At the start of the weekend, here’s another christian myth to be unfolded: The offering of Cain and Abel. In our children’s Bibles the way God showed he accepted Abels offering was because the smoke coming from his offering went upwards. On the contrary Cains offering was denied and the way God showed that in that [...]
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Christian myth (5)
Posted in Christian Myths, tagged Abel, Cain, christian myth, Genesis, offering on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Christian myth (4)
Posted in Christian Myths, tagged Adam, christian myth, Eve, fruit, Genesis, sin on January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OK, here’s quick one, this one will be familiar to most of you:
What did Adam and Eve eat when they committed the first sin ever? (rapapa, rapapa, rapapa).
I bet some of you would say: an apple.
Now let’s look at the actual Biblical text:
“3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field [...]
(too late!) Christmas myth
Posted in Christian Myths, tagged christian myth, christmas, internetmonk on January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I stumbled upon a post on one of my favorite weblogs, www.internetmonk.com on the legends/myths surrounding Christmas.
Michael Spencer has written a very complete post on every legend surrounding Christmas. So, even though Christmas is already a week ago, I feel the freedom to link to this post: http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/religion-reporters-do-love-their-christmas-legends/
Please read the post, but don´t hesitate to [...]
Another Christian Myth
Posted in Christian Myths, tagged Bible, christian myth, christmas on December 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Hi all (well, is it really “all” or should I say “Hi some”),
A man has to keep his promises and since I am a man (or at least want to be one )here is another christian myth around the Christmas story to be exposed:
As you all know three wise men came to visit baby Jesus in [...]
Christian myths
Posted in Christian Myths on December 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Does this title scare you? At least I hope it did attract your attention!
This is the first of a series of posts that I want to do on Christian myths. You might ask: “What is a Christian myth?” I don’t know if this is a common term, but I made this up myself while thinking [...]