Why “New Atheism” FAILED (and what’s replacing it) 

this video’s take really clicks with some of the things I've been reading in ebook magnetic aura from Borlest

Spot on. My story is just that. Sunday school > Read Dawkins > Embraced Atheism > Witnessed decline of society > Jordan Petersen > Yearned for Christianity > Read Bible > Christian

I have long complained that western churches teach a very superficial form of Christianity, suitable for elementary school children but not for adults. Is it really surprising that so many educated adults turn away from that superficial version? Happily, many others investigate Christanity for themselves, and discover just how profound it is. Great video.

It's sad that people can be humble enough to admit God's presence is necessary yet can't humble themselves to submit completely.

Caution- those people who are using the "useful fiction" line- will find that if you don't ground the truth to God, if they don't turn that page and "jump in all the way"- they could become dangerous by propagating an empty, baseless truth by coming to a false conclusion that people can live "good" lives through following kingdom principles by their own strength/discipline/etc. In other words, by not realizing or acknowledging that human beings are ultimately unable to sustain a "moral" code because of our brokenness. I believe the Enemy has done a great job wrecking America because society lost sight of WHO was behind our moral code and tried to claim it as their own, propping up hypocrites and empty "religions" which spout the truth but take out God from the equation. But overall, I want to believe that these people that society perceives as intellectuals, are doing right by the Lord and have full faith that God is using all things (even the evil ones) to bring people back to Him! and of course praying for those along this journey to take that full plunge!!!!

I did not like Sunday School. It was too simple. Noah in cute boat with cute animals, etc. Kids may be young, but their spirit can recognize truth and respond in a much more mature way than their years would suggest.

Modern atheibeliveism: The values of religions:yes Theology of religions:no

I reached 250 thousand dollars invested, it took me 2 years, last month I received 30 thousand only in dividends. Only with believers. This month it will be 40,000 and so on, in the next few years it will be 500 thousand in the year alone in Bitcoin ETFs and other dividend yields. What took me 2 years to invest, I will have in 1 Year

I believe we ARE spiritual beings having a PHYSICAL experience. Jesus Christ was written about for hundreds of years by ancient Hebrew Zadok priests- the Essenes. They were watching for God incarnate to arrive, he did. It is only because he laid down his life freely for us are we able to become saved from this present Age. Jesus will return as King of Kings and Lord of Lords- Every knee will bow then. Repent and be saved by Jesus. He loves the people of the world, and provided a way to live with great joy!

It's a nice fairytale to tell yourself that people only believe in Christianity because they want to believe in a fairytale... Eventually they have to come to grips with the fact that millions of people, much smarter than themselves, have become true believers with very good reason.

The religion as "useful fiction" narrative functionally falls apart for the sincere follower of Jesus: 1 Corinthians 15:13-14 ESV - But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.

Christ is Lord❤

After everyone has witnessed wokeness in all its glory, eyes have gone as wide as saucers and people have said wooooooo…. Ok let’s back up.

yes all i remember about christianity as a child was bright pictures of noah and the animals and things like that at sunday school,we are doing our children a great disservice by not teaching them the plain Gospel and the rest of scripture.

BUT ARE THEY REALLY TURNING TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST?

I think there’s an irony that many intellectuals are turning towards religion even as the common man is becoming less religious. It’s one of those situations where you don’t know what you got until it’s gone. It would be interesting to live in a society where most educated people are religious while the common man is non-religious.

Whether it's true or not is irrelevant, the Bible it's the basis for everything that we are, without it, we have no soul, and human's with no soul, die. This can be observed by looking out of the window and seeing our civilisation crumble, we have no purpose, the only reason we do anything nowadays is for money, we don't even have families anymore; without Christ, we are nothing.

I'm very much on the journey. I've been devouring C.S. Lewis, this channel and giving my full attention to apologetics (William Lane Craig) and Steven Myer's books and the new testament itself. It's all incredibly compelling and grounded. I grew up in an atheist household. I was told from a very young age, that it's not only wrong, it's bad and to fight it. I'm now in the camp of seeing things theistically. I'm fully on board there and that alone has changed my life. The idea that Jesus is who he says he is.. is so reality shattering to me, I admit it's hard for me to go there.. but I'm really really trying.

Do you have a link for that hat??

Those blue checkmark people remind me of what's told in Matthew 24.

It is very encouraging video for me. ❤

Still an Atheist. Don’t really know what this “New Atheism” is, that you’re saying is dying, but apparently it doesn’t effect my Atheism. 🤷🏻‍♂️

You definetly live on another planet 👍

In philosophy nobody knows what truth is. Correspondence is just one theory, but is it true? If you so wanted to - you could claim that the very idea of "Truth as a worth-while human pursuit" is itself a useful fiction. Or you could be skeptical about it...Is it true that truth is a worth-while human pursuit? Still - the question remains: Amongst all the useful fictions which one is best? That's what we call truth.

Christianity has done and continues to do more good for the world than anything else out there. Jesus lives! ♥️ and is Yahweh God 🙏🏻 Christ ✝️ and King 👑

Glory!!! After so much struggles I now own a new house with an influx of $330,000.00 every month God has kept to his words,my family is happy again everything is finally falling into place. God bless America 🇺🇸

Honestly... whenever Anyone claims they came to or want to come to Christ, the ONLY response for a true follower of Christ is to Pray for that person (that their faith is Real, heals them, and serves God) and give them the Best support they can. Not judgement. Not idolizing.

How is consciousness, rationale, decision, morals, the atheistic worldview, etc not all an illusion given the premise that the brain is nothing more than an accidental product of mindless unguided pond scum? - Jeff Durbin

"...so it's this interesting thing where you you get Christianity at a grade school level and you get atheism at a college level and so it it feels like that's the more intellectual or adult worldview to have" 9:02 This is very well said.

Grade school Christianity versus college atheism is an excellent analogy. I'm in the strange situation of being an ordained confessional Lutheran with two master's degrees teaching elementary school at a McMegaChurch. Most of what my kids are taught is spiritualized moralism. It's essentially "Jesus loves you and wants you to be nice to your friends and listen to teachers". All the emotionalized "Holy Spirit" language is essentially just secular "character building".

Remember The father said In these evil last days he would pour out his spirit on us. So the Holy Spirit is working overtime to save them. Also you can feel the world is cracking up just look at the earthquakes and weather.

read the forbidden book Magnetic Aura on Borlest, and you'll see the secrets they're keeping from us.

I think we should be careful not to place too much emphasis on celebrities "searching" for truth. It very easily starts to become an idol, where we look to them to confirm the truth instead of understanding that God does not need their status to proclaim himself. We can pray for real transformation to take place for people who have a wider platform, but we shouldn't neglect to pray for the people around us in our daily lives either. We all have a responsibility to rep God 🫡

The only thing that kept me Christian is that I was determined to find that depth myself since I wasn’t getting it from my church or even my Christian private school. You have to read the Bible yourself.

Christian psychologist Dr Timothy Jennings must be read.

You can be religious without being religious. What I mean is most think being religious is going to church. I don't go to church. I do believe in God and the Bible. Jesus didn't teach in a church. He talked to people outside the church. Churches have brought many to Christ. They've also often driven some away from Christ. I can see the benefits to society church can have.

Awesome! Great points. Just ordered his book before the video was even complete.

I think an important factor is a global shift to the right...

@youtube where are all my comments going??

God is not dead.

Diligent study of the early church _[actually ekklesia - 1st century to second century]_ history academically, assiduously, competently, contextually, culturally, considerately, deeply, diligently, exegetically, heuristically, linguistically, truthfully thus supremely spiritually in the John 3:1-21 qualified / Acts 17 Berean way the authentic austere Scriptural Jesus the Christ teaches to do, you will see around 3rd century, it's the Roman "Church" who taught "Christianity" not Jesus or the Apostles, Jesus taught "The Way" as the Scriptures teach.

Russell Brand _[one of these "public intellectuals" allegedly turning to true New Covenant/Testament faith]_ is one of the many who the authentic austere Scriptural Jesus the Christ _[God]_ referred to especially in Matthew 24:11. ***There is NO Scripture _[correctly John 1:1-21 qualified/Acts 17 Berean exegeted Scripture]_ for many coming to the true John 3:1-21 faith in the last days, the authentic austere Scriptural Jesus the Christ made this abundantly inescapably clear. Get on the John 3:1-21 Ark by the roads of Mark 1:15, 16:16, Luke 13:1-5, 24:47, Matthew 18:1-3, John 1:12, Acts 2:38, Romans 6:1-23, 10:9, Galatians 1:7-9, 1Corinthians 3:18-23 and parallel verses before it is too late - this day, because the door is closing and most will not escape the coming inescapable global flood of fire storm but a remnant and most so called true disciples of the authentic austere Scriptural Jesus the Christ _[God]_ clearly for now are exactly who the true Jesus referred to in Matthew 7:21-23 and parallel verses if you are not truly part of the John 3:1-21 qualified remnant. Selah.

Hey academics in every field, it's true, true and although mathematical impossible it's more than a 100 % true, one day you will see!!!...

Believe that vs believe in

The sentence, to paraphrase, "if there is objective morality it means there is a God and that means that Christianity is true or has some truth to it" is simply insane. First, objective morality has nothing to do with God, but even if we put that aside for argument sake, it has nothing to do with Christianity. Christianity doesn't have the monopoly on God, God vastly surpasses Christianity. Take Deism for example, Deism utterly believes in God and utterly rejects Christianity and all other religions has a source of any moral and spiritual authority. Christianity has to do, solely, with the bible, not God. Also....."Public Intellectuals"?!?! So, you are going full "appeal to authority/false authority" fallacy now?!

Russell Brand _[one of these "public intellectuals" allegedly turning to true New Covenant/Testament faith]_ is one of the many who the authentic austere Scriptural Jesus the Christ _[God]_ referred to especially in Matthew 24:11. ***There is NO Scripture _[correctly John 1:1-21 qualified/Acts 17 Berean exegeted Scripture]_ for many coming to the true John 3:1-21 faith in the last days, the authentic austere Scriptural Jesus the Christ made this abundantly inescapably clear. Get on the John 3:1-21 Ark by the roads of Mark 1:15, 16:16, Luke 13:1-5, 24:47, Matthew 18:1-3, John 1:12, Acts 2:38, Romans 6:1-23, 10:9, Galatians 1:7-9, 1Corinthians 3:18-23 and parallel verses before it is too late - this day, because the door is closing and most will not escape the coming inescapable global flood of fire storm but a remnant and most so called true disciples of the authentic austere Scriptural Jesus the Christ _[God]_ clearly for now are exactly who the true Jesus referred to in Matthew 7:21-23 and parallel verses if you are not truly part of the John 3:1-21 qualified remnant. Selah.

I don't think human rights can be coherently described as "true". I think it's a category error.

Very interesting. I think secularism isn't satisfactory for a lot of people. Coming to grips with much of the theology is a challenge for many people, including myself. I'm a firm believer in God, from a purely philosophical point of view, but also from an intuitive or religious instinct you could say. When it comes to theology though, I'm not so sure.

I believe because I CHOOSE to

We are saying its literally true!

We go for 3 yrs to a class once or twice a week with our 6th-8th graders and do exactly that. Parents can come too. We teach the really deep stuff. Been doing the same thing in one form or another since the Reformation.

this format really suits me

The point about Christianity being presented to children in a child-only way is an important one. We must challenge our children as they grow up to deeper theology, actual study of the Bible, Bible stories, etc. When you leave them with a "rubber ducky" impression of Noah and the ark, and never mature it, what else can you expect a person who has become an adult to do with that, but throw it out along with Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy?

It's hilarious how on this channel, atheist trolls can't make their own comments but hide out in the comment section of others making their snide comments!

really liked this video

Boy I have always enjoyed Justin and his unbelievable " podcast.

University used to require Western Civilization courses. These courses deepened my understanding of the bedrock of Christianity in our thought.

Great interview. 👍! Just one thing, Justin said that Tom Holland considers theology as invented. We should be more modest and honest about ( as believers or not) the truths revealed to usthaere's very few if any inventions. And (if not all) nearly all we know about the world is a discovery or, for believers- a revelation that we are granted. All properties of organic and non organic, chemical, biological, physical or potential reality were already there before us. We only come to knowledge of them. As we have discovered, not invented, America we should modestly argue that we've not invented cars or phones but only discovered a practical application or ideas of practical applications appeared to us, were revealed to us as a result of previous revelations or coincidence that we shouldn't take credit for.

Love your enemies.. because they are trapped in an intellectual pit.

best!!!

Would you have Aaron Abke on the pod

God chose me, I did not choose Him. My nature is an anathema to God. God decides.

I would add that parents need to be careful about when to allow their children to be exposed to other ideas. If children are sent unarmed, of course it's very possible they'll turn away.

For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. - Romans 14:11

We need to get rid of it completely it’s holding us back.

Errr....... That is something you cannot prove. However you forgot to mention how many Public Intellectuals are turning to Atheism.

People need a personal supernatural encounter with the life transforming power and grace of Jesus Christ! Head knowledge is not enough.

Which "public intellectuals" are turning to Christianity? From the thumbnail, JP already was one, Russell Brand adopted it to get sober... only Ayaan decided to support Christianity in a bid to create a perception of western solidarity against the younger more insidious form of monotheism that she escaped at great personal cost. It's true that young people are introduced to Christianity from a young age like it's a fairytale, but it lends itself so easily to that portrayal. If you try to do that with science, the best you can really do is... maybe appeal to dinosaurs? It's much harder to convert to a fairytale portrayal. Meanwhile as an adult, you can get into the more interpretative disciplines like history, theology, ethics, psychology and sociology with application to religion, meanwhile science is what engineers are using to physically build the future in concrete, very material terms - it's what physically sustains our lives with healthcare and tells us measurably, objectively and repeatably how the universe actually works. You can't argue with the immediate reality of the latter, yet argument is all you *can* have about the former.

New Atheism has Failed!? In your dreams!! LOL Logic and reason cannot fail!! Fairytales and wishful thinking will!

Surprised no talk of Russel Brand

I find it amusing watching these high IQ intellectuals try to left-brain themselves into understanding the Creator. It’s not an IQ thing. It’s quite possible that Jordan Peterson’s plumber actually understands the Creator better than him.

Many of them are turning to Catholicism, not Christianity. There’s a difference.

Secularism doesn't lead to any uniting philosophy. No real ethical or moral foundation.

Justin Brierley is about as far from a “public intellectual “ as you can get . So is brand ( failed comedian) masquerading as truth teller. Slavoj Žižek showed Jordan Peterson intellectual prowess To be wanting . So if that the best you can do ,, 😂😂😂. Christianity and intellectuals is an oxymoron

Cryptobots this time not fundy real estate. Interesting

Starting Jesus energy wash ❤ warning it is intense. Gifts for all sheep

Public intellectuals ? Really

Er, funny how no one it talking about the Nones. Easy to hate on the New Atheists. Fine point though, New Atheists did not teach relativism, Sam Harris is a Utilitarian who thinks science can delve into moral reasoning.

Didn’t Amy Grant have a song about needing more than pablum back in the 80s? Are they going to start teaching J Peterson’s analysis of Biblical texts in church to feed this desire? What else is there?

Art has been near religion. Religion gives answers but science gives questions. ”Religion is good fiction for populistic purposes”. It gains strength from disapproval, polarization and black-white-thinking. It is based on territorial needs of mankind. Every individual must prove loyality to the group by certain rituals and by reproduct new loyal subordinates.

The dogmatic Dawkins type atheists are very annoying and difficult to listen to.

It might be good not to advertise the faith with pictures of sexual assault offenders and offensive maniacs ... just saying.

You guys are that pathetic its actually funny

They became Christians surely not because Jesus talked to them. Christianity and Islam are man-made religions spread by humans , not by a god. As a Deist I send you a lot human love.

Because God is real and they can't squirm their way out of it by screaming fallacy in the face of truth constantly in the public eye.

It's good for business. 🤑 Of course there are plenty of sincere believers but these are not them.

According to the general consensus of scholarship *(even critical Christian scholars),* YHWH was originally incorporated into the Canaanite pantheon as a son of the Canaanite high god El before inheriting the top spot in the pantheon and El's wife Athirat (Asherah) before religious reforms "divorced" them. El's pantheon in Ugarit (modern day Ras Shamra in Syria) is called the *Elohim,* literally the plural of El. Interestingly, the Biblical god is also referred to numerous times as Elohim. If you want to see if El is fictional, just read his mythology in the Ugaritic/Canaanite texts. "The mysterious Ugaritic text Shachar and Shalim tells how (perhaps near the beginning of all things) *El* came to shores of the sea and saw two women who bobbed up and down. *El* was sexually aroused and took the two with him, killed a bird by throwing a staff at it, and roasted it over a fire. He asked the women to tell him when the bird was fully cooked, and to then address him either as husband or as father, for he would thenceforward behave to them as they called him. They saluted him as husband. He then lay with them, and they gave birth to Shachar ("Dawn") and Shalim ("Dusk"). Again *El* lay with his wives and the wives gave birth to "the gracious gods", "cleavers of the sea", "children of the sea". The names of these wives are not explicitly provided, but some confusing rubrics at the beginning of the account mention the goddess *Athirat (Asherah),* who is otherwise *El's* chief wife, and the goddess Raḥmayyu ("the one of the womb"), otherwise unknown." *"First, a god named El predates the arrival of the Israelites into Syria-Palestine.* Biblical usage shows El was not just a generic noun, but often a proper name for Israel’s God (e.g., Gen 33:20: “El, the God of Israel”)." "I should add here that it is very clear from the grammar that the noun nachalah in v. 9 should be translated “inheritance.” *Yahweh receives Israel as his “inheritance” (nachalah), just as the other sons of El received their nations as their inheritance (nachal, v. 8).* With this verb, especially in the Hiphil, the object is always what is being given as an inheritance. Thus, Israel is given to Yahweh as his inheritance. ((Here I’m indebted to Dan McClellan.)) It would make no sense for Elyon to give himself an inheritance. Moreover, as I’ve argued elsewhere, it is not just the Gentile nations that are divided up according to the number of the *sons of El.* It is all of humankind, i.e., “the sons of Adam.” This clearly includes Israel. And the sons of Adam are not divided up according to the number of the *sons of El,* plus one (i.e., plus Elyon). They are divided up, according to the text, *solely* according to the number of the *sons of El.* *Thus, that Yahweh receives Israel as his inheritance makes Yahweh one of the sons of El mentioned in v. 8. Any other construal of the text would constitute its rewriting.* A Sumerian hymn speaks to the goddess: “Nanshe, your divine powers are not matched by any other divine powers.” *Does this mean that Nanshe was the high goddess, that there were no gods above her? No, it does not.* Nanshe was the daughter of Enki, the high god. *In Sumerian mythology, as with Ugaritic, Israelite, Babylonian, and others, in the ancient past, the high god (Enki, in this case) divided up the world and assigned his children certain domains.* Nanshe was given a limited domain (the modern Persian Gulf) and was tasked with maintaining social justice there. *This is exactly what we see in Deuteronomy 32 with Yahweh. Yahweh is given a limited domain (Israel) and is given authority over his people, to punish them, as well as to protect and defend them against foreign enemies.* That Yahweh, like Nanshe, is said to have incomparable divine power *does not* mean that he is not subordinate to the high god who gave him his domain. *It is also of note that Nanshe, like Baal, Yahweh, and so many other deities, evolved over time. Her domain increased, and she was promoted in the pantheon (although she never became the high goddess)."* *"The Most Heiser: Yahweh and Elyon in Psalm 82 and Deuteronomy 32 - Religion at the Margins"* based on the *majority scholarly consensus.* (Written by Thom Stark who is a Christian) *"Michael Heiser: A Unique Species? - Religion at the Margins"* (A second response to Michael Heiser) *"Excerpt from “Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan” by John Day - Lehi's Library."* *"The Table of Nations: The Geography of the World in Genesis 10"* - TheTorah.com (Excluding the short narrative on Nimrod (vv. 8-12), *which appears to be a later addition,* Genesis 10 contains *70* names of nations or cities, a number that was symbolic of totality. Similarly, the descendants of Jacob were *70* in number (Gen 46:37; Exod 1:5), *as were the sons of the supreme Canaanite god El, with whom YHWH became equated.)* *"Polytheism and Ancient Israel’s Canaanite Heritage. Part V | theyellowdart"* (Of course, much of this [i.e., that Israel worshiped El and Asherah alongside YHWH] is really to be expected given that recent syntheses of the *archaeological, cultural, and literary data* pertaining to the emergence of the nation of Israel in the Levant *show that most of the people who would eventually compose this group were originally Canaanite. As the Hebrew Bible notes, the Hebrew language itself is a Canaanite language, literally the “lip of Canaan” (שְׂפַת כְּנַעַן; Is. **19:18**), and so it cannot often be distinguished by modern scholars from other Canaanite inscriptions on purely linguistic grounds.)* *"Ugarit - New World Encyclopedia"* (Ugaritic religion centered on the chief god, Ilu or El, whose titles included "Father of mankind" and "Creator of the creation." The Court of El was referred to as the (plural) 'lhm or ***Elohim,*** a word ***later used by the biblical writers to describe the Hebrew deity*** and translated into English as "God," in the singular. El, which was ***also the name of the God of Abraham,*** was described as an aged deity with white hair, seated on a throne.) *"Mark Smith: Yahweh as El’s Son & Yahweh’s Ascendency - Lehi's Library"* (Mark Smith is a Catholic) *"God, Gods, and Sons (and Daughters) of God in the Hebrew Bible. Part III | theyellowdart"* *"02 | December | 2009 | Daniel O. McClellan - Psalm 82"* (Daniel McClellan is a Mormon) *"Elohim | Daniel O. McClellan"* (Refer to the article "Angels and Demons (and Michael Heiser)") *"God's Wife Edited Out of the Bible - Almost."* (Pay attention to whose wife Asherah (Athirat) is in the Ugaritic/Canaanite texts and how she became the wife of YHWH/Yahweh) *"Yahweh's Divorce from the Goddess Asherah in the Garden of Eden - Mythology Matters."* *"Asherah, God's Wife in Ancient Israel. Part IV - theyellowdart"* *"The Gates of Ishtar - El, was the original god of the bible."* *"The Gates of Ishtar - Anath in the Elephantine Papyri"* (In addition to Asherah (Athirat) being the consort of Yahweh, it appears some Israelites also viewed the Canaanite goddess Anat(h) as Yahweh's consort) *"Canaanite Religion - New World Encyclopedia"* (Refer to the section "Relationship to Biblical Religion") *"The Syncretization of Yahweh and El : reddit/AcademicBiblical"* (For a good summary of all of the above articles) Watch Professor Christine Hayes who lectures on the Hebrew Bible at Yale University. Watch lecture 2 from 40:40 to 41:50 minutes, lecture 7 from 30:00 minutes onwards, lecture 8 from 12:00 to 17:30 minutes and lecture 12 from 34:30 minutes onwards. Watch *"Pagan Origins of Judaism"* by Sigalius Myricantur and read the description in the video to see the scholarship the video is based on. Watch *"How Monotheism Evolved"* by Sigalius Myricantur and watch up to at least 21:40. Watch *"Atheism - A History of God (The Polytheistic Origins of Christianity and Judaism)"* (By a former theist) Watch *"The Origins of Yahweh"* by Derreck Bennett at Atheologica.

*The Enuma Elish would later be the inspiration for the Hebrew scribes who created the text now known as the biblical Book of Genesis.* Prior to the 19th century CE, the Bible was considered the oldest book in the world and its narratives were thought to be completely original. In the mid-19th century CE, however, European museums, as well as academic and religious institutions, sponsored excavations in Mesopotamia to find physical evidence for historical corroboration of the stories in the Bible. ***These excavations found quite the opposite, however, in that, once cuneiform was translated, it was understood that a number of biblical narratives were Mesopotamian in origin.*** *Famous stories such as the Fall of Man and the Great Flood were originally conceived and written down in Sumer,* translated and modified later in Babylon, and reworked by the Assyrians ***before they were used by the Hebrew scribes for the versions which appear in the Bible.*** ***In revising the Mesopotamian creation story for their own ends, the Hebrew scribes tightened the narrative and the focus but retained the concept of the all-powerful deity who brings order from chaos.*** Marduk, in the Enuma Elish, establishes the recognizable order of the world - *just as God does in the Genesis tale* - and human beings are expected to recognize this great gift and honor the deity through service. *"Enuma Elish - The Babylonian Epic of Creation - Full Text - World History Encyclopedia"* *"Sumerian Is the World's Oldest Written Language | ProLingo"* *"Sumerian Civilization: Inventing the Future - World History Encyclopedia"* ("The Sumerians were the people of southern Mesopotamia whose civilization flourished between c. 4100-1750 BCE." "Ancient Israelites and their origins date back to 1800-1200 BCE.") *"The Myth of Adapa - World History Encyclopedia"* Also discussed by Professor Christine Hayes at Yale University in her 1st lecture of the series on the Hebrew Bible from 8:50 to 14:30 minutes, lecture 3 from 28:30 to 41:35 minutes, lecture 4 from 0:00 up to 21:30 minutes and 24:00 up to 35:30 minutes and lecture 7 from 24:20 to 25:10 minutes. From a Biblical scholar: "Many stories in the ancient world have their origins in other stories and were borrowed and modified from other or earlier peoples. *For instance, many of the stories now preserved in the Bible are* ***modified*** *versions of stories that existed in the cultures and traditions of Israel’s* ***older*** *contemporaries.* Stories about the creation of the universe, a cataclysmic universal flood, digging wells as land markers, the naming of important cultic sites, gods giving laws to their people, and even stories about gods decreeing the possession of land to their people were all part of the cultural and literary matrix of the ancient Near East. *Biblical scribes freely* ***adopted and modified*** *these stories as a means to express their own identity, origins, and customs."* *"Stories from the Bible"* by Dr Steven DiMattei, from his website *"Biblical Contradictions"* ------------------------------------------------------------------ In addition, look up the below articles. *"Genesis 1:1-2 --- not a creation ex nihilo"* - Dr Steven DiMattei *"Yahweh was just an ancient Canaanite god. We have been deceived! - Escaping Christian Fundamentalism"* *"Hammurabi - World History Encyclopedia"* (Hammurabi (r. 1792-1750 BCE) was the sixth king of the Amorite First Dynasty of Babylon best known for his famous law code which served as the model for others, *including the Mosaic Law of the Bible.)* *"Debunking the Devil - Michael A. Sherlock (Author)"* *"The Greatest Trick Religion Ever Pulled: Convincing Us That Satan Exists | Atheomedy"* *"Zoroastrianism And Persian Mythology: The Foundation Of Belief"* (Scroll to the last section: Zoroastrianism is the Foundation of Western Belief) *"10 Ways The Bible Was Influenced By Other Religions - Listverse"* *"January | 2014 | Atheomedy"* - Where the Hell Did the Idea of Hell Come From? *"Retired bishop explains the reason why the Church invented "Hell" - Ideapod"* Watch *"The Origins of Salvation, Judgement and Hell"* by Derreck Bennett at Atheologica (Sensitive theists should only watch from 7:00 to 17:30 minutes as evangelical Christians are lambasted. He's a former theist and has been studying the scholarship and comparative religions for over 15 years) *"Top Ten Reasons Noah’s Flood is Mythology - The Sensuous Curmudgeon"* *"Forget about Noah's Ark; There Was No Worldwide Flood | Bible Interp"* *"The Search for Noah’s Flood - Biblical Archaeology Society"* *"Eridu Genesis - World History Encyclopedia"* *"The Atrahasis Epic: The Great Flood & the Meaning of Suffering - World History Encyclopedia"* Watch *"How Aron Ra Debunks Noah's Flood"* (8 part series debunking Noah's flood using multiple branches of science) *"The Adam and Eve myth - News24"* *"Before Adam and Eve - Psychology Today"* *"Gilgamesh vs. Noah - Wordpress"* *"Old Testament Tales Were Stolen From Other Cultures - Griffin"* *"Parallelism between “The Hymn to Aten” and Psalm 104 - Project Augustine"* *"Studying the Bible"* - by Dr Steven DiMattei (This particular article from a critical Biblical scholar highlights how the authors of the Hebrew Bible used their *fictional* god as a mouthpiece for their own views and ideologies) *"How do we know that the biblical writers were* ***not*** *writing history?"* -- by Dr Steven DiMattei *"Contradictions in the Bible | Identified verse by verse and explained using the most up-to-date scholarly information about the Bible, its texts, and the men who wrote them"* -- by Dr. Steven DiMattei

I am accepted a part of bible as facts but many parts as fictional or unknown, and disagreements.

8:45 is the only thing wise in this video: Advanced education (aka critical thinking) wins over the delusion of religion and faith.

BUDDHISM. The religion of the BUDDHAS. Every so often a Buddha shall arise and bring TRUTH to the world.