Bible Blunders & Bad Theology, Episode 23
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We're out of luck trying to find substantial moral teachings about marriage in either the Old or New Testaments. In fact, both Jesus and the apostle Paul are a disappointment.
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Bible Blunders & Bad Theology, Episode 22
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Close scrutiny of the Sermon on the Mount reveals that it was not preached by Jesus. It is the literary creation of Matthew, to compensate for the lack of moral teaching in Mark; Luke decided to modify and abbreviate it, and the author of John’s gospel ignored it altogether.
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Please STOP Calling him "saint" Paul, Episode 1
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The gospels are supposedly about the “good news,” but the letters of the apostle Paul are actually bad news. He wrote too much bad theology, had bad attitude, and was given to magical thinking. What a shame his writings ended up in the New Testament.
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Required Homework for Christians, Episode 10
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The scene of Baby Jesus in the Manger is so familiar, but take a close look. The Matthew and Luke birth stories fail the test of history, and cannot be reconciled: the Jesus story gets off to a bad start.
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Things We Wish Jesus Hadn't Said, Episode 39
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Jesus gets demerits for scolding the disciple who was skeptical. It’s a virtue to be skeptical: Don’t settle for anything other than objective evidence. Always be suspicious of claims made by holy heroes.
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Cure-for-Christianity Knockout Quote, Number 35
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We’re actually lucky that so many Christians have better value systems than what they find in the Bible—and thus ignore so much in scripture, even in the teaching of Jesus.
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Cure-for-Christianity Knockout Quote, Number 34
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Religions offer the pious version of “…when you wish upon a star.” There is no substance to the claims made, and devout Christians—so many different brands!—Jews, Muslims, and Mormons have never agree about what God wants, or how he expects to be worshipped. So we can be very suspicious that their “truths” come from God.
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Cure-for-Christianity Knockout Quote, Number 33
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Since Christians don’t bother to read the Bible carefully, they’ve bought the hype that “God is love.” In fact, the Bible is Exhibit A in showing that God’s supposed love is eclipsed by wrath. There’s too much nasty, vengeful theology in the thousand pages of Christian scripture.
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Cure-for-Christianity Knockout Quote, Number 32
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Reading the Bible cover-to-cover can be quite a shock: God’s own conduct repeatedly falls far below high moral standards, and careful readers are startled by the many negatives about Jesus on full view in the gospels.
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Bible Blunders & Bad Theology, Episode 21
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Any religion whose god commits targeted murder of babies and toddlers should close up shop and go out of business. Yes, it's in the Bible; see Exodus 12:29-30 for details.
info_outlineWhile worshipping and praising Jesus as Lord, few Christians grasp the level of hype about Jesus in the gospels. A careful, critical reading of the texts prompts the suspicion that he is far more legend than lord.