The brevity of the passage examined this week is balanced by the sheer magnitude of dickery contained therein. It is a section that beautifully highlights the arbitrariness of god’s judgment while also demonstrating some of the abhorrent behavior that he apparently condones. Let’s take a look at Genesis 38.
In the beginning of this […]
More than half of the people on Earth today believe that they are the literal or cultural descendants of Abraham. Christians, Jews and Muslims all trace their religious heritage to this single man. With about 3.5 billion current followers, the god of Abraham is the most widely accepted deity in the history of […]
This week, we will focus on Hinduism for the first time, analyzing the misbehavior of Indra in the Sixth book of the Devi Bhagavatam, a scripture sacred to Shakta Hindus.
Vis’vakarmâ was an ascetic who served as an architect for the gods. However, he didn’t much care for Indra, so he created a son named […]
This week, I decided to shake things up a bit and turn to the Christian apocrypha. These are books of Jewish and Christian mythology that were excluded from the canon by all or most mainstream sects for no good reason because god said so. I’ve selected the Book of Enoch (a.k.a. 1 Enoch) […]
Toward the end of the Old Testament, mixed in with the other “minor prophets,” is the seldom-noted book of Zephaniah. In these three chapters, Zephaniah serves as god’s scribe, directly recording his words about his plans for the world.
I will utterly consume all [things] from off the land, saith the LORD. I will consume […]
