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John’s Gospel Is the Worst of the Four

There is a consensus that John’s gospel was the last to be written, perhaps 70 or 80 years after the death of Jesus.

The Cult-Goofy, Defective Final 16th Chapter of Mark’s Gospel

The red letters are a way of lying -- intended to keep modern readers in the dark about how the gospels were created.

The moral and intellectual superiority of paganism

The intellectual service done by Christianity was to preserve pagan learning by absorbing it into Christian theology.

Can an Atheist Choose Among Religions?

I wouldn’t be likely to choose among religions when it comes to ideas or beliefs about god, since I have no beliefs in any gods.

Keith Parsons: Demons!

Have you ever met anyone who claims to have seen a demon? Seen, not in some vague sense having “felt” an unearthly presence.

The Roman Catholic hierarchy: a cabal of power that moves under the guise of benevolence

Through the Vatican’s constant presentation of the Church’s actions as “virtuous”, recognition of the Church as a tyrant has been thwarted.

Keith Parsons: The Bible!

I would put it like this: If you read scripture the same way you read science, you turn it into pseudoscience.

The American Catholic Church is Shrinking Because of Bad Politics

One U.S. hierarch is even an enthusiastic MAGA supporter. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the prelate of Wall Street, is openly pro-Trump.

The World’s Most Dangerous Cult Continues to Thrive

Responsible religions today should work hard to get their followers to reject demons as a working hypothesis for anything.

‘They just ignored my tears, they ignored my unhappiness’: former Irish nuns reveal accounts of brainwashing and abuse

In the Ireland of the 1950s (and indeed until the demise of the Catholic church in the 1990s), priests and nuns enjoyed positions of power.

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