Month: October 2017
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On the Christopher Hitchens and William Lane Craig Debate
Following is an interesting trailer from the 2009 AD debate between Christopher Hitchens and William Lane Craig. Christopher Hitchens asks whether the debate would be a David vs. Goliath situation and he states that it will be a Goliath vs. Goliath. Quite true: a Goliath of substance vs. a Goliath of empty emotive rhetoric (as…
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Gospel of Judas, part 4 of 7 : Which Came First, the Orthodoxy or the Heresy?
Which Came First, the Orthodoxy or the Heresy?: In the second century Irenaeus, the Bishop of Lyones in 180 AD, wrote a work entitled Adversus Haereses – Against Heresies. Chapter XXXI:1-3 of this text is subtitled Doctrines of the Cainites and states: …They produce a fictitious history of this kind, which they style the Gospel…
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Gospel of Judas, part 6 of 7 : Examining the Text of “The Gospel of Judas”
Examining the Text of The Gospel of Judas: We know that The Gospel of Judas1 (hereinafter, The Gospel of Judas) is a pseudo-history that sought to insert late second century ideas into earlier events and dressed fictional characters in the garb, and names, of earlier people. Let us set out to glean certain categories of…
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Gospel of Judas, part 7 of 7 : Canonization Controversy
Canonization Controversy: Dan Vergano and Cathy Lynn Grossman made the following claim in their USA Today article: “The canon was largely set at the Synod of Rome in 382 when the dominant Christian leaders of the time established the authority of the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John_Scripture, like history, was codified by the…
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tranny
VIDEO: Genesis 6, Nephilim, Angels, Demons, Giants – discussion with Douglas Hamp VIDEO: Confederate statue issue: morality vs. ethics in Atheism & Christianity interfaith dialogue Interview on Atheism and “Pop-Atheist Bible Expositors” book On the Nashville Statement LGBTQIAP+ protest signs On the neo LGBTQIAP+ religion & Oscar Wilde temple Atheism, Communism, Christianity, Nazism, Dawkins, Harris…
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Gospel of Judas, part 1 of 7 : Introductory Musings
Introductory Musings: This essay will be parsed into the following segments: Part 1: Introductory Musings Part 2: Substandard Double Standard Part 3: Pop-Cultura Ex-Cathedra Part 4: Which Came First, the Orthodoxy or the Heresy? Part 5: AEON SOTER – Some Gnosis of Gnosticism Part 6: Examining the Text of The Gospel of Judas Part 7:…
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Jonathan Kleck
VIDEO: Genesis 6, Nephilim, Angels, Demons, Giants – discussion with Douglas Hamp VIDEO: Confederate statue issue: morality vs. ethics in Atheism & Christianity interfaith dialogue Interview on Atheism and “Pop-Atheist Bible Expositors” book On the Nashville Statement LGBTQIAP+ protest signs On the neo LGBTQIAP+ religion & Oscar Wilde temple Atheism, Communism, Christianity, Nazism, Dawkins, Harris…
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Gospel of Judas, part 3 of 7 : Pop-Cultura Ex-Cathedra
Pop-Cultura Ex-Cathedra: As a metaphor let us mention that Roman Catholicism is a particular culture that is centered around the temporal, human, leadership of the Pope. It is a Pope-Culture, if you will. Yet, there are competing cultures that claim equal status and authority, one such faith is Pop-Culture. Both, Pope-Culture and Pop-Culture claim infallibility…
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The “Gnostic Warrior” on the Nephilim
Under consideration is an article posted to the Gnostic Warrior site by Moe which is titled, “The Symbol of the Nephilim is the Caduceus of Hermes,” September 16, 2016 AD. Of course, Moe’s interest is ultimately deciphering the symbol the Caduceus yet, I will focus upon the portion which is of greater interest to me:…
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CEO
VIDEO: Genesis 6, Nephilim, Angels, Demons, Giants – discussion with Douglas Hamp VIDEO: Confederate statue issue: morality vs. ethics in Atheism & Christianity interfaith dialogue Interview on Atheism and “Pop-Atheist Bible Expositors” book On the Nashville Statement LGBTQIAP+ protest signs On the neo LGBTQIAP+ religion & Oscar Wilde temple Atheism, Communism, Christianity, Nazism, Dawkins, Harris…