Why is an atheist website concerned with reviewing a book on one of the brothers of Jesus, especially one who was such a minor character in the New Testament? Despite its basic biographical title, James the Brother of Jesus is not merely a dissertation on the biblical portrait and historicity of James, but a blinding
The resurrection of Christ is arguably the central doctrine of Christianity. The premise at the heart of most strains of Christianity is that Jesus Christ died on the cross to save humanity from its sins, and he rose again three days later, victorious over death and having established a new means for salvation. In the
Atheism has become a hot topic in the last four or five years, thanks to the work of Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett. The God Delusion, god is not Great, and Letter to a Christian Nation have paved the way for what many have dubbed the ‘New Atheism’. In books, articles,
Fundamentalism is by no means a dead strand of Christianity. Still today there are many who believe that the Bible is the inerrant and unchanging word of god, the only book in history to be amazingly preserved in static and unaltered form for nearly 2,000 years. According to a 2006 Gallup poll, 28% of Americans
Every few years, new stories and rumors circulate about ground-breaking discoveries of the Ark of the Covenant, Noah’s Ark, the Garden of Eden, and other biblical legends. However, all these iconic finds seem to have been stumbled upon by amateur explorers in remote locations now conveniently forgotten or off-limits to public access. Still many of
