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AI Disclaimer Notice Below is a conversation with ChatGPT about how before the Exile most of the Jewish faith was about sacrificing animals. You said: Before the exile how important was the practice of animal sacrifice in Jewish religion? ChatGPT said: Before the Babylonian exile (roughly 586 BCE), animal sacrifice was central to the religious practices of…
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This lesson is dedicated to Mary Elizabeth Coleman State Senator from the 22nd District of Missouri, and an endless champion of making sure that government has a say in your reproductive rights. We hear the Right To Life contingent tell us about the sanctity of human life even at the point of conception and only…
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According to the Bible, God created the world in six days—a feat that is celebrated as extraordinary and divine. However, an often-overlooked detail is that the Book of Genesis presents not one, but two distinct creation stories. This curious repetition raises questions about the narrative’s coherence and purpose. Why would God, after crafting the universe…
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Much is made of the breakthrough innovation of the Jewish Scriptures having one god and not many. But as we’ve previously covered in the lesson One God? where Canaanites and their hillbilly cousins the Israelites worshiped many gods, with the Israelites not winnowing it down to one until around 586 BC during the exile in…
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Leviticus 25:44-46New International Version States: 44 “‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. 45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. 46 You can bequeath them to your…
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What’s that you say? How is St. Paul a DEI agent? Well if it wasn’t for Paul you would’ve had to be of Jewish decent to be a follower of Jesus Christ. Paul was Jewish but he was also a Roman citizen and fluent in Greek culture which was all the rage back in the…
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Welcome to Public School Bible Studies Lesson 1. You might be asking why am I being forced to study the Bible in public school? Fundamentalist Christians oppose the use of tax dollars for any purpose except enforcing their religious beliefs on children. This will be one of the many hypocrisies we’ll be covering in this…
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Above photo of Missouri Senator Josh ‘the Taliban’ Hawley, fighting for the Christian Right to deny you of your rights. Deism and Its Beliefs Deism is a philosophical and religious belief that emerged during the Enlightenment, emphasizing reason, observation, and nature over revealed religion and divine intervention. Deists generally believe in a Creator who established…
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Trump is serving as the leader of the Republican Christian Nationalists. Emboldening the likes of Josh Hawley to dispute over 200 years of precedent declaring the USA to be a Christian nation. Other lawmakers across the land are using Trump’s reelection to push harder on their desire that public schools be used to teach the…
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To understand it from a modern day fundamentalist evangelical, you know the one that thinks you should learn about his religious biases in public schools, there is only one god. Bear with me here it starts getting confusing real fast. So there’s one god but this god is three gods, WHAT? Yeah three. Count’em God…
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The bible tells us that after escaping Egypt the Israelites go all whup-ass on the Canaanites taking over the “Promised Land.” However there is virtually nothing in the archeological record to support this. Here’s the bible’s take on how the Israelites got their god given land. Key Biblical Accounts of Conquests Archaeological Evidence for Biblical…
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In our lesson, “Israelites: Ma & Pa Kettle of the Canaanites or Something Else?” we explored the origins of the Israelites in Canaan. Sharing the same genetic lineage as the Canaanites, they were deeply connected to the region. Yet, in Exodus, Yahweh promised Moses that Canaan would belong to the Israelites. It’s intriguing that Exodus,…
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Deuteronomy 20:10-15 has some instructions for carrying out warfare in Canaan. It is brutal and unchristian and makes it understandable why Vanilla ISIS (Evangelical Christian Nationalist) like the old testament so much. 10 When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace. 11 If they accept and open their gates, all…
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This archaeological lesson highlights the Merneptah Stele, the earliest known artifact mentioning the Israelites. Merneptah, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, ruled from 1213 to 1203 BCE. As was customary for pharaohs, he left behind a monumental stone inscription boasting of his many triumphs. Historians, however, approach these declarations with skepticism, recognizing them as propaganda meant to…
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So loving I can hardly bear it! When I was in indoctrination, I mean Catholic School, in church there were frequent banners about how God is love. They even had a song come out called “They Will Know We Are Christians By Our Love.” I mean the whole vibe almost had a hippie like peace…
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We are taught by the Christian religious community to obey the laws in the Bible. Yet a cursory look at the USA will indicate that obedience to the Bible is very selective. For instance, shrimp. Not so delicious if you are a pious Christian. Leviticus 11:9 “That shellfish are detestable because they lack fins or scales.”…