I’m pretty sure he doesn’t care whether there is a basis for his ideas, not even faith. He’s just another con artist. Also, the first two rules of Dunning-Kruger Club applies to each of us before we go applying it to others. When you evoke the rule, it’s a bigger burn on yourself than any one else.
As an Afro-American, I'm really getting frustrated with my community's commitment to ignorance when it comes to history. Dan's platform is so important to combat so many biases across cultural preferences. So many ppl try to negotiate with themselves that Palestine is black or white, it's beginning to give me migraines. Thank you, Dan. Your work is so important. History is not here to be liked or disliked and misinformation poisons critical thinking.
@@muskegontribune WTF he gotta be a Tom? I understand hate and rage and feeling like stuff ain't fair, I get it but I've been around so many people that because of their poor outlook on life and poor decisions based on feeling like a victim that they sabotage themselves then blame others. The system does seem to be rigged and not just against skin color but it's up to you to find or create a good life for yourself if you can and leave all this Tom name calling alone. It ain't helping you or anyone else.
@@johnmcgraw3568 Your little WTF doesn't bother me, but let me tell you why he is tomming. As soon as a black person makes a comment such as "getting frustrated with MY COMMUNITY". That is tomming. No different than Jews who are against Israel's war are called "bad Jews". You can't take one random black dude's words and act like he represents " a community". I'm black and this is the first time I heard of the guy. Do you represent the "white community" with your views?
At one time I watched some of Billy's videos and kind of got sucked in for a little while. When I look around and see so much in life does not make rational sense I kind of tend to want to believe something more is causing the worlds troubles besides human greed and stupidity. Maybe that's why he is popular now, so many people are waking up to the craziness of the systems we live in and are trying to find answers.
@@Randomuuzv some jewish christians mentioned by Ignatius. The cross was a stumbling block for Jews as mentioned by Paul. He also says "we preach christ crucified", which implies that some didn't believe in it.
@@munbruk it's hard to mention a specific group, because most church fathers didn't differentiate between Jewish christians and conflated them. E.g they just called them all Ebionites, but they didn't know that there were different groups. E.g. some didn't believe in the virgin birth while some did. Some were also called Nazarenes. I think Origen even called Peter and James Ebionites.
The Jewish messiah wasn’t supposed to die like a common criminal. Makes sense that at least some Jewish Christians rejected the idea of the crucifixion.
Glad to see you address Billy Carson. He persistently poses himself as the world’s foremost expert on ancient texts but as you say, doesn’t seem to know even the basics. Seems like he’s just parroting some other polygenic claim or fabricating news whole cloth.
He’s just very strident about the other direction when the truth is that it’s too murky to tell either way and it requires faith to believe either extreme. For example, Greco-Roman’s called “crucifixion” as either staking/planking or “timber-ing/tree-ing” never using the word “cross” although they did used cross shaped stakes a lot of times. Some ancient Christians put Jesus on a single upright stake stick and some had Jesus being nailed up to a tree like Odin… “most likely this, probably that” but we won’t know exacts until we have much better evidence than stories and archaeological statistics.
Funny all of you all got stuff to say but I guarantee the history books get re written do to men like him and Mathew. Bet none of you all have anywhere near the education Billy has or have even taken time to travel and do any type of research. Just sitting in the corner talking.
This sounds scarily like a certain former President talking confidently about ... just about ANYTHING. Having NO knowledge about what you're about to say is so liberating!
@@lysanamcmillan7972 There are some seriously bad things you can say about Obama. This is not one of them. On the other hand, both the president before and (even more) the one after him definitely had that problem.
Thanks for confirming my suspicions about Billy, I too looked into his Bible claims and that's why I unsubscribed, his channel. Kudos on your research!
Thanks, Dan. I had no idea that the cardinal directions had designated colors during those times. I looked it up and got: East: Green or Blue South: Red West: White North: Black
Yes, those were the ancient Near East coordinates with the Black Sea, Red Sea, etc. In India and in Mesoamerica it was East|Red, North|White, West|Black, South|Yellow.
Hey can you please make more videos Debunking Billy Carson? I’ve been a Christian and never questioned my faith for the last 23 years on earth until I started watching billy. He says so much interesting information that is actually true but some of it was seeming like bs, I have actually gotten closer to my faith and been asking myself some really hard questions because of his videos so I do actually appreciate him, I’m just honestly so confused because everyone says different things and they are all compelling. For instance I never heard about the Epic of Gilgamesh until billy and it blew my mind that it predates Noah’s ark supposedly, all this information is just too much for me to decipher. But thanks for making this! Praise God
@blackheartkoda2269 except we have the dead sea scrolls which predate Christ and they are nearly identical to modern bibles with a few grammatical differences.
Nice to see a trained Scholar tackle the Spirit of Anti-Christ; It’s very refreshing. Which once again proves the TRUTH of The Bible where it says “ the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God”.
I must question everything without feeling like im going to hurt some knowledgable person. The question i have is about the word Elohim isnt this word plural meaning" the powerful ones?"
If I recall correctly (and I could be totally wrong on this), El is a specific deity, while Elohim can either refer to El, or refer to a god/gods, depending on context.
For all intents and purposes, Hebrew אל אלהים ʼĒl, ʼĔlōhîm, “God(s),” and are essentially the same as il, ilhm in Ugaritic texts (Canaanite), although Tess Dawson sees the ilhm as the Divine Assembly.
@stupendemysgeographicus5009 El and Elohim are generic terms for the word god in the bible. Contextually, elohim refers to minor gods more often and el more often refers to the Father but its still a generic term.
Yet another reason having well stocked and well funded libraries throughout the world. Just listening to someone online is not how you gain full insight into any topic, subject or issue. Go to your libraries, sit down, hunt down books, read, research, investigate, write and do it again! Then, and only then, will you enter the ballpark of independent critical thinking, rationale and then, hopefully, developing your own well informed findings and conclusions.
What gets me is there is interesting conversations to be had around the traditions of Christianity in Ethiopia. I am kind of surprised he didn't bring up 1 Enoch which is the Ethiopian canon.
If he did that it wouldn’t set him or his theories aside as special and/or provocative. And that doesn’t generate clicks or book sales or whatever he’s selling. Carson isn’t merely an ignorant dummy. He’s trying to take advantage of susceptible ignorant dummies. We watched a clip of an interview. He might have talked about 1 Enoch earlier, but it wasn’t first the purpose of interesting conversation. It would serve the purpose of teeing up his unique conspiracy theories.
@@infiniti28160 Not Yemen. The Levant. The squared letters are based on the Aramaic alphabet used by the Persian Empire and the Assyrians in turn. Phoenician is part of the historical development path for Hebrew, but both owe ultimate root status to Egyptian hieroglyphs.
@BobSmith-lb9nc Plato is quoted by Paul that doesnt mean the writings of Plato are canonical. A variation of a saying from a verse in enoch is mentioned once. Thats it. It could very well just be a common saying amongst levantine jews in and around that timeframe.
I've never even heard of this Carson character before. Even a non scholar newbie like me knew he was just spewing conspiracy theory nonsense tho. Good job again, Dan. Appreciate all you do
it’s crazy that people think conspiracy theories are crazy like really ???? u think ur perfect government is telling and giving us 100% real it’s nonsense??? if i was nonsense it wouldn’t be a theory???
Ironic that a non scholar who doesn’t know shit has the audacity to say that a professional is spewing nonsense. Just saying, take a look in the mirror. Who the fuck are you to say or pick a side
😂😂 when you have the education of Billy and have traveled to each site and conducted research just sit over in the corner and let that man tell you something. You might learn a thing or two. 👍🏼
I don’t know how Christians can refute the Ethiopian Bible when most early Christian Ethiopians only had those scriptures to look upon. Do we think Jesus was speaking to them through this?
I liked the video and subscribed I follow Billy and def don’t agree on a lot of his conclusions But he does travel and read a lot of texts I’m thinking because he reads a lot maybe he concludes certain things and maybe mixes up what reading I know he reads because just a month ago I watched over hour video of him bringing up tablet online and reading the Epic of Gilgamesh He also refers to book of Enoch and works of Zecharia Sitchin and that’s what I research I research the Anunnaki Gods who existed way before Judaism And Judaism comes from a pantheon of Gods With Yahweh at the top First temple Judaism vs 2nd temple So there was multiple gods always in all cultures Look at ancient Sumer The kings list doesn’t even make sense Which Billy talks about The fact to the matter most ppl don’t have a clue to what’s going on because not only has so much information been controlled It’s in different languages than none of us speak
The facts that are revealed by a learned systematic approach to the Bible are generally overwhelming and unsatisfying to to the religious consumers whose productive and receptive competence for language is at the level of subvariant. It's clear why the Marists didn't want to deal with religious traditions but assumed the belief in god is a species specific behavior that has to be satisfied in the ultimate expression of the genes.
It is amazing preserved manuscripts of the NT are older than any preserved manuscripts of the OT. That proves that Jews were very careful and kept their books within their closed circles.
I just told a dude on a comment that I think Billy Carson believes what he’s telling people but he needs to talk to experts about all of his “ancient tablets.” Appreciate Dr. Dan so much.
Billy Carson is right, according to African/Yoruba standpoint, we are not directly created by God, we are created by different entities, known as the *sky begins* who established there kingdom on planet earth.
It's ironic to see Dan deflate Carson's baseless claims using the same data and tools that "orthodox" apologists reject or distort. He does a better job than both
Honestly, when I watched that episode it came across more as if Carson was more than willing to discredit Jews in favor of Ethiopian Jews being the "real Jews" and Andrew looking for justification for believing some of the conspiracy theories currently popular about Jews.
Yes. The Old Greek translation by Jewish scholars in Egypt, from a no longer extant Hebrew Vorlage. However, all our copies are from much later, and many readings have changed. The earliest forms of the Hebrew Bible (OT) are from Qumran.
That's not true at all. 1. That translation only contained the 5 books of Moses (according to the fable) 2. There is not a single manuscript of that 3. This is a myth with no evidence 4. There is no complete Lxx version (of the many different Lxx versions made by Xtians) until the 4th or 5th century. 6. The DSS are older and closer to the MT than the Lxx versions.
As soon as I saw “responding to Billy Carson” I said to myself, Dan is going to have fun with this one. Carson is known to purport all type of false information.
I don’t agree with everything he says But I listen to him I just liked and subscribed to this guy We have to do our own research End of day we are all ignorant And listening to different ppl is a way to challenge our beliefs, conclusions, education, intelligence etc Look into ancient history There has always been multiple gods What are angels What are fallen angels What is Lucifer Why were ppl worshipping idols Why was Egypt so powerful How were they so intelligent How were all ancient ppl intelligent Why is there a common theme of sacrifice and specific mapping of stars Who are these other deities like Horus, Osiris, Amun Ra Why does Judaism use Yahweh as god Why does first temple Judaism recognize a pantheon with Yahweh at top Who is Baal in Bible In confidence I can answer these questions I might be wrong but I can explain what I have researched and where I get it from Most ppl don’t even ask the questions
@@anthonyurso3554 I fully agree that most people don't ask these question and that it is good to seek answers. However, it is important to find the right answers and that is only done by broad resaarch, which is the very opposite of what Billy Carson represents. He finds wild and nizarre ideas and promotes them because he knows it will earn him money. Every question on your list has a straightforward answer which has either been demonstrated to be fact or is the consensus scholarly and academic view and I guarantee that none of them involve the nonsense spewed by Carson or those like him.
@@theoutspokenhumanist I think it’s less just him spewing nonsense Vs Reading so many texts and not taking enough time to isolate personal opinion and what is considered academic Things just get blurred together Their is plenty of offshoots and denominations that think different things Just look at the 3 main monotheistic religions Islam, Judaism and Christianity All 3 religions follow the same figures and stories for thousands of years yet disagree on Jesus Which in my opinion is 1 of the many things that demonstrates how important he was
@@anthonyurso3554 I might agree if it wasn't for the problem of him claiming to be an expert on ancient civilisations. What you suggest, about him not isolating his personal opinion is the minimum we should expert from an expert. That and doing the minimum of research to fact check what he reads. And having more education than just high school would help. He is a fraud and this is just his latest money scheme. As for Jesus, it is important to recognise that whilst all three monotheistic religions have an opinion, they all take their information from the same source, the New Testament authors and the Christian tradition that built up around them. Therefore, whatever they may think rests entirely on whether the Christian bible is true and that cannot be verified, only believed or not.
John chapter 10 verse 34-36KJV. s it not written in your law, 'I said, “You are gods”'?" 35: "If those to whom the word of God came were called “gods”-and the scripture cannot be annulled-..." 36: "Can you say that the one whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world is blaspheming because I said, “I am God's Son”?"
Dan - love your scholarship! Please please ditch the invective. To me at least, identifying inaccuracies and errors without the editorializing mockery ("laughably false") better supports your claim as a data purveyor.
I LOVE the invective... why must academia be dry and tasteless. I am sure when Dan is in academic circles he doesn't use them, but this is a refutation of outlandish claims by ostensibly clowns... ridicule/satire/criticism are all wonderful tools to make one's point in a more profound way.
How did God's word get so confusing? Or is it really God's word? I would think that a wise, loving god would deliver a message that's simple, to the point, and easy to understand. Maybe a good word of God would simply be, "Love one another," and then a clarification of what that really means. And yet we have these bibles that only biblical experts seem to understand.
If it is easy to understand then there would be no need for intermediators. Think about all the Rabbies, Priests and Imams if the word was easy. What would be their purpose? If someone can claim to speak for the Creator then that someone has essentially the authority of the Creator.
kinda hard when there is absolutely no good and convincing evidence that 'gods' exist.... isn't it? Can you demonstrate that this god of yours exists in reality, or does he live rent free in your imagination?
@@phaulsgawds9945hes not saying he has a different god. Hes saying he will find his connection to god HIS OWN WAY not by how he was told by some old book that couldve been made by the real devils.
@@labradog05 why thank you Captain Obvious.... I think I figured that out from the OP's comment. I asked him/her to prove that this god, whoever it is, exists in reality and NOT just in his/her imagination.... The bible.. aka the Old Testament and the New Testament... the Old speaking of Yahweh, and the New speaking of Jesus... just as the quran speaks of Allah, the three versions/names for the god of Abraham, is/are the ONLY sources of this god... so if you or the OP does not believe in one of these three, where do you get the idea who or what this god is? Your logic is flawed, my friend. Do better.....
@@labradog05 well, thank you Captain Obvious. Considering there is NO good and convincing evidence that gods OR devils exist, how is the OP going to find their OWN way to these myths? You have to demonstrate the TRUTH of these character's existence, BEFORE you can find your 'way' to 'them'. Your comment is rather silly, really.
I don’t know how he has such a big following & is still being interviewed all over the place. The nonsense he talks about is ridiculous and he has no sources to support anything he says. It’s baffling.
Some of the things he says makes sense though, I would actually listen to him. Not saying everything or anything he is saying is true, but dosent hurt to hear him out.
According to the references I found online, Yam Suf is the Sea of Reeds as well as the Red Sea and both are interchangeable... where is the evidence that they are NOT the same? I can't see Dan making such a simple error.... but we are all human...
@@phaulsgawds9945 Hebrew ים-סוף yam-sûf “Sea of Reeds” (Exodus 23:31; LXX erythras thalassēs “Red Sea”) = Ancient Egyptian pЗ twf(y) “the marsh, wetlands; reeds” = Tjaru/ Sile (on the eastern border, at the northernmost point of the El-Ballah Lakes in Egypt) in the Ramesside Onomastica of Amenemopet. The Israelites could have crossed during a temporary seiche-event in that marshland. The Israelites never crossed the Red Sea.
@@BobSmith-lb9nc The problem, my friend, is that there is NO consensus as to the location of this body of water... that is the point. MANY bodies of water have been claimed to be this legendary 'sea'... however, Dan was correct in saying that the Sea of Reeds is equivalent to the Red Sea ... as that part is consensus...
@@phaulsgawds9945 That is dogma, not data, my friend. Depending on an Old Greek mistranslation of the Hebrew (which uses the ancient Egyptian word for a known body of wetlands) is a glaring, sophomoric mistake. Moreover, look at a map: There is no logical or practical reason to assert the crossing of the Red Sea. Such a claim is just silly.
Did you see the video of him saying he was watching TV when two aliens floated into his lounge room? LOL I kid you not he's so pathologically confident in his BS that it's just astounding.
@@4everseekingwisdom690 How do you study occult philosophy? Books Going down rabbit holes on internet ? Sacred geometry Kabbalah or Freemason teachings somehow learning?
This is why I stopped listening to a lot of the comedy podcasts. They have guests on that have no clue about what they're talking about and it's frustrating to listen to. Also Schulz is incredibly annoying now.
Look, I recommend people do their own research; because Dan is ABSOLUTELY WRONG. The Ethiopians are the only African country that HAS NOT been colonized by Europeans. ALSO, one of the oldest civilizations in the world, along with Egypt and Sumeria, India, etc. Queen Sheeba, Ruler of Ethiopia had a son, Menelik, with King Solomon. This is 3000 years ago people. The Ethiopians, just like the Egyptians, did a very good job at documenting. But of course, just because Europe never colonized Ethiopia, they think can speak on a religion that doesn’t even ORIGINATE in EUROPE. I absolutely hate the ego of humans.
@@e070e it’s not weird at all. The Hebrews you speak of (the real Israelites, who were originally a dark skinned, were already gone into exile. The Roman Empire and the people they had over their churches were the ones doing the bs edits. Still has nothing to do with the Israelites. Hebrew was a common language at the time. The Church were controlled by gentiles that were allowed to assimilate into Romans. Who were the gentiles? Europeans. Clearly. History is important. You CAN NOT understand the Bible if you don’t know history. Europeans have not stopped altering the scriptures since they’ve had control of the region. But going back to your point. Alexander the Great pretty much started the Hellenization process of the Scriptures. At the time, Greek and Romans couldn’t relate to Judaism and Christianity. Their religion was Greek and Roman mythology. They needed to incorporate their culture into the Bible, so it could be relatable to Europeans. And everything went down hill after that. All the way up until 1604, when they made the King James Version. There was no way in hell King James was about to give his people a book that exposed all of the shame of the Roman’s, Assyrians, and Greeks. This is all documented ppl. Just study for once. PLEASE.
Menelik I is the child of Solomon and Makeda (the Ethiopic name for the queen of Sheba; she is the child of the man who destroys the legendary snake-king Arwe[32]) from whom the Ethiopian dynasty claims descent to the present day. While the Abyssinian story offers much greater detail, it omits any mention of the Queen's hairy legs or any other element that might reflect on her unfavourably Based on the Gospels of Matthew (Matthew 12:42) and Luke (Luke 11:31), the "queen of the South" is claimed to be the queen of Ethiopia. In those times, King Solomon sought merchants from all over the world, in order to buy materials for the building of the Temple. Among them was Tamrin, great merchant of Queen Makeda of Ethiopia. Having returned to Ethiopia, Tamrin told the queen of the wonderful things he had seen in Jerusalem, and of Solomon's wisdom and generosity, whereupon she decided to visit Solomon. She was warmly welcomed, given a palace for dwelling, and received great gifts every day. Solomon and Makeda spoke with great wisdom, and instructed by him, she converted to Judaism. Before she left, there was a great feast in the king's palace. Makeda stayed in the palace overnight, after Solomon had sworn that he would not do her any harm, while she swore in return that she would not steal from him. As the meals had been spicy, Makeda awoke thirsty at night and went to drink some water, when Solomon appeared, reminding her of her oath. She answered: "Ignore your oath, just let me drink water." That same night Solomon had a dream about the sun rising over Israel, but being mistreated and despised by the Jews, the sun moved to shine over Ethiopia and Rome. Solomon gave Makeda a ring as a token of faith, and then she left. On her way home, she gave birth to a son, whom she named Baina-leḥkem (i.e. bin al-ḥakīm, "Son of the Wise Man", later called Menilek). After the boy had grown up in Ethiopia, he went to Jerusalem carrying the ring and was received with great honors. The king and the people tried in vain to persuade him to stay. Solomon gathered his nobles and announced that he would send his first-born son to Ethiopia together with their first-borns. He added that he was expecting a third son, who would marry the king of Rome's daughter and reign over Rome so that the entire world would be ruled by David's descendants.
@@anthonyurso3554 I’m going to do my research on that. I didn’t even know all of that in detail. That’s pretty interesting if it’s true. I love how everyone is searching for the truth now.
