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Origin of Watchers – who are the apkallu?
We continue considering a paper written by Estonia’s University of Tartu’s Amar Annus, “On the Origin of Watchers: A Comparative Study of the Antediluvian Wisdom in Mesopotamian and Jewish Traditions,” Journal for the study of the Pseudepigrapha, Vol 19.4 (2010 AD): 277-320 (find my series here). To the specific point about the apkallu which are…
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VIDEO: The View's Joy Behar's BIBLE CHALLENGE
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Julius Africanus on the Nephilim
Sextus Julius Africanus (160-240 AD) is perhaps the first to radically reinterpret and misinterpret the Genesis 6 affair as pertaining to what has come to be known as the Sethite view which claims that the “sons of God” are the godly lineage of Seth (why only males and why all godly?) and the “daughters of…
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The Book of the Secrets of Enoch on the Nephilim
The Book of the Secrets of Enoch is one of the many apocryphal books of Enoch. The text is thought to have originally been Slavonic dating to the early Christian era and has been known only from a Russian version from fragmentary manuscripts found in Russia and Servia. Chap 18 is titled, “Of the taking…
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Lawrence Krauss claims “All Scientists Should Be Militant Atheists”
My article Lawrence Krauss “can’t prove that God doesn’t exist” set the table for our consideration of Krauss’ article All Scientists Should Be Militant Atheists, September 8, 2015 AD. One thing to immediately note is that he is not only making the radical claim that “All Scientists Should Be Atheists” but the militantly radical claim…
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VIDEO: Richard Dawkins on junk DNA
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VIDEO: The worst fire and brimstone preachers EXPOSED
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Jewish / Judaism : Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan's Anti-Missionary Assertions
In his book, “The Real Messiah? A Jewish Response to Missionaries,” Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan does the very things that he accuses Christians of doing. He offers wrong citations, takes texts out of context to make pretexts for prooftexts and tries very hard to find fault where there is none to be found. Following are some…
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Which Jesus?, Part 3 – The Three Sai Babas and New Age
Sri Sai Baba Of Shirdi: “(This is a translation of a Telugu article that appeared a long time back in the Telugu daily ‘Eenadu’.) It is seventyfive years since the Mahasamadhi of a Great Soul worshipped by millions as an incarnation of Lord Sri Datta – Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi…Sai is not a religious…
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The Bible Tap Initiative
The Bible Tap Initiative is very simply, a manner whereby to seek change via a simple action. If you are anything like me you are sick and tired of sermonizing. No, not of sermons but of sermonizing. You know the sort, it is tantamount to a short attention span theater wherein the pastor will say,…