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1 day ago · An atheist group is urging a California city that recently prohibited chaplains from praying in the name of Jesus to end its practice of having city-sponsored chaplains. The Carlsbad City Council recently received a complaint letter from the First Liberty Institute (FLI) regarding their telling two chaplains that they cannot pray in Jesus’ name.
2 days ago · Three Types of Atheists. The answer depends a lot on what sort of atheist your friend is. Americans and Canadians are almost always Christian atheists, meaning that the God in which they do not believe is some form of the Christian God. From what I’ve seen, self-described atheists have at least three different reactions to the Christian God.
2 days ago · The Christ myth theory, also known as the Jesus myth theory, Jesus mythicism, or the Jesus ahistoricity theory, [1] [q 1] is the view that the story of Jesus is a work of mythology with no historical substance. [q 2] Alternatively, in terms given by Bart Ehrman paraphrasing Earl Doherty, it is the view that "the historical Jesus did not exist.
May 15, 2024 · Jesus himself was unequivocal about his sacrificial decision. In the Gospel of John, he said: “The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life — only to take it up again.
- John Hagee
5 days ago · The Testimonium Flavianum (meaning the testimony of Flavius Josephus) is a passage found in Book 18, Chapter 3, 3 (or see Greek text) of the Antiquities which describes the condemnation and crucifixion of Jesus at the hands of the Roman authorities. [38] [39] The Testimonium is probably the most discussed passage in Josephus.
May 31, 2024 · Of the two passages, the James passage in Book 20 is used by scholars to support the existence of Jesus, the Testimonium Flavianum in Book 18 his crucifixion. [10] Josephus' James passage attests to the existence of Jesus as a historical person and that some of his contemporaries considered him the Messiah. [10] [18] According to Bart Ehrman ...
May 15, 2024 · The first pro-life atheist indicted under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for participating in the 2020 blockade of a Washington, D.C., abortion facility. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly announced the sentence for nonbinary pro-life activist Herb (Rosemary) Geraghty on ...
