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: history
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
Rise of the KKK: Why the American South Turned to Terror After Defeat | EP 1
The South left the Union in order to defend slavery and racial supremacy. The Southerners believed it was a scientific truth of the world that blacks were inferior and should be subservient. They didn’t lose these beliefs the moment they lost the war. After the Civil War, White Southerns responded to the loss by organizing in order to persecute, murder, beat, and instill fear in, blacks, in order to keep them down and maintain racial supremacy. White Southerners maintained white supremacy through terrorism.
The Klu Klux Klan, the KKK, started as a kind of social club, almost like a college fraternity. They made up silly-sounding titles and wore fun costumes. The people in it were racists, but they didn’t set up the organization to do racist things.
The Klan became a political organization when members perceived the North’s rule as too aggressive in potentially arming blacks in state militias and giving them the ability to vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX7sVUgcD4I
Was George Washington Religious?
George Washington was private about his religious life, so even people in his day were not sure about his religious convictions. At times, he didn’t go to church often, but at other times, he went weekly. Washington did not often talk explicitly about Christianity in his writings, but did use generally religious language. Washington read the Bible and it inspired some of his rhetoric. When asked directly to confirm that he was a disciple of Jesus Christ, Washington dodged the question. After the Revolutionary War, Washington stopped taking Communion, although skipping Communion was common back then. Washington didn’t mention his religion on his deathbed. Washington did think religion was important for society’s morality. Because he was private about his religious beliefs, it’s hard to say what he actually believed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O1nvDfgRX0
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
History is full of stories of powerful countries losing a war in a foreign land partially because they think they’ll have more local support then they actually get.
History is full of stories of powerful countries losing a war in a foreign land partially because they think they’ll have more local support then they actually get.
Andrew Ross Sorkin on the Crash of 1929 & The Parallels We See Today | The Real Eisman Playbook
So before regulation, the great tycoons of the era just acted like greedy unethical thieves in financial markets?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp6EggtUBYI
“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 story of the Spanish taking the Incan Empire is ridiculous.
The story of the Spanish taking the Incan Empire is ridiculous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajLfreJos20
The history of Mormons (AFTER Joseph Smith)
The history of Mormons (AFTER Joseph Smith)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BWUNmsGFrQ