us are blind to it. The Jesus of History taught the Narrow Gate as a way to overcome human suffering. Unfortunately, before you can 'ent ...
For some of you, this might come as a bit of a shock but the actual physical tomb of the Jesus of History was found in 1980. If that’s news to you, I can tell you why! Nearly everyone involved in Biblical archaeology has a ‘dog in the fight’ and none ...
Professor Karen Leigh King presented a papyrus, in 2012, to the International Congress of Coptic Studies called ‘The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife’. Prior to publication she had obtained confirmation of its authenticity. Nevertheless, a small group of pseudo ...
If we exhume the Jesus of History from the grave of the Christ myth, the evidence for an historical person on whom Christianity was based is overwhelming. Josephus The famous Jewish/Roman historian, Josephus, (writing around 90 CE) mentions ‘the de ...
Most people go through their lives like robots. Something happens, which they perceive to be good for them, in the short-term, and they have pleasant feelings. Is that happiness? Conversely, something happens to them that they perceive to be bad, ...
In India it is quite normal to see people defecate in the street. In fact, fifty percent of the people in India defecate in the open. Despite having a space program, in India you can wait for a train and watch people pooping on the tracks (http://www ...
Written Word Christianity has been a major part of Western culture for the last two thousand years and as a textual based religion it has programmed people to think of the written word as their spiritual datum. For two thousand years, people have be ...
What is the Self? If I asked you to point to the part of your body where your ‘self ’ lives, which part would you point to? So is your ‘self ’ in your brain? It has been shown that a human being can lose 95% of his brain and still have an IQ of 1 ...
The question is, 'Do Atheists Really Exist?' It's true that many people say that they don’t believe in God but that's not the same thing. Over 20% of the population call themselves atheists, but are they? There are a lot of people in the world ...
Christianity would be nothing without the idea of Satan or Lucifer as a rival to God. I’m sure you will have noticed by now the amazing similarity between the dualistic philosophy of the Gnostics and Christian dogma. Satan versus Jesus — the ide ...
After the 7/7 London bombings in 2005, a recording of the Islamic Terrorist, Mohammad Sidique Khan, was played on the world’s media in which Mr Khan explains why he felt compelled to murder fifty-six innocent people. He very eloquently and thoroug ...
On 27 March 1980 the underground tomb of the Jesus family was found. In 2007, James Cameron, the writer and director of films like Avatar and Titanic made a documentary with Simcha Jacobovici on the Lost Tomb of Jesus - most people have never he ...
The God in the Bible is a monster is such a common criticism, it's almost a cliche? The Bible consists of sixty-six books written between the 5th century BCE and 2nd century CE. All of the books were written by different authors for different audienc ...
Does everyone hate the Jesus of History? The Christian Church is entirely responsible for the fact that everyone, in the modern world, hates the Jesus of History. Popular ‘artists’ exhibit statues of him crucified in urine! Other ‘artists’ portray ...
Muslims are often more interested in the Jesus of History than Christians. If the Jesus of History returned tomorrow, if he was forced to make a choice, he would probably be a Muslim and why shouldn't he be? Christianity tends to assume that Christia ...
Was Jesus a God? In fact, more importantly, did the Jesus of History believe he was God? If you don't understand Greek and Hebrew culture and history it is very hard to make sense of the Gospels. Terms like 'The Son of Man' and 'Son of God' are t ...
If COVID-19 has taught us anything in 2020 it is that there really is no such thing as an expert. The government controlled media have rolled out 'Expert' after 'Expert' and all of them have been consistently wrong. Mathematicians have shown themsel ...
How many times have you found yourself, in an airport, scanning rows of brightly coloured ‘self-help’ books, all of which promise to give you the life of the man with a twenty-thousand dollar suit and a smile like a white picket fence? You know the b ...
Forbury Gardens in Reading, England, is a park known as a place for 'gay' men to meet. Last Saturday several gay men were enjoying the evening sunshine drinking beer and chatting. Khairi Saadallah, a Libyan immigrant to Britain, entered the park but ...
Police Brutality is rarely a symptom of racism. Not anymore - It hasn't been for a long time. Neither do the American police have a monopoly on 'Brutality'. The truth is there is a problem with the police all over the Western, First World, nations! ...
Theological and moral confusion is nothing new to the Archbishops of the English Church. The latest lamb of god, Justin Welby, confessed to the Guardian Newspaper in 2014 that he doubts that god exists. Now that the barbarians of BLM are at the gate ...
A forensic textual analysis of Luke 17:20 For the last two thousand years and until very recently, Western civilisation found its version of reality within the Bible. Unfortunately for history, nobody has been able to agree on what that re ...
It would be easy to laugh at President Trump's Spiritual Advisor, Paula White, but it would be a mistake to dismiss her as insane. The truth is that Paula White represents two thousand years of Christian scriptural tradition. It is that tradition tha ...