Religion
The Myth of the Six Resurrected Gods: What the Evidence Actually Shows
Claims that six or seven ancient gods were resurrected before Jesus rely on a popular but heavily simplified theory. A source-by-source review…
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Religion
Seven Divine Beings in the Bible: A Journey Through the Ancient Heavenly World
The Bible contains more than one way of speaking about the divine. From Elohim and the heavenly council to rival gods, national…
History
Where Did the Claim That Jesus Lived 52 More Years Come From?
The claim that Jesus survived the crucifixion and lived 52 more years in Kashmir sounds precise, but its sources tell a different…
History
Abraham Between Tradition and Evidence: Seven Assumptions Reconsidered
A critical examination of seven widely held claims about Abraham, drawing on archaeology, textual analysis, ancient Near Eastern history, and the layered…
Philosophy
Spinoza, Eternity, and the Shape of Human Experience
Spinoza’s distinction between duration and eternity offers a powerful way to rethink time, regret, anxiety, and the possibility of greater freedom in…
Philosophy
The Garden Within: Spinoza on Knowledge, Freedom, and the Human Mind
A philosophical reading of Genesis through Spinoza’s ideas: the serpent as impulse, exile as anxiety, and freedom as understanding the causes that…
Religion
Moses, Sacred Law, and the Problem of Biblical Contradiction
A careful examination of Moses, biblical law, internal contradictions, historical memory, and Spinoza’s challenge to literal readings of scripture.
Religion
Judas, the Conflicting Accounts, and the Limits of Biblical Harmonization
Matthew and Acts tell sharply different stories about Judas’s money, death, and burial place. Read alongside Papias and Spinoza’s method of interpreting…
Philosophy
Spinoza, Jesus, and the Historical Construction of Religious Authority
Baruch Spinoza’s reading of scripture challenged the idea that religious authority rests on unquestionable divine authorship. His method still shapes how we…