Faith and fact
I read with sadness recently a comment made by a Christian incensed at another’s remark on a documentary about Jesus. “I hope you burn in Hell”, he said. Seems a … Continue reading
The Jesus Factor
I have just read a life of Jesus (Killing Jesus, by O’Reilly and Dugard) and wasn’t satisfied with it at all. So I looked further to see what else there … Continue reading
Testament: creation of the bible
Back in 1988 Egyptologist John Romer wrote and presented a TV series for Channel 4 in Britain called Testament, a seven part, six hour series described as an investigation into … Continue reading
The Tao of Babel
The peoples who lived in the lands between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates from 6,000 years ago were many, Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians; Assyrians, Hittites, and Hurrians from the north; Amorites, … Continue reading
The bad popes
I was brought up a Catholic yet never questioned the fact that for 1400 years the head of the religion was also monarch of a state within Italy. I never … Continue reading
Congregation of one
Well, it’s not Sunday (or Saturday, or Friday, for those who follow a different drum), and I am no minister of religion, and I don’t believe in any god I … Continue reading
Akhnaton, Zarathushtra and Moses
Monotheism is the belief there is one god, god meaning the creator of this world, and omnipotent over it. It is contrasted, usually unfavourably, with polytheism, belief in many gods, … Continue reading
