Mormons Meet Bible Scholar – Bart Ehrman
The Bible isn’t one book. It is a bunch of books put together. If we really want to understand it, we should try to understand what each author was saying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5ojTGrL_94
Tag: christianity
Did Christians Invent Jesus’ Teachings?
Jesus was not mentioned by Greek or Roman sources in the first 100 years. And, his first Greco-Roman reference was a passing reference. Paul also tells us very little about what Jesus specifically said. Our earliest sources are the four gospels. They are not particularly reliable, but that doesn’t mean they are useless. The Gospels are not first-hand testimony, but people reporting hearsay. They couldn’t know Jesus’s exact words.
We can look at which testimony is earlier, whether one seems to be emphasizing a bias or a message rather than just telling us what happened, to what extent different sources agree with each other, and the extent that Jesus is saying something that seems like his followers would not want him to say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dDtefHPTEk
At least for the Western world, Jesus inspired hospitals, charity for the sake of helping the downtrodden, and love for all mankind.
At least for the Western world, Jesus inspired hospitals, charity for the sake of helping the downtrodden, and love for all mankind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeyHtCBcY8k
US military leaders are encouraging Christianity among their troops and justifying the war using Christian rhetoric and ideology.
US military leaders are encouraging Christianity among their troops and justifying the war using Christian rhetoric and ideology.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbhdEcOxfkw
While defending the current war on Iran, a US senator said we have a Biblical responsibility to Israel.
While defending the current war on Iran, a US senator said we have a Biblical responsibility to Israel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkpWi10Yp_8
“Neil deGrasse Tyson Asks Sam Harris A Question – Beyond Belief 2006”
“Neil deGrasse Tyson Asks Sam Harris A Question – Beyond Belief 2006”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deH7BX3fMIQ
“Heroic!” Historians Won’t Tell You THIS About The Crusades – Raymond Ibrahim
Europe was the second-fiddle Christian land until Muslims conquered the heart of Christianity. The Crusades were a delayed response to these invasions as well as continued invasions of lands controlled by Christians.
Muslims from where Algeria is now, raided and enslaved Europeans for hundreds of years. Algeria demands reparations for French colonialism, but hypocritically ignores 300 years of Algerians raiding and enslaving Europeans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld668oa9b_w
The history of Mormons (AFTER Joseph Smith)
The history of Mormons (AFTER Joseph Smith)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BWUNmsGFrQ
Responding to the claim the Trinity is “unavoidably biblical”
Generations of Christians went by before the idea of the Trinity was created. In much of the Bible, Jesus is treated as separate from God, but in some places, Jesus is more identified with God. The Trinity is an attempt to unify the different perspectives as one, but is not clearly spelled out in the Bible. The Biblical authors were writing from different perspectives and had different takes on Jesus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpq4bdisHRU
The Surprising Reason Luke Removed Atonement from His Gospel
Luke doesn’t see Jesus’s death as a sacrifice so God will forgive humans for their sins, but rather a key example of how sinful humans are–they killed God’s prophet! If you want to be forgiven, you have to turn back to God, but don’t need a sacrifice, according to Luke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdtRG4QTLNs