Six More Times the Bible Was Altered!

[@LM-jz9vh]

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 27:40 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.

[@HolyKoolaid]

Wow! Usually when I get a comment this long it's a creationist rant, but this is absolute gold. Great sources cited at the end too. I'm going to pin it to come back to later and so others can benefit from it. Thank you for taking the time to write this. 🫡

[@LM-jz9vh]

​@@HolyKoolaid You're very welcome. I appreciate your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@OceanusHelios]

That's very nice. As an atheist I still do not care. Here is the issue with focusing on "the development of Civilization" when going further and further back to Ur and Uruk....there were people's elsewhere and other extant civilizations. People will gladly skip over the Bronze Age collapse. People will claim their documents are the "oldest" and have the greatest Primacy. I suspect that the roots of all modern religions don't date much futher back than 300-200 BCE, including these "old gods" Pagan or otherwise. It all depended on any of the cultures achieving literacy and a literary tradition and a way to convey stories. Certainly there were many peoples all over the world who were not literate in the modern sense. People get the idea that humanity began in Mesopatamia because of religion and the advent of civilization....but, there is so much we do not know. I like that light is being shed on the origins of the myths. The importance of it will be lost no matter how much light we shed upon it, because after all, superstition and bigotries die hard, and people wrap up their identities and claims to the lands in these things. Such a pity. More was lost during the Bronze Age Collapse than we shall ever know, including the origins and cross pollenation of these ideas, myths, and polytheistic beliefs.

[@neonshadow5005]

Damn, boy came with sources. Impressive!

[@LM-jz9vh]

​@@neonshadow5005 😉

[@stevewarren4813]

A lot of evangelicals have no problem lying about almost any subject.

[@markomib]

agree and not sure - i don't think most/many of them are "lying". Key to being an evangelical, is living in a fantasy world (the literal definition of crazy that no one wants to say out loud, for whatever reason). When you live in a world of fantasy and believe the voice inside your head is god rather than yourself, there's no end of dilusional thinking one may arrive at. We can also give a shout out to the magical healing powers of "interpretation", which thanks to 'being guided by the holy spirit' means whatever I think i see, is true and anyone who disagrees is mislead and not in tune with the h.s.

[@1970Phoenix]

@@markomib Even though many Evangelicals wouldn't deliberately and unambigiously lie (although some of course will - such as many apologists), what they almost universally are happy to do is to repeat misinformation enthusiastically, even aggressively without making any effort to fact check any of it. In my mind, a willful disregard for the truth (especially when it often can be fact checked in five minutes with a few mouse clicks) is morally equivalent to deliberately lying.

[@dakrontu]

@markomib I had not considered the idea that people grow up believing their thoughts are not their own but come in from God and/or Satan. I wonder about the extent of this. It could be a belief induced by indoctrination in most cases. Or it could be a genuine mental illness interpreted as a person receiving instructions from God or Satan, in a small number of cases, perhaps the ones where people come to think they are prophets. I wonder what it must be like having been convinced that one is just a spectator dragged along by incoming thoughts for which one is not responsible, some good, some bad, and that the external sources of those thoughts are the responsible ones. So, some thoughts will be interpreted as direct orders from the creator of the universe, and some will be seen as devious temptations by a malevolent entity. It's a kind of diassociation, of not taking responsibility for one's own thoughts, a mental illness perhaps.

[@Yeezus20]

"At last count, 1,653 Greek manuscripts include Mark 16:9-20. This means that 99.8% of Greek manuscripts include vv. 9-20... (AND) Evidence from the church fathers in favor of Mark 16:9-20 is even earlier than the oldest manuscript evidence." - Text & Canon Institute

[@hitkid2456]

​@@markomibWouldn't you call that lying to themselves?

[@tzvikrasner6073]

What? You're telling me that they're changing the narrative to suit their purposes? That almost always happens! How dare you, sir? Take my like!

[@mattpowell6291]

Atheists do that to, in fact almost everyone does lol

[@tedtan6449]

😂

[@alanw505]

George Carlin was once asked if he would ever place his hand on a Bible and take the oath if he was called as a witness in court. He said, "Sure. I'd tell the same amount of truth as the people who wrote the Bible". Ha! I miss that guy.

[@pilotnamealreadytaken6035]

We all do

[@armus550b]

One of the greatest minds of the 20th

[@attosharc]

we all miss him !!!

[@tracelee7332]

Deliberate corruption in order to confuse and manipulate.

[@MikeTMike]

"Do you swear to tell the truth, and nothing but the truth, on this book of lies?"

[@grmpEqweer]

Yahweh hasn't been the same since he broke up with Asherah.

[@cliftongaither6642]

😂

[@stephenwodz7593]

It was really hard on the kids.

[@mdug7224]

Yeah. But, she was also his mom so it was probably for the best.

[@alucarderipmavtube]

Boinking his new mom is just cope.

[@foppishdilletaunt9911]

😂. He definitely will come to suffer from some deep Mommy Issues later in life.

[@bbittercoffee]

This is one of the biggest reasons why I left the church If "his" word can't be trusted, if every time it doesn't suit the current powerful people it gets changed, why should I keep my faith in him?

[@Alex-cx6rm]

I feel like most textual variants aren't made because of selfish motivations, they are mostly all pretty theologically inconsequential anyway

[@Yeezus20]

His word can be trusted. You really think the comments in this video are new? There are plenty of answers and rebuttals to these points. It has not been changed.

[@Kathy-n7f]

@@bbittercoffee it's man you should not put your trust in, GOD is faithful to those who believe on him it's not his fault people are devious keep your faith in him cause this is the plan of the evil one and people that hate GOD, is to get you to walk away from him by any means possible and if changing GODS word a million and one times will get you to walk away from him than that's what they will do, don't let people cause you to walk away from the only one who loved you enough to die for you, please turn back to him ask him to take you back as his child and repent

[@mattpowell6291]

​@@Yeezus20Couldn't agree more. I also think its pathetic when Atheists are intolerant towards other belief systems. Doesn't make their life seem any better than a true Christian who loves his neighbor

[@mattpowell6291]

Because "loving your neighbor" is actually a great way to live. Mr Koolaid likes to hate on other beliefs, not exactly a great way to live

[@noamjen]

3:00 funny how they choose to adhere to the dancing with snakes part and not drinking poison, it's almost like they don't believe that could happen..... hmmmm.....

[@cliftongaither6642]

if only they would

[@williamwilson6499]

They do drink poisons. Look into it.

[@HolyKoolaid]

They drink poison too. Although, they usually sip small amounts until their body develops a tolerance or immunity.

[@bizzle918]

Yeah, came here to say they DO also drink poison....

[@Seele2015au]

@@HolyKoolaid Hmm... I guess the fact that there are not too many poison-consuming churches is because they tend to self-implode, as demonstrated by Jim Jones... no pun intended!

[@muneebahmad7887]

This is thorough and to-the-point. Thank you.

[@HolyKoolaid]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@StevenScripts]

Thomas, thanks again for another great video of yours! Thomas I am currently writing my own book about religion and its pernicious elements and your research on Faith Healing is perfect for it. I am humbly asking you if it is okay if I use your research in my book?

[@HolyKoolaid]

The more exposure on this topic the better. Also, thank you for the super chat.

[@robinshankland3499]

Best monthly expense I have! Your work is SENSATIONAL and oh so necessary.

[@mattpowell6291]

🤦‍♂️

[@Blue_color_of_control]

@@mattpowell6291 what?

[@ShiniestMew]

I was really told the other day not to ask questions because it's leading me to unhappiness. That worrying about the world and life is what god does and you don't question the plan. You can't reach someone who thinks that, you have to just hope they discover truth on their own.

[@crimsonfox87fluxule62]

That person is a danger to himself and other people around him, a person who thinks that way can't decide logically decisions for other people, aka voting. You shouldn't be allowed to vote if you think this way because your thoughts are dangerous if you can't include context logic and basic reasoning. These people are dangerous Don't get it twisted. Weaponized ignorance is really bad.

[@Primitarian]

The truth shall set you free . . . but don't worry about what it actually is, that could make you unhappy.

[@mattpowell6291]

Bad things happen in life but does that mean its not worth "Loving your neighbor" as Jesus commanded? 🤦‍♂️

[@Primitarian]

@@mattpowell6291 Who said that?

[@mattpowell6291]

@@Primitarian Jesus. If you don't believe in loving your neighbor, that's your issue

[@Rafsanul_Haq_96]

I appreciate your research, but I would love to see a collaboration and debate between you and InspiringPhilosophy about the alterations made to the Bible.

[@daaven6452]

Always makes my day to see your videos pop up on my feed! Keep it up at whatever pace you can!

[@mattpowell6291]

You like it when others hate on those who "love their neighbor?" 🤦‍♂️

[@IsmailofeRegime]

@@mattpowell6291 Christianity has neither a monopoly on "love" nor a consistent expression of it over the past two thousand years. As I'm sure you know, the Bible has been used to justify bigotry on more than one occasion.

[@mattpowell6291]

@IsmailofeRegime No it has been taken out of context to justify it. Big difference

[@IsmailofeRegime]

@@mattpowell6291 Then you should be content that this channel is very largely aimed at those you presumably believe take the Bible "out of context" to justify bigotry. I doubt the creator of the channel cares much about Unitarians or super-duper liberal interpretations of Christianity.

[@honodle7219]

A word on 'snake handlers': besides looking ridiculous 'dancing' with a poisonous snake, they are actually challenging God to keep them safe. And scripture is clear on this: "You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

[@daviddrake5991]

I'm sorry but playing around with poisonous animals isn't dangerous unless the poison can be absorbed by the skin. Now Venomous animals is something to be worried about. Venomous means that the animal bites you, while poison requires you to bite the animal. I am really sorry to have to school you, but this got a person close to me killed because of the mix up.

[@nestoreleuteriopaivabendo5415]

And I'd like to point out that Elijah did it! He explicitly made a challenge for Yahweh to take part! Read 1 Kings 18:19-39!

[@anime.soundtracks]

1 Thessalonians 5:21 literally said "test them (prophecies) all"

[@mattpowell6291]

​@nestoreleuteriopaivabendo5415 He didn't test God lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mattpowell6291]

​@@anime.soundtracksNot test God 🤦‍♂️

[@7-z7y]

Most people who believe in the bible don't even live it, but they love using it as a means to control others... Thanks for making videos like this..... hopefully it wakes some people up

[@lh1673]

Agree! Christian group I was in was so strict in SAYING, don’t do or believe in MAGICS, but most followers LOVED to go Dis Fantasy Land and have fun seeing Dis Characters do MAGIC😅

[@Ψευδάνωρ]

The crazyest part to me is that most people wanna pick and choose verses from it and apply them them to their life, like if i read lord of the rings and randomly quote things frodo says through out his life and then apply them to my life

[@camdatboi]

Dont you ever get tired of the same talking point control control control as if the government isn't controlling you without religion at all😂

[@7-z7y]

@@camdatboi do you ever get tired of following

[@camdatboi]

@@7-z7y whats wrong with that we all follow in some way

[@tomniebrzydowski3759]

Thanks!

[@HolyKoolaid]

Thank you so much.

[@andrewjones6693]

Thanks! I like these types of videos. Great research!

[@HolyKoolaid]

Thank you for your donation. I find this type of stuff fascinating too, even if I don't believe in the religion, I love seeing how religions evolve.

[@darkhill556]

Another great video! I was also raised to believe in the inerrancy and inspiration of the bible. Discovering changes like this and the major historical flaws was the beginning of the end for my faith. If there are all of these issues in the text, are the wages of sin really death? Is the dead Jewish guy really The Way? If the text isn't trustworthy and there is no ongoing or confirming revelation, what is there that I can trust with my life? No koolaid for me, thanks!

[@SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers]

Love your vids, very much look forward to them dropping.

[@grmpEqweer]

Those snakes the snake handling churches use are usually kept in inhumane conditions.😢

[@Jakyofthedead]

Also the act of the handling itself is very stressful for the snakes

[@user-vo4wc2jz8g]

Should be heavily fined and the right to keep animals revoked

[@watluktwel6767]

Huh? Is that an actual thing in churches?

[@kellydalstok8900]

@@watluktwel6767 yes, because of a passage that wasn’t originally in the bible.

[@daviddrake5991]

This happen to be in the same area that people die at young too.

[@RedStickAtheist]

Another great video brotha 👏🏾✊🏾

[@Call_Me_Rio]

Bro made atheism his identity

[@Magister195]

​@@Call_Me_Riobut do you want people to live in a lie it's his channel

[@HolyKoolaid]

@Call_Me_Rio Correction: I made scientific skepticism and critical thinking my career. It's not my fault religious insanity is so pervasive.

[@Magister195]

@@HolyKoolaid I've seen your video where you talk about why atheists are angry and I could relate indoctrination isn't fun especially Islam(my religion that I left) and I just wanted to say keep up the good work we love it

[@Call_Me_Rio]

@@HolyKoolaid I’m not talking about you I’m talking about the commentator “RedStickAtheist” (Since he has “Atheist” in his name). Is it really that important for people to know you’re an atheist? But then again it’s just a KZbin channel, I could be judging too much my bad.

[@centaur7607]

I didn't even know a new video was out!! I just watched the one from last month, then randomly watched an older Holy Koolaid video on my watch list, and then KZbin automatically played this one afterwards. I'm gonna sign up for the newsletter ASAP.

[@macbuff81]

The Bible is not an original document. It's a collection of texts and stories that were copied from older belief systems. These were adapted to fit early Christian traditions.

[@oldeskul]

Some versions of Leviticus 18:22 say "A man shall not lay with a boy as with womankind" rather than "A man shall not lay with a man as womankind", which is say a condemnation against having sex with children. I believe that during the time of Martin Luther, that was considered the correct interpretation.

[@2degucitas]

In some Egyptian Book of the Dead (they were tailored to each dead person) the dead is advised to declare: "I have not lain with men as with a woman" . Scholars have thought this is the origin of the 10 commandments. Your version makes sense.

[@theflaggedyoutuberii4311]

[[[Citation needed.]]] By the way, Mankind means human. So you think the text is saying thou shall not lie with a boy like it does a human right?

[@ericray7173]

I think it means being gay is bad. Just a guess though.

[@autumnblaze6267]

ah, I understood "some versions" as in the translations - if you really meant different Hebrew (or Greek / Aramaic, whatever, I'm frankly willing to believe the Septuagint or maybe even the Peshitta were better preserved than the Masoretic text, but I don't read Greek, it's all Greek to me, so I can't say much about that 😂) manuscripts, mea culpa - I'd be thankful for the precise manuscripts you mean OR just a source of this information if you remember (like, if you read it in a book, I can read it as long as it's available as an ebook for an acceptable price or even better if I can obtain it by sailing the high seas wink wink 😅), just any pointer cos my Google search has been unfruitful so far (I admittedly had 2 hours of sleep last "night"/morning and I don't think straight 😅 so I may be doing something stupid)

[@Dave01Rhodes]

@@ericray7173sexuality was not understood at all back then. It’s a prohibition on gay sex, because it violated the social order that existed back then.

[@PauloBarreto15041964]

Very good. You have a lot of work studying this stuff. I congratulate you.

[@BranTheBald]

Thank you for doing what you are doing, it's time for humanity to move on

[@kimkingsun7315]

The old testament is full of polytheism.

[@kellydalstok8900]

Due to sloppy editing.

[@nietzscheII-oz4zj]

@@kellydalstok8900 due to sloppy editing we can see the polytheistic origins of the abrahemic fairytales

[@Ψευδάνωρ]

Well so is the new testament they just hide them between the saints and jesus

[@leyrua]

​@@Ψευδάνωρ Yeah it makes a lot more sense once you realize that a lot of the saints were local deities that Christianity absorbed and retconned into being saints so that it would be easier to convert those communities.

[@Ψευδάνωρ]

@@leyrua not only the saints but pagan rituals like christmas, the holy comunion, the actual praying to the saints, the yule tree, the lights and stars on the christmas tree, halloween, kissing under a mistletoe, the names of the month, but even yhwh himself didnt originally exist as the one and only lord god all mighty, he belonged to a pantheon of other god and had a wife whom was actually his dads wife? it was wild stuff, also... and apperently according to some resent translation discoveries Jesus himself and his crew were getting down on some Bacchic rituals, getting high and doing other unsavory things you should just find out for yourself if your intersted to know...

[@gazzas123]

I was a bible believing person until I started reading it without my belief turned on. After rereading it several times I realised it was a load of horse shit.

[@Yeezus20]

Sorry to hear that. A lot of people read the bible but without a qualified person directing them and answering their questions they get swayed away from it. You are always welcomed back

[@v1e1r1g1e1]

No one is ever asked to ''believe in the Bible.'' God wants you to repent of your egotistic obsession and embrace a relationship with Him.

[@Julian0101]

Good on you for thinking for yourself. Many would just claim you should follow the understanding of someone else, or just blantantly tell you are not supposed to try and believe it anyway.

[@gordon3186]

@@Yeezus20 ---- Qualified = Indoctrinated

[@gordon3186]

@@v1e1r1g1e1 --- Who'd want a personal relationship with someone who threatened them with endless torture if they turn him down?

[@addeenen7684]

What I find more interesting is this. The Catholic Church in the Netherlands was bypassed by Rome by appointing a ruthless Bishop Gijsen in Roermond (Limburg) in 1972. However, he was hated by the Limburgers because of his anti-homosexual and fundamentalist ideology. Therefore, he was expelled to Iceland in 1996. Although he was accused of being a sexual predator, these allegations were never brought to justice. The main way the Catholic Church deals with sexual predators. The consequence of this hypocrasy was that many Limburgers chose to leave religion for what it is. In the Netherlands only 30% of the adults trust organized religion.

[@leopoldbloom4835]

The easiest way to drive people out of the church is to appoint a strictly conservative bishop to a liberal diocese. In my hometown Cologne, you had to wait weeks to get an appointment to cancel your church membership.

[@maswinkels]

Great video. Thanks!

[@DutchJoan]

The hardest part for me is communicating these findings in a manner that the people I talk to can hear me. Some really can't.

[@The_Orphanizer]

Absolutely. Timing is a major part of receptivity. Some people simply are not read to receive information that contradicts or flat out invalidates their deeply held beliefs. Regardless of the validity of the claims, the experience can be gut-wrenching if they receive it, or it may fall entirely on deaf ears. I.e., don't bother trying to deconvert people. If they are interested or dealing with issues, feel free to share or open up. If they are sitting firmly with their head in the sand after being presented with true information, you might as well move along and stop wasting both of your time.

[@BrockLee3]

Oh, trust me...they HEAR you...but, are they "listening?" Nope. They would rather stay in their blissfully ignorant, delusional world which SEEMINGLY makes them happy, instead of ACTUALLY making them happy. They would know TRUE happiness if they only knew the ACTUAL Truth. But, all you can do is talk to them...don't try TOO HARD to make them believe...you will drive yourself insane as your words fall upon deaf ears. I've said this before, and I'll say it again: Don't try to wake up the sheep...they are sheep and they will continue to sleep. If you REALLY want to make a difference...start waking-up the lions all around you.

[@ronaldlebeck9577]

@@The_Orphanizer We had a young guy in my Introduction to Philosophy class [1] in college who got all manners of upset over having to take apart what he thought he believed, question each part, and then put it all back together again and see if he still believed it (this is what we would be doing in class). As the kid stormed out, we watched and thought, "WTF crawled up his tail?" He came back a few days later, still grumpy, I guess you could say. Apparently, he was told what to believe all his life up to that point according to the strict religious views of his family (and church, maybe) and he was having a big problem having to question what he was told (brainwashed?) to believe. I was one of the three oldest students in the class (I was in my early 30s at the time) and also a Navy veteran, so I had experienced a lot more than almost all of the others in that class -- one other guy, about my age, was also a military veteran. Interestingly, the professor was an ordained minister (he also taught World Religions) and had been a protestor during 'Nam and had spent 6 months in federal prison for trespassing on a military base (he stepped one foot across the property line to plant a flower). For me, it was an interesting class that dealt strictly with philosophy, nothing else. ----------------------- [1] Engineering students were required to take two humanities courses, so I picked Intro to Philosophy and General Psychology.

[@mattpowell6291]

You have a problem with the idea of "loving your neighbor?" You need help

[@DutchJoan]

@@mattpowell6291 I live by the Dutch saying: a good neighbour is better than a far away friend. Love is reserved for people I have a close and reciprocal relationship with. In my case that includes one of my neighbours.

[@sharamrock2580]

Love your work brotha'

[@floridamaninthewild]

Ever play telephone line as a kid? Where you whisper a story in someone's ear and they tell the person next to them. Then at the end the last person tells the story out loud and you see how much it changed.That game was played for over 35 years with the gospels before anyone decided to write it down.

[@joachimschoder]

Not exactly the same: In the game telephone every kid tries their best to repeat exactly the short phrase they just heard, without any powerplays and politics involved.

[@quarkcypher]

The term I know is Chinese whispers. It is the same as telephone line. We ueed to play it as children.

[@Dave01Rhodes]

Well, we don’t know that for sure. Matthew and Luke had at least one source we don’t have, likely a sayings gospel, and we don’t know the age of it. Our gospel of John was likely based on an earlier sayings or signs gospel attributed to John. And I believe one of the 2nd century church fathers referred to gospel according to Matthew, but what he quoted was not the Matthew we have. So it’s hard to say if Mark was really the first person to write anything down. There were likely much earlier sayings gospels that would have been available that the 4 narrative gospels that were preserved superseded. But you’re also right in that the “living word” of oral tradition was highly valued over the “dead letter” of written text at the time. Especially with the low literacy rates.

[@johnbaxter9875]

Can you imagine witnessing a man come back to life, then 35 years passing and suddenly thinking "hey, you know, I should really write this down, it would make a hell of a book"

[@jonnawyatt]

​@@quarkcypher I knew as that too. Rather bigoted though.

[@Noone-of-your-Business]

This is _hilarious._ Thank you for compiling these. Looking forward to the next ones.

[@Leonidas300SP]

Brilliant.

[@botboy2457]

Love your videos and I’ve been a huge fan of the channel for a while now. For the past two years or so your channel has really helped me in my deconstruction journey. I was raised strict Pentecost Christian but now identify as an agnostic atheist. Keep up the great work. ✊🏾✊🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@HolyKoolaid]

Keep learning and stay curious. Education is a life-long endeavor. :)

[@mariolis]

5:37 In the Septuagint , it says: " Ὅτε διεμέριζεν ὁ ὕψιστος ἔθνη, ὡς διέσπειρεν υἱοὺς Αδὰμ, ἔστησεν ὅρια ἐθνῶν κατὰ ἀριθμὸν ἀγγέλων Θεοῦ." Which translates "When the most high was distributing the nations, just like he spread the sons of Adam, he set the boundaries of nations by the numbers of the angels of god" (I hope I did a good job translating this) Really interesting if you ask me, to see how the translator dealt with this issue , and i think it is still a more authentic rendering than the Masoretic text, it makes more sense, but you can clearly see that it is still "altered" so that the meaning fits with a monotheistic view Since you were comparing the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Masoretic Text , I was curious to see what the septuagint said , since I am Greek and I can read Koine

[@erwin669]

Jewish scholars actually consider the Septuagint to be an abonination because the Jews who did the translating were forced to do it calling the day it was completed the "worse day since the creation of the golden calf". In the JPS Study Bible it has a paragraph footnote on the verse which link it to other verses that imply or outright state a pantheon of gods existing. It also states that the traditional translation "in relation to Israel's numbers" really doesn't make sense and brings up other interprations of the text to square it with a monotheistic world such as the divine council being angels, not gods.

[@mariolis]

@@erwin669 It was an ancient attempt at a translation, modern translations are done with far better tools availabe and way better research If you realise that such a translation of the Hebrew Bible was actually made in the 2nd century BC with what was THEN available, this is nothing sort of impressive I dont believe in the myths surrounding the "70 translatiors" (or 72 in some others) and of course its not the same everywhere , but its a damn good one for the most part , and downright impressive for the time...

[@adrianblake8876]

​@@erwin669The Talmud states 14 deliberate changes that were made when translating the text. Some don't make sense (eg. "In the beginning god created" is one mentioned), some are well documented ("the hare" was changed to "the hairy legged" so not to offend Ptolmey). Problem is, there are much more differences that aren't mentioned (eg. the famous "70 souls came down to Egypt" vs. 75) and the one mentioned in the video is one of them, which is also documented in DSS, so even religious jews have to accept it...

[@jairusrichardson2338]

Very eye opening stuff! Thanks for the great content as always :)

[@uncleanunicorn4571]

Yup, the fetus is not considered a person, so its death is not judged accordingly. Nor was Adam alive until he took his first breath. God's will changes a lot when republicans need a new wedge issue.

[@OceanusHelios]

Bingo! You've got that right.

[@adrianblake8876]

Important part of this philosophy is that the Hebrew words for "soul" (or more accurate: "spirit") and "breathing" are identical (or near identical in MH)... Though this notion may have been throughout the ancient world, because the word "spirit" also comes from the word for breathing in Latin...

[@Matthew-ix1mq]

Any modern DNA test will readily confirm that the human being in the fetal stage is,indeed, a person. You pro-death kind sternly admonish others who use the pro-life passages in the Bible so please don’t try to justify killing innocent children by an ancient line in some ancient tome.

[@polarbearzonthemoon]

thank you for your content. I very much enjoy it.

[@MGC-XIII]

Like DarkMatter said in his latest video, "If you believe truth is on your side, then why are you lying?"

[@mattpowell6291]

Darkmatter is the king of lies and he doesn't exactly seem like the happiest person. Most atheists who have nothing better to do then show intolerance towards the beliefs of others usually aren't

[@ScottDCS]

Appreciate you.

[@00mazone]

Wish I could share this with some misguided people I know but sadly it would just make them angry and they would just double down on their beliefs. I have tried it and lost friends over it.

[@Kathy-n7f]

So you do not believe in the gospels because of other writings that apparently are suppose to be the true writings when in fact they also are false in what they write if the word of GOD is false than so are all the other forms of writings about their deities I for one believe in Christ and the core message of salvation the everlasting gospel

[@00mazone]

@@Kathy-n7f If you make a extraordinary claim like the existence of a christian god the burden of proof is on you. The Bible is not sufficient evidence for me. It's very inconsistent and has very little if any evidence outside of it's own writings. Sorry magic is not real now and I don't see any proof it was thousands of years ago. I'm a skeptic by nature. I need a lot more evidence than "the bible tells me so".

[@00mazone]

I don't believe in the bible for many reasons. This is just a few examples and I believed it could get misguided people to maybe start asking more questions. Clearly I'm wrong on that. It just makes people double down and dig in even more.

[@centaur7607]

Wow such a great and timely Hitchens quote at the end.

Didn't historian Dr. Bart Erhman tell us in one of his books that there have been more alterations to the text of the so-called Bible then there are words in the so-called New Testament? 💙

[@HolyKoolaid]

Yep. In Misquoting Jesus. He's also brought that fact up in a number of debates.

[@KentuckyBrad]

But he's an atheist so he has an agenda obviously

[@RangerRyke]

wow i didn't know about the Deuteronomy. Great video!

[@daviddrake5991]

VEONOMOUS snakes NoT PoIsOnOuS! Venomous means you get the bite, poisonous means you bite them.

[@StrudelNoodle]

As a certified vet tech…incorrect, but close! Venom is INJECTED into the victim. Poison is TOUCHED or eaten by the victim.

[@mattpowell6291]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jbaccanalia]

Love your content. 💥♥️

[@kashigata]

I appreciate how hard you must work on these videos! It is not a criticism for me to say how I wish each were much, much longer. I love your voice, your brain and dedication. I’d be happy to listen to an hour or more of your insights, any day of the week.

[@npayares1989]

Thanks a lot for your video

[@johnlile7562]

Well done. Although, I enjoyed Jesus saving the adulterer only found in the book of John, I learned that it too was added later, and the reason scholars can say this with confidence is because it’s not in the older manuscripts. I hope you add this one on your list too.

[@HolyKoolaid]

The Pericope Adulterae was in my original list, but my video was getting really long, so I decided to not include it in this one.

[@johnlile7562]

@@HolyKoolaid I figured you had a long, long list to pick from. 🙂

[@ledrash6079]

4:55 So, now we have an answer to "Where did God come from", just to be replaced with "Where did El come from?" :D Haha, amazing :D

[@kenhoover1639]

Great video! I shared it.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

No original manuscripts (autographs). Think about that. God wanted us to live by His word, but didn't bother to make sure that we had access to the originals, nor did He make sure that they couldn't be changed.

[@lh1673]

Exactly! I deeply regret why I hadn’t realized this FACT earlier while was in. Even the Christian group I was in were changing the Bible to fit their doctrines and policy. The final straw was seeing their new version changing Micah 6:8. Loving Kindness to Cherish Loyalty😅this was published in 2013 and it’s still preached and taught by it by this Christian group and the so-called true Bible God and to other sect or denominations doesn’t care such God’s (changed) word exists😅

[@rumple7551]

Many countries had written word way before this character, but this omniscient being chose to expose itself and speak to the illiterate who wouldn't start to write for another 35+ years 👌

[@mattpowell6291]

What are you talking about? There are PLENTY of original scriptures. That is just ignorant

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@mattpowell6291 Wrong. Scriptures are translated from manuscripts, no? Not one ORIGINAL - *penned by the original author* - manuscript, known as an autograph, has ever been found. The BEST we have are copies that are many generations old, having been copies of copies of copies etc. See if you can find a single biblical scholar who claims that any ORIGINAL manuscripts have ever been found. Even true believers acknowledge this.

[@mattpowell6291]

@@JustWasted3HoursHere Yes I see your point, you want to see the absolute original scripture of each book. Would that change your opinion about God if they could be located?

[@supremepartydude]

Great stuff dude. Great channel

[@oscargr_]

I got an add for an app teaching how to talk to god. Every toddler should have it on their phone.😂😂

[@aremoreequal]

I recall something about "beautiful eyes" vs. "tired eyes" in a bride to be.

[@DeconstructingLaura42]

I think this is the story of Rachel and Leah. My parents told me it meant she had bad eyesight. Don’t know how they could tell back then LOL

[@Egooist.]

_Scripture was written by brutish men in brutish times, and is still read, interpreted, & altered by them._

[@visceratrocar]

Also I have been a follower since the one about the lady screaming "STRIKE AND STRIKE AND STRIKE...." and I can say this, so far, is one of your videos. By a lot.

[@HolyKoolaid]

If you enjoyed this video, check out the first two parts here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6mufpuBl651pKc

[@reeseexplains8935]

When are you gonna respond to David Faulk’s response to you.

[@ladyaj7784]

This is a great series!!

[@Azupiru]

These were okay. The translation of the s-p-r root in Ezekiel 9: 2 is more interesting, as both the Peshitta and the Septuagint agree with the translation of Sapphire, while the original is supposed to be the root for "to write/writer".

[@blankblank3600]

preach brotha preach

[@estebanmorales6487]

Someone tell the creationists even their bible has evolved through the ages!

[@mattpowell6291]

Someone tell SOME atheists to stop attacking the beliefs of others and focus on their own lives 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Marine_Veteran_Vegan_Gamer]

I'm 9 hrs late, but here nonetheless. You're such an awesome content creator. One of the few I get excited to watch. Hehe Keep it up, my dude.

[@Anyox17]

Fools! 😂 Knaves! 😂 What an absolute train wreck. You can’t make this stuff up… Oh wait, yes you can 😂

[@enlightenedanalysis]

Great video. Just to add that the NRSV version of the bible (New revised standard version) mentions the original word “miscarriage” and and NOT “born prematurely”. Here’s the full passage of Exodus 21:22 in the NRSV: “When people who are fighting injure a pregnant woman so that there is a miscarriage, and yet no further harm follows, the one responsible shall be fined what the woman’s husband demands, paying as much as the judges determine.”

[@Dave01Rhodes]

Yup, the NRSVUE released in 2021 still retains the correct wording with “miscarriage.” The NRSV is pretty good about keeping bias from slipping into the text.

[@Anonymous-fw6je]

Poor snakes :(

[@Noise-Conductor]

Where? Most these snakes are rich!

[@_yaqubabbas]

After your video, I started to watch videos about the snake handler. Quite fascinating people.

[@TheHive616]

It's always funny to me that so many people who don't believe in the Bible are much more willing to do the work and research to find the truth about it. Anytime I try to address any of these issues with my Christian relatives (usually my Mom, she made me, she taught me to think for myself, and it always bothers me that she acts like this stuff is somehow valuable to a logical, thoughtful human being living 2000 years after this stuff should have worn out it's welcome...), they never want to try and talk about the discrepancies or the contradictions. They'll use the Commandments to condemn adultery, but when I ask why they think it's okay to make sandwiches on the Sabbath, they mumble something about 'thats a Jewish thing.' THE COMMANDMENTS are a Jewish thing? The cherry picking and constant denial are built-in, and they are taught that it's the same thing as "faith." Mind boggling stuff.

[@martijnspruit]

Next time say: Jesus was a jew, he never intended to start a religion. It annoys them, because it's true.

[@TheHive616]

@@martijnspruit yep! In fact, he was convinced the "kingdom of God" would arrive "in this generation or the next..." I dunno how a blank check like that can still be good 2000 years later, but.... Eh. Gotta have some way to stunt the intellectual growth of young folks and twist their natural sense of right and wrong!

[@Daniwri7]

Absolutely a fan now thank u for your channel! So insightful and factual some of this stuff I found on my own as well without seeing this video first I’m so happy I left Christianity

[@AmityvilleFan]

the problem with Bible-translations is, they are made by priests, not scientists. I'd be interrested what we are allowed to eat and not, and what kind of magick is permissable and which are not!

[@maswinkels]

You might like Dan McLellan's KZbin channel. He's a scholar of the bible and discusses translation issues from a scientific viewpoint, without dogma.

[@AmityvilleFan]

@@maswinkels Thank, I might check it out. But my interrest is not that deep, and a simple language-expert is obviously not what I am after. For the list of un/clean animals a cross-field research would be required with linguists, biologists and archeologists. For the magic I pretty much suspect none touched that field, and would result in a whole appendix. Otherwise the translations either only effect theological questions, or szch negligeable sutff like if a person is father-son or one step more distant (like nice or something). Otherwise the major issues are pretty wildly known, so I think we are pretty fine on that regard.

[@williamwilson6499]

@@maswinkelsHis Greek stinks. As such, his observations are worthless.

[@autumnblaze6267]

true I recommend reading (well, I'd recommend forgetting about this damn book and not touching it if you don't need to - you'll waste a lot of time to conclude it's all primitive bullshit, pick literally any other book for a better story or life tips, nothing valuable to be found here; but if, like me, you live in a religious country where this damn book keeps ruining your life and you NEED to study it just to debunk it (or reinterpret it) to be allowed to live, advocate for a change - yeah, you don't have much choice; but if you live in a secular country and community where this book doesn't influence your life, just forget it, throw it away or burn it if you have a physical copy - unlike Lot's wife, don't look back, just move forward 😂) many different translations from different religions/denominations - Protestant, Catholic / Orthodox Christian, Jewish etc. (you can skip the Jehovah Witnesses and weird sects like that, unless you have a particular interest in them as a cult rather than the Bible in general) I'm used to Jewish translations, when I got a Protestant translation, I was already surprised, but a Catholic one (with footnotes full of very biased interpretations), I was shocked - I remember that reading thru Bereshit/Genesis, the Catholic version constantly claimed that pretty much every woman is a proto-Mary (Virgin Mary) or some kinda prophecy about her (like the "woman will smash the head of the snake" part of the Creation story or Chava/Eve in general) learning Hebrew (can't say much about Greek, I only know Hebrew, my focus is Tanakh / Hebrew Bible) is even better, you can see yourself how the Hebrew is just weird, doesn't translate well into English and all the translations (I'd say JPS, the one available on sefaria.org is pretty good, Jewish translations in general, but that's what I mostly used throughout my study until I could read the Hebrew smoothly, so I may be biased) are very liberal with translations e.g. I'd say Isaiah 56:4-5 says that God prefers femboys (סריס saris - it's translated as "eunuchs" everywhere, but Talmud defines them as "males with feminine characteristics", so I'd say femboys, but I may be biased again cos I'm a femboy 😂) to men and women (בנים ובנות "banim" and "banot" aka "ben" and "bat" in singular - they translate it as "sons and daughters" which is technically correct, but you often use these words as synonyms for men and women in general - if you buy clothes, they'll be either for "bat" or "ben" (I'll ofc take the "bat" option as a femboy haha) and they don't mean your relationship within the family) yeah, idk if there are any purely scholarly translations of the Bible (I'm sure there were at least attempts in English), I'd love to see or even help making one - when I studied Jewish Studies in uni, pretty much everyone was an atheist/agnostic or a very progressive Reformed Jew at best, so it's not like there aren't secular scholars (it's still hard to avoid bias cos I obviously grew up in a deeply religious culture, even during studies we had to use religious material all the time, it's hard to have a fresh look on the Bible when even starting to study it means you'll learn all kinds of religious interpretations first and then you need to try to strip them away - very often I catch myself reading the original Hebrew, comparing it to a traditional religious translation/explanation and thinking "yeah, sounds legit" until someone shows me that not at all, there are other possible readings, many seemingly more likely, but it's harder to think of something new when you have a religious interpretation served on a silver platter, it's easier to just go with it, that's unfortunately how our brains work, we don't like to do extra work 😂)

[@AmityvilleFan]

@@autumnblaze6267 1 - I started with a german/english/hungarian New Covenant, and the KJV and its hungarian equalent, then found Biblehub. There I learnt the translation not just can't agree on what species we shouldn't devour, but not even the number of animals on the list matches. 2 - if hebrew version, I remember the problem of Isaiah 9:6. On the other hand, I wouldn't trust the Talmud to translate anything, being a theological text, thus full of bias. 3 - I don't want scholars near any translation. I want linguists primaly. The only possible use of scholars I could come up with is to mark which parts of the texts are later additions, or have wildly spread textual variations. Nothing more. But I'd also want archeologists who know where settlements were and what they were called involved. Want archeo-biologists to try to identify the animals on the cleanliness-lists. I want antropologists and comparative mythology scientists to mark down magic-types. I want historians to make footnotes on the alleged sieges, on which kings are historicaly confirmed etc.

[@farnshome241]

The clip he used in 7:24 is from a movie called Kung Pow! Enter the Fist, for whoever wanted to watch the movie. (Its one of my favorite movies and no one seems to know this movie)

[@williamwilson6499]

By “original” text, you mean Greek. Great video.

[@devinsmith4790]

Well if it's the Hebrew Bible, it would be Biblical Hebrew.

[@martijnspruit]

Only for the New Testament.

[@nonomnismoriar9051]

lmao love the comment of the editor of Codex Vaticanus. its like youtube hundreds of years ago

[@Mansa-of-Gaming]

Wait, so the original ending to the story Jesus was the same as The Sopranos? Just cut to black, that's it?

[@janmango4692]

Great stuff again! Keep up the good work and stay healthy!

[@tommogaz]

It's not even engaging fiction... too preachy.

[@dalgon77]

Great video. Love seeing Kung pow being appreciated for the masterpiece it is

[@aemiliadelroba4022]

Interesting thing is that there is mention of name El Elyon in Quran as well , same as El , and YHWH . I was shocked to find this out . 😂😂😂

[@autumnblaze6267]

well, "Allah" himself (or herself / themselves if you're progressive enough) ultimately stems from "El" Allah = al-Ilah (the God), where "Ilah" (like אלוה - Eloah, hence plural אלוהים Elohim in the Bible) is a variation on El / Il (Classical Arabic doesn't even have "e", it (the short one) stems from short "i" or long "e" from the diphthong "ay"/"ai") e.g. in Akkadian "God" is "ilum" (-u(m) is a nominative ending, the bare root is just "il", a variation of "el"), hence the name bāb-ilum (bāb = door/gate, same as Hebrew בב bav; ilum = god(s) / El, as above) - the gates of God / El (well, that's one theory on the etymology, we don't know for sure) I'm not an Arabic scholar, but yeah, "Allah" is a variation on "El", also afaik a pre-Islamic god / idol which is not surprising and yeah, El and Yah(weh) show up in the proper names of prophets and places (or even the name Isra-el) in the Qur'an, even if they don't directly acknowledge YHWH

[@MJS2241]

@HolyKoolaid i dont know if you ever read the comments but i wanted to ask you if you would consider also making videos on the topic of pseudoscience and new age spirituality which is the nost popular thing it seems. Just an idea and something i would be interested in watching .

[@averagejoe455]

Just because Appalachia is a special little trash heap, doesn't mean they're the only ones with snake charmer churches. They're here in Missouri too.

[@chrisr3592]

Good video

[@eadonnlawrence9934]

Thanks to Jinx Monsoon any reference to Appalachian snake handlers now reminds me of Ru Paul’s Drag Race.

[@hrh4961]

Better name: Buy-bull(shit). Manmade propaganda to control the late Iron Age rabble.

[@obiwankenobi2520]

I was watching an atheist video about contradictions and one of them was about the age of a girl I believe, and upon further research, I found that it was mistranslated and it was a different girl so I let him know and he still said that doesn’t matter because it’s allegedly infallible and was changed so it shows translations could be changed. I told him I’m not a Christian and he needs to own up to his mistake.

[@mdug7224]

There is only one god, Yhwy, and he is undefeatable, except Chemosh, of course. He defeated Yhwy ....wait a minute!🤔😱

[@LilB0pete]

Yeah 2 kings isn’t it A lot of people have told me I interpreted the passage wrong 😂😂

[@LM-jz9vh]

Not to mention he can't seem to overcome iron chariots. The LORD was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had chariots fitted with iron. Judges 1:19

[@LilB0pete]

@@LM-jz9vh much omnipotence such wow

[@centaur7607]

Wow, this is so great to see information about MAJOR biblical changes laid out so clearly!! El was the head deity and he clearly gave the land of the sons of Jacob to his SON, Yahweh! The evidence for this was presented in the video so cleanly and concisely. Perfection.

[@JakeStrange66]

@6:00 I can easily picture an preacher or apologist saying that means "those who are rich will get richer, & the "lazy" ones barely surviving will suffer even more."

[@Joe-bx4wn]

Cool graphics!

[@jupru220]

I like to listen to your broadcasts. I think you are either agnostic or atheist. I'm a devout Christian; howbeit, I am unorthodox. I have been seeking and trying to serve God for approximately 49 years (I can't believe it's been this long). I started as a Catholic because that was the religion of my family. I also started reading the Bible and saw many inconsistencies with the Catholic religion and scripture. My walk took me many different places and religions in my quest for God. I'm trying to condense this ... anyhow, I have received the baptism of God's Spirit; otherwise, I would have lost my faith a long time ago. The baptism of God's Spirit is the greatest experience of my life because nobody could have done that to me except for a God who transcends body, mind and spirit. I believe I'm an open-minded and progressive Christian. When I discover more truth, I listen. For instance, I quit believing in the "Trinity" many years ago. I quit calling on the name of Jesus about 14 years ago when I discovered that wasn't his name. I discovered the name of Yahweh just a little bit after that. I discovered these two names during a time of daily fasting and prayer (in my prayer, I only asked for the causes that God spelled out in Isaiah 58; I sought nothing that I wanted). When I found out about the name of Yeshua and Yahweh, I told my Christian friends, thinking they would be thrilled to learn more about God (what had been buried beneath hundreds of years of faulty traditions). Not so. I became a heretic to my Christian friends. So, I don't go to "church" anywhere because I don't believe in what's going on in "Christian churches." About the name of Yahweh - it's the only name that I know to call upon. It is the name that was struck from the Bible more than 6,700 times. In Genesis 4:26, after the death of Abel, Adam and Eve had another child, Seth. According to the scripture, it says, "At that time, people began to call upon the name of Yahweh." This is the earliest of times. It doesn't say that only believers were calling upon Yahweh. Perhaps as people migrated from the origins of humanity, they took the name of Yahweh with them. But like organized religion today, things became incredibly twisted with many different beliefs. As I mentioned, receiving God's Spirit was (and still is) the greatest experience of my life, and no human could have done that to me. I know God is real. The oldest manuscripts that we have today, declare God's name to be Yahweh. That's all I know right now. If I learn more (as a fact), I will follow.

[@Dave01Rhodes]

Interestingly, Exodus 6:2 has God saying that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob never knew him by the name Yahweh. So Genesis was probably edited to add the name.

[@18dot7]

"trying to serve God for approximately 49 years" Oh my, you dedicated almost a whole life to a lie? I pity you. So much time wasted following a delusion. I hope you can free your mind from the shackles indoctrination has put on it before it is too late. If you had been born into a culture where the buybull is completely unknown-what would you believe in?

[@Le-fishe-au-choculat]

9:55 fool and knave?!

[@SB-bc1nw]

Jan 3, 2022 An update to the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible--with 20,000 changes--was released digitally in December and is to be in print next May. It represents more than four years of work of the National Council of Churches and a large group of scholars in the Society of Biblical Literature.

[@robertwheeler1158]

If you translate Ex. 21:22 literally, it simply says "and her children come out." It is not clear from the text whether they came out dead or alive.

[@Dave01Rhodes]

“Fruit come out” but yes. But a couple things: 1. In the mosaic laws, if there was considered no harm there’d be no crime. A premature birth that did not kill the child would not result in a fine. 2. There were no NICUs in ancient Israel. Premature birth rarely lead to the baby surviving. Premature birth and miscarriage were functionally identical. 3. This law comes from the code of Hammurabi, which has been copied into the ancient laws of many near-eastern cultures. In all of them, the laws have always been interpreted as “miscarriage,” not premature birth. 4. Including Judaism, as the video says. Which is referring to this exact passage. 5. Which is compatible with the rest of Jewish belief about fetuses, which is that they are not living persons until birth. Also noted in the video.

[@dvonzosch461]

Please search: " My Jewish learning, the beginning of life in Judaism "

[@robertwheeler1158]

@@dvonzosch461 Yes. I am vaguely aware of a Jewish tradition that equates life with breathing. There was also a longstanding debate among Christian theologians about exactly when the soul enters the body. But based on modern science, when does life begin?

[@Dave01Rhodes]

@@robertwheeler1158 the question is too vague. After conception, the embryo is living as bacteria is living. After weeks, the fetus is living as a stomach, kidney, or liver is living. After months, the fetus has developed nascent organs of its own, but they do not yet function. It is living as a parasite is living. When the fetus starts to kick as it runs its self-test, it is living as the memory of a loved one is living: in the minds of the people who care for what it represents. When the baby is born, it becomes fully aware of its surroundings. It starts to cry. It starts to breathe. It is finally living as a human lives, and is finally a living person. So the short answer is “at birth”

[@dvonzosch461]

@@robertwheeler1158 Think about when actual person hood begins, not a zygote. When a hospital is on fire, actual self breathing humans are rescued. The Petri dishes are left behind.

[@Grayraven777]

"Turn and face the strange, ch ch changes, where's your shame? you've left us up to our necks in it..."

[@oliviawolcott8351]

Curiosity question.... when did the belief around the ressurection form and what's the earliest textual evidence of that belief.

[@Dracula926]

Ezekiel 23:20 🐴

[@jonwalker105]

They also love to leave out the book of giants, macabees 3, 4 & 5 too, because it doesn't fit their bullsh*t jewish narrative.

[@Swinefeld]

“Fool and knave!” Gotta love medieval insults.

[@Mgtowaussie]

Did you end up getting your studio equipment etc you wanted mate?

[@Youknowthis247]

I would really like to see a video on the Septuagint. The hellenic translation of the old testament. Which dates back to 200 BC.

[@armus550b]

My mother's research is turned up evidence that apparently one of my ancestors very distantly related was one of the editors of the KJV. Considering the number of screw ups in my family, it's a wonder we ever made it past the printing press.