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Dr. Robyn Faith Walsh is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Miami, who takes an unconventional approach to studying the origin of Christianity. What if, she asks, instead of using one dictionary for biblical texts, and a different one for all other contemporaneous Greek literature, we read the gospels as if they were the same as any other classical text? It turns out that this small shift in semantic content reveals a lot about the people who wrote the bible, the reasons for Christianity's massive rise to popularity, and the entrenchment of the traditions that warped the weft of the spiritual teachings originally contained within these ancient books. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV (00:00) Go! Christianity & Historical Revisionism (00:06:46) Impact of Philosophy on Religion (00:18:08) Journey into Classics & Religious Texts (00:23:07) The Jefferson Bible and Historical Context (00:26:31) Historical Understanding of the Bible's Origins (00:29:29) Perceptions of Biblical Authorship (00:38:02) Critical Study of Religious Texts (00:44:06) Interpretation of Greek Terms in Religious Context (00:46:11) Reinterpreting 'Spirit' and Conversion in Early Christianity (00:51:01) Consciousness and Spirit in Science and Religion (00:55:06) Defining Religion and Its Academic Challenges (00:57:53) The Formation of Christianity and Its Historical Context (01:07:33) Paul's Revelations and Cultural Context (01:10:32) Psychedelics and Religion (01:12:08) Paul's Role and Interpretation (01:18:05) Christianity's Integration #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #Christianity, #ReligionHistory, #BiblicalStudies, #PhilosophyOfReligion, #AncientRome, #GospelOrigins, #PaulTheApostle, #PsychedelicsAndReligion, #EarlyChristianity, #HistoricalJesus, #ReligiousTextAnalysis, #RomanEmpire, #EnlightenmentThought, #ReligiousScholarship, #ClassicalPhilosophy, #CulturalSyncretism, #EgyptianInfluence, #BiblicalAuthorship, #PhilosophyOfReligion, #ChurchHistory Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

What was so wrong with The Jefferson Lies that Thomas Nelson decided to pull the book from publication? In this episode, Michael Coulter and Warren Throckmorton start answering that question by pulling  material from their book, Getting Jefferson Right. In this episode, we take long looks into Barton's handling of the Danbury Baptist letter to Thomas Jefferson, the Jefferson Bible, and a fable about Jefferson and church attendance.  We show how the use of ellipses, second and third-hand sources, and a creative imagination can make historical fiction out of history. SHOW NOTES:The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth (The 1820 Jefferson Bible)https://uuhouston.org/files/The_Jefferson_Bible.pdfLetter from the Danbury Baptistshttps://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-35-02-0331Letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptistshttps://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-36-02-0152-0006Telling Jefferson Lies is written and produced by Warren Throckmorton. Today's installment was hosted by Warren Throckmorton and Michael Coulter. The podcast is brought to you by the second edition of Getting Jefferson Right: Fact Checking Claims About Thomas Jefferson by Throckmorton and Coulter and available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or just about anywhere books are sold. For more information, go to gettingjeffersonright.com. The next episode Whitewash will post in two weeks on February 21. In the meantime, I plan a bonus episode for sometime next week. Stay tuned for that. Today's closing song is "Ain't It a Shame to Work on Sunday" by the Bethel Jubilee Quartet and written by T.H. Wiseman. Telling Jefferson Lies Theme song is "The World Awaits Us All" by Roman Candle. Background music was provided by Roman Candle and Warren Throckmorton.  I want to acknowledge Right Wing Watch for providing many video clips on YouTube.Please like the podcast and spread the word on social media. Every podcaster says that but it really does help and it makes us feel good too. 

The Bible. A divinely-inspired book so glorious and yet so debated these days that we decided to record another podcast on this essential topic. In 1820 Thomas Jefferson completed his redacted version of the Four Gospels he called “The Philosophy and Morals of Jesus.” Although it wasn't published in his lifetime, “The Jefferson Bible” would become a popular example of an alarming trend in post-enlightenment hermeneutics: cutting and pasting with the Word of God.  According to Jefferson and other readers and scholars since, the Bible is an imperfect text. There might be truth in its pages, but it needs a modern lens, or additions, or subtractions to purify it or to make sense of its ancient obscure meaning. There are hard things to understand in the Bible, they say, supernatural events that are difficult to believe. So, does the Bible need to change? Or do we? Visit christianityandliberalism.com for more on the book, audiobook, and show. Music: “Line in the Sand (C&L)” by Timothy Brindle Produced by Nobody Special Wrath and Grace Records Music Licensing Codes: E1SE4GBTPOVFBRDI YSO2WXNPTOPNUQYH

"Take a bong rip, and then discuss divinity and theology." Deep talk into religion, the Jefferson Bible, blacklisted animators, and The Troubles in Northern Ireland, must mean we covering 2016's Sausage Party! Where to find us Email us at - ⁠podonthepath@gmail.com⁠ ⁠Patreon⁠ - Exclusive bonus episodes, including House of the Dragon, Witcher season 1, Star Wars, etc. ⁠On The Path Discord⁠ - Best place to chat with the us and the community Twitter - ⁠https://twitter.com/onthepathpod⁠ Instagram - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/onthepathpod/⁠ Where you can find Lucy Twitter - https://twitter.com/lucyjrobyn Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/lucyjrobyn YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/lucyjrobyn Where you can find Brett Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/thefoxbride

In chapter 13 of the book of Revelation, the apostle John sees a vision of a helping power that arises to deceive people into worshipping the antichrist system that came out of Rome. This second beast comes out of the Earth, which is contrasted to coming out of the sea (a populous area) and it looks like a lamb (resembles Christianity or Christian values) yet speaks (legislates) like a dragon. This power also exercises all the authority In history there is only one world power that came up out of nowhere, exercised world power status, looks like Christianity but acts otherwise and is currently helping to deceive people back into a worldwide acceptance of the first beast. This lamb-like power also arose right around the time that the first beast received a mortal wound, and today it is fulfilling its role as the false prophet who deceives the world into building an image of the first beast. Can you guess who this power is? Today we will find out what history and the bible tell us about it. Stay connected at: www.danceoflife.com RESOURCES: End Times Prophetic Timeline https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vRiMza0rWIbxv3wQ8mM9w8Kdw_eRgN6TeeMj1iHZYhrEqHsS8OOFBoT9T2aSUE_Nwt9-nEzKToeSovv/pubhtml Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query 17, 157--61 https://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_religions40.html From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Priestley, 21 March 1801 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0336 Joseph Priestly https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/joseph-priestley/ The Enlightenment and Joseph Priestley's disenchantment with science and religion https://iscast.org/uncategorized/the-enlightenment-and-joseph-priestley-s-disenchantment-with-science-and-religion/ Joseph Priestly: Theology, Teaching & Politics https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Priestley From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, 21 April 1803 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-40-02-0178-0001 Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 24 January 1814 (scripture not inspired) https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-07-02-0083 The Jefferson Bible https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible James Madison, Memorial and Remonstrance (1785) https://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/primary-sources/memorial-and-remonstrance Benjamin Franklin, Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin The Constitution of the United States https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript The Declaration of Independence https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript Started "Lucifer" Magazine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer_(magazine) The Secret Doctrine by H. P. Blavatsky -- Vol. 2 https://www.sacred-texts.com/the/sd/sd2-2-06.htm Theosophy is of the Devil https://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/New%20Age/theosophy.htm "Lift High the Torch" by John Algeo, American Theosophical Society https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1633-lift-high-the-torch 7 Rays, Theosophy Wiki https://theosophy.wiki/en/Seven_Rays Mithraism, Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithra and Statue of Liberty Comparison https://aratta.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/the-roots-of-the-liberty-statue/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/roger_ulrich/5339861741 https://cyrus49.wordpress.com/2020/12/23/the-statue-of-liberty-iranian-history-the-land-of-the-original-aryans/ https://qcurtius.com/2018/02/25/the-religion-of-mithras-and-its-mysteries/ https://twitter.com/junaidamerhame1/status/881571842695331841 Rome, Greek, US Quarter comparison https://imgur.com/04aBiHg Mithra & Jesus https://www.worldhistory.org/Mithra/ Ascended Master Teachings, The Temple of the Presence https://www.templeofthepresence.org/Main/ascended_master_teachings Ascended Master Teachings https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/7329371 Colossus of Rhodes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Rhodes George Washington Bust in Houlton ME https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMNY83_George_Washington_in_Houlton_ME Apotheosis of Washington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apotheosis_of_Washington

In this episode, I talk about the recent proliferation of articles and essays that speak to the negative side-effects of social media, and how this negativity can be discerned just by examining the ways in which social media has changed since ts inception. I also talk about the good news of God's rest as found in Christ and why Thomas Jefferson's “version” of the Bible was a complete and utter failure. Resources. “How Connectivity Made Us Miserable,” Samuel D. James“Another Week Ends: Social Media's End and the Cost of Love,” Bryan Jarrell“The Age of Social Media is Ending,” Ian Bogost“Doubting Thomas: On Peter Manseau's ‘The Jefferson Bible',” Ed Simon“Thomas Jefferson on Jesus,” Colin Brown and Craig A. EvansChristless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church, Michael HortonGrace: So Much More Than You Know and So Much Better Than You Think, Brad J. GraySponsor.Ministry Minded is sponsored by Fresh Roasted Coffee, a locally owned and operated coffee house in the heart of Central Pennsylvania that produces the freshest coffee and delivers it at peak drinkability. Use offer code “GRACE10” at checkout to get a discount off your next order. Buy some coffee!Credits.Intro music: “Explorers (Instrumental Version)” by The Midnight, The Midnight Music LLC, 2018.Ad music: “Coffee Stains” by Finley, licensed under CC BY 4.0. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.graceupongrace.net

Deism may sound a lot like theism, and while they're etymologically the same, the belief systems are more nuanced. In this episode, we deep dive into Deist belief and its rise to popularity in the 17th and 18th centuries. We explain the core belief of the initial creator, but he's not around anymore—kind of like the dad that left for a pack of smokes. The Enlightenment made deism a popular belief system as people looked to logic, reason, science, and observation to explain the world around them, rather than revelation. Deist philosophers believe in a God that created the universe, but they also believe in science to explain how things work. If you're an American history buff, we also talk about the founding fathers and their religious beliefs. While we don't have great records for all of them, it's clear that some were Deists, most notably Thomas Jefferson and his book The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, aka The Jefferson Bible.That's right, Deism is a spectrum, and we talk about the different deism types and how they overlap with other faith groups. Support us at Patreon and SpreadshopJoin the Community on DiscordLearn more great religion facts on Facebook and Instagram

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Two Books, One Condescending God. In this episode, we discuss the exegesis of Johann Hamann. What are the implications for Christians when God's Spirit and Word translate us into the church and the world? — SHOW NOTES: London Writings: The Spiritual & Theological Journal of Johann Georg Hamann https://ballastpress.com/shop/ols/products/london-writings-the-spiritual-theological-journal-of-johann-georg-hamann  The Withertongue Emails: A Pastor's Satanic Temptation, with Apologies to C.S. Lewis https://shop.1517.org/products/the-withertongue-emails-a-pastor-s-satanic-temptation-with-apologies-to-c-s-lewis Confession and Absolution – Lectures by Rev. Dr. Kenneth Korby https://siberianlutheranmissions.org/korby-lectures/ 148: Ken Korby - Wherever the Gospel is spoken, one must also talk about moderation and suffering with joy https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/148-korby 249: Hamann - The Most Interesting and Radical Thinker in the Ranks of Lutheran Orthodoxy https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/249-hamann The Jefferson Bible https://thejeffersonbible.com/   SUPPORT 1517 Podcast Network https://www.1517.org/podcasts/ Support the work of 1517 http://1517.org/give Warrior Priest Gym & Podcast https://thewarriorpriestpodcast.wordpress.com St John's Lutheran Church (Webster, MN) - FB Live Bible Study Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/356667039608511 Gillespie's Sermons and Catechesis: https://anchor.fm/stjohnrandomlake Gillespie Coffee https://gillespie.coffee Gillespie Media https://gillespie.media The Banned Pastors https://t.me/bannedpastors CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube Rumble Odysee Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio

In which the President of the United States secretly produces his own version of Jesus without any miracles or narrative incident at all, and John produces a healthy, nutritious bowl full of Kurt Cobains. Certificate #30782.

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Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieSalman Rushdie is one of the great English language literary figures.  He has won the Brooker Prize for the best Novel in English and was a finalist twice. The focus of this talk is on the Rushdie novel, the Islamic traditions around the most controversial passages, comparisons with Christian traditions, and the reaction of Ayatollah Khomeini. But a core focus is upon how we interpret texts, especially religious texts.  Consider an incident in the gospels.  It is called The Woman at the Well.  Jesus is thirsty and asks a woman drawing water if he can have a drink.  She says yes and gives him a drink.  It turns out she is a “loose” woman, maybe even a prostitute.  But that aside there is a problem in translation.  In at least one African culture, when a woman gives a man food or drink from her hand, it is a prelude to sex.  In that particular translation of the Bible, there is a footnote explaining that Jesus is not hitting on this woman. Lesson 1:  Fidelity to the words as written can often be wrong rather than right.  Lesson 2: Our understanding can also be wrong, even if we have a clear understanding of the words. There is also a tension between the overarching goal of revelation (for those who are believers) and specific texts.  If the divine goal of revelation is to empower humans to achieve their full potential, then a focus upon a specific text intended to put a check on sin can be in contradiction with the higher goal if it is emphasized in a way that constrains human empowerment by overlooking  the higher divine purpose.   All believers want to know God's Will but God is often opaque in terms of our understanding.  (Go back to the podcast on Feuerbach is you missed that one).  I am reminded of what the great Catholic theologian Hans Kung said when he came to Dearborn in the 1980s and was challenged from the floor about how he had interpreted a specific passage. The person challenging him had absolute certainty about the meaning of a specific text regarding the future: Kung  said, “God does not act to satisfy human curiosity.”  Ouch!  Some of you will find this lecture provocative.  Good! I hope it is provocative in a way that makes you think.  This was a class lecture.  There is some interaction with students and some  references to readings.  Sorry about that.  I thought the lecture came out well and did not want to re-record it. Books by Salman Rushdie are Satanic Verses and  Joseph Anton.  Some terms and namesQureish, Hagar/Hajar, Ishmael, Abraham/Ibrahim,  Mecca, Medina, Gabriel/Jibril, circumambulate, Mahound, Salman the Scribe; Pantheon (a building in pre-Islamic Mecca where there were 360 gods); Taif; demiurge;  intersession; garaniq. Three female goddesses from Taif: Al-lat, al-Uzza, Manat.  Ayatollah Khomeini, fatwa.  Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988.  Early biographers: Ibn Ishak, Tabari, Ibn Saad; Apostasy, blasphemy, heresy. One glitch:  A favorite translation of the Bible is The Jerusalem Bible, not The Jefferson Bible.  (There is a Jefferson Bible, consisting entirely of the words and teachings of Jesus, but it is not the one I mentioned). Thoughtful Comment:  Stocktonafterclass@gmail.com

Text: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Series: “The Dawn of a New Day” Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, was, as you probably know, a man of many interests. We're all familiar with his interest in architecture and how Jefferson put that knowledge to use by designing Monticello, his plantation home outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. He was also a man of letters, evidenced by his authorship of our nation's Declaration of Independence, as well as his role in founding the University of Virginia to be, in his words, “a public university designed to advance human knowledge, educate leaders, and cultivate an informed citizenry.” He was an archaeologist of sorts and a wine aficionado. However, you may not know that Jefferson also had a keen interest in theology and did a revision of the gospels he titled The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, better known as the Jefferson Bible. But as a Deist, one who did not accept God's intervention in world affairs, Jefferson could not accept the supernatural elements in the Bible and so he cut out all the miracles of Jesus and left intact only his moral teachings. Jefferson's “Bible” closes with these words: “Now, in the place where He was crucified, there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus and rolled a great stone at the mouth of the sepulcher and departed.” End of story. Now, I cannot take issue with Jefferson over his architectural skills or his literary genius or his diplomacy or, as a Baptist preacher, I certainly cannot take issue with his taste in wine. But I can and must take issue with Jefferson with respect to his rejection of the supernatural in general and the resurrection in particular. For without the resurrection, our faith in Christ has nothing to stand on and isn't something anyone should take seriously. That last statement would have gotten a hearty “Amen” from the Apostle Paul, who in his first letter to the Corinthians dedicated an entire section to the topic of resurrection in which he argues forcefully that far from it being a needless doctrine that could be accepted or rejected, resurrection is the essential truth undergirding every aspect of our faith and without it, we're only kidding ourselves and chasing after a pipe dream. “If only for this life we have hope in Christ,” writes Paul, “we are of all people most to be pitied.” When we go back and look at what precipitated Paul's teaching on resurrection, we see that the issue at stake in Corinth was how some in the church were discounting the relevance of resurrection for believers in Jesus. In other words, (and this is very important) no one in the church was saying that Jesus was not raised from the dead. No one was denying Jesus' resurrection. What some were questioning was whether the hope of resurrection extended to anyone else. And that is why Paul begins this part of his teaching on resurrection by raising a question, which comes off as more of a statement: “But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?” I say that comes off as more of a statement from Paul because he actually knows where that belief is coming from. It's coming from the prevailing culture of Corinth and the Greek belief in the immortality of the soul, a belief which is 180 degrees opposite to a biblical view of resurrection. Corinth was a Greek community; it wasn't a Jewish city. Greek philosophy would have been something in which most of the church had been brought up to believe. Consequently, when it came to the afterlife, what the Corinthians had been taught was that the body was nothing more than a container for the soul, which the soul is constantly endeavoring to leave behind. But Paul, having been raised a Jew and having been trained as a Pharisee, believed in the resurrection of the body, not the immortality of the soul. And as a Christian, one who experienced the Risen Jesus on the road to Damascus, Paul didn't believe that God had only raised up the spirit of Jesus; Paul believed that God raised up the body of Jesus, which as we read in the Gospels was able to be seen and to be touched. Later in this chapter, Paul will go into greater detail as to the nature of the resurrected body, but for now, in this part of the chapter that's before us, Paul wants the Corinthians to know that such a notion of the afterlife doesn't apply only to Jesus, it also applies to all who believe in him. Give up that belief, Paul says, and here is what you're left with: (1) You're left with a preaching that lacks substance and an empty faith to go along with it; (2) You're left with a God you can't count on to show faithfulness to those who trust in Him in the face of their adversity, if He didn't raise Jesus in the face of his adversity; (3) You're left with all no certainty that you have been forgiven of our sins; in fact, you're still in a condition of sin in which you remain far short of the glory of God; and (4) You're left with no hope beyond this life, which amounts to no hope in this life as well. In short, you're left with a belief that cannot sustain you when life comes at you with full force. I read Paul's words and I hear the urgency in Paul's voice and I'm reminded of that most powerful parable Jesus used to conclude his Sermon on the Mount – the parable of the two men who built their houses on very different foundations, one who built his house upon the rock and the other who built his house upon the sand. And when the rain came and the streams rose and the winds blew and beat against the two houses, guess which one was left standing when the storm passed? It was the man whose house was built upon the rock, because he built it on a foundation that could withstand the fury that was certain to come his way. So, what about you? What kind of foundation have you built your life upon, and where does the importance of the Risen Jesus play into that? One week removed from Easter Sunday, are you still excited about the possibilities the good news of resurrection holds for you? Are you still emboldened by the assurance your experience with the Risen Jesus has given you? Are you still able to face your disappointments and your defeats because you know that they will not have the last word in your life, but that the Risen Jesus will? There's much about the state of Christian faith today that troubles me. However, I don't think we're at a place where the challenge Paul faced with the Corinthians is a challenge we face today. I don't think that people today accept the fact of Jesus' resurrection while denying the possibility of their own. I think our challenge is a different one and in reality a much more serious one. The challenge we face today is that while on one hand we accept the concept of resurrection, on the other hand we act as if it has no real bearing on everyday life. Our challenge is that we want to hold on to the possibility of our resurrection to be with Jesus whenever our life on this earth is over, but in the meantime, we want our life to be unchanged and undisturbed. But in the end, we end up in the same place as the Corinthians. We end up with a faith that can't sustain us when the hard times of life come our way. So, in effect, we “waste” Easter! That notion of “wasting Easter,” reminds me of a story Fred Craddock told. Craddock, a preaching professor at Emory over in Atlanta, told of a church in Georgia that had an Easter tradition, one shared by many Christian churches in the Easter season, including ours. Each year, on Easter Sunday, this church would decorate their sanctuary with 500 Easter lilies. Lilies were everywhere. They were in the windows. They were across the platform. They were arranged on the chancel in the shape of the cross. Everywhere you looked on Easter morning you saw Easter lilies. And of course, each of those lilies had been given by members of the church in memory or in honor of a loved ones. You pay $10 and you get a lily, and if you chose to take it home after the service, fine, but if you didn't want to, the church would either take the ones left over to homebound members or dispose of them. Most people chose to let the church do what they wanted with them. And that plan worked fine, until one Easter Sunday after the service a dear lady went back into the Sanctuary to pick up a lily. As she explained, she had an aunt in the nursing home and if it was OK, she'd pick one out to take to her. Before anyone could stop her, she took one of the lilies out of the window next to where she was standing and in a loud voice that could be heard in the parking lot, she cried out in horror and dismay, “Oh my soul! It's plastic!” Well, you can imagine what happened next. People came rushing back into the Sanctuary and began checking out the Easter lilies, only to discover that every last lily was plastic. There was a board meeting called for the next night. The pastor and the chairman of the board felt as if they were facing a firing squad, as one church member after another shot questions at them. “Just how long has this been going on?” “Where do you hide 500 plastic Easter lilies?” And the one question asked repeatedly, “What happened to all those contributions?” It's always about the money; is it not? The board chair did his best to explain that the money had not been used for dishonest purposes. Each year half of it went into the general fund of the church and the other half went to mission causes the church supported around the world. And then the pastor spoke up, which more times than not always adds fuel to the fire when a congregation is upset. “Yes, and do you know what usually happens to real Easter lilies after the service? Most people take them home and water them for a few days until the blooms fall off, and then they are thrown away. So, we thought that was a terrible waste, and you wouldn't want to waste Easter; would you?” Right question, wrong application. You don't waste Easter with investing in that which is real. But you do waste it when you deny it by acting as if it has no bearing for you. The Corinthians made that mistake. Thomas Jefferson made that mistake. There's no need for you to repeat it. Instead, there's every reason for you to give yourself to it, and to do so with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. There's every reason for you to say, “Because Jesus lives, I can face tomorrow.” There's every reason to say, “Don't pity me. Christ the Lord is risen today, and because of it I have strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow.”Text: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Series: “The Dawn of a New Day” Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, was, as you probably know, a man of many interests. We're all familiar with his interest in architecture and how Jefferson put that knowledge to use by designing Monticello, his plantation home outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. He was also a man of letters, evidenced by his authorship of our nation's Declaration of Independence, as well as his role in founding the University of Virginia to be, in his words, “a public university designed to advance human knowledge, educate leaders, and cultivate an informed citizenry.” He was an archaeologist of sorts and a wine aficionado. However, you may not know that Jefferson also had a keen interest in theology and did a revision of the gospels he titled The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, better known as the Jefferson Bible. But as a Deist, one who did not accept God's intervention in world affairs, Jefferson could not accept the supernatural elements in the Bible and so he cut out all the miracles of Jesus and left intact only his moral teachings. Jefferson's “Bible” closes with these words: “Now, in the place where He was crucified, there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus and rolled a great stone at the mouth of the sepulcher and departed.” End of story. Now, I cannot take issue with Jefferson over his architectural skills or his literary genius or his diplomacy or, as a Baptist preacher, I certainly cannot take issue with his taste in wine. But I can and must take issue with Jefferson with respect to his rejection of the supernatural in general and the resurrection in particular. For without the resurrection, our faith in Christ has nothing to stand on and isn't something anyone should take seriously. That last statement would have gotten a hearty “Amen” from the Apostle Paul, who in his first letter to the Corinthians dedicated an entire section to the topic of resurrection in which he argues forcefully that far from it being a needless doctrine that could be accepted or rejected, resurrection is the essential truth undergirding every aspect of our faith and without it, we're only kidding ourselves and chasing after a pipe dream. “If only for this life we have hope in Christ,” writes Paul, “we are of all people most to be pitied.” When we go back and look at what precipitated Paul's teaching on resurrection, we see that the issue at stake in Corinth was how some in the church were discounting the relevance of resurrection for believers in Jesus. In other words, (and this is very important) no one in the church was saying that Jesus was not raised from the dead. No one was denying Jesus' resurrection. What some were questioning was whether the hope of resurrection extended to anyone else. And that is why Paul begins this part of his teaching on resurrection by raising a question, which comes off as more of a statement: “But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?” I say that comes off as more of a statement from Paul because he actually knows where that belief is coming from. It's coming from the prevailing culture of Corinth and the Greek belief in the immortality of the soul, a belief which is 180 degrees opposite to a biblical view of resurrection. Corinth was a Greek community; it wasn't a Jewish city. Greek philosophy would have been something in which most of the church had been brought up to believe. Consequently, when it came to the afterlife, what the Corinthians had been taught was that the body was nothing more than a container for the soul, which the soul is constantly endeavoring to leave behind. But Paul, having been raised a Jew and having been trained as a Pharisee, believed in the resurrection of the body, not the immortality of the soul. And as a Christian, one who experienced the Risen Jesus on the road to Damascus, Paul didn't believe that God had only raised up the spirit of Jesus; Paul believed that God raised up the body of Jesus, which as we read in the Gospels was able to be seen and to be touched. Later in this chapter, Paul will go into greater detail as to the nature of the resurrected body, but for now, in this part of the chapter that's before us, Paul wants the Corinthians to know that such a notion of the afterlife doesn't apply only to Jesus, it also applies to all who believe in him. Give up that belief, Paul says, and here is what you're left with: (1) You're left with a preaching that lacks substance and an empty faith to go along with it; (2) You're left with a God you can't count on to show faithfulness to those who trust in Him in the face of their adversity, if He didn't raise Jesus in the face of his adversity; (3) You're left with all no certainty that you have been forgiven of our sins; in fact, you're still in a condition of sin in which you remain far short of the glory of God; and (4) You're left with no hope beyond this life, which amounts to no hope in this life as well. In short, you're left with a belief that cannot sustain you when life comes at you with full force. I read Paul's words and I hear the urgency in Paul's voice and I'm reminded of that most powerful parable Jesus used to conclude his Sermon on the Mount – the parable of the two men who built their houses on very different foundations, one who built his house upon the rock and the other who built his house upon the sand. And when the rain came and the streams rose and the winds blew and beat against the two houses, guess which one was left standing when the storm passed? It was the man whose house was built upon the rock, because he built it on a foundation that could withstand the fury that was certain to come his way. So, what about you? What kind of foundation have you built your life upon, and where does the importance of the Risen Jesus play into that? One week removed from Easter Sunday, are you still excited about the possibilities the good news of resurrection holds for you? Are you still emboldened by the assurance your experience with the Risen Jesus has given you? Are you still able to face your disappointments and your defeats because you know that they will not have the last word in your life, but that the Risen Jesus will? There's much about the state of Christian faith today that troubles me. However, I don't think we're at a place where the challenge Paul faced with the Corinthians is a challenge we face today. I don't think that people today accept the fact of Jesus' resurrection while denying the possibility of their own. I think our challenge is a different one and in reality a much more serious one. The challenge we face today is that while on one hand we accept the concept of resurrection, on the other hand we act as if it has no real bearing on everyday life. Our challenge is that we want to hold on to the possibility of our resurrection to be with Jesus whenever our life on this earth is over, but in the meantime, we want our life to be unchanged and undisturbed. But in the end, we end up in the same place as the Corinthians. We end up with a faith that can't sustain us when the hard times of life come our way. So, in effect, we “waste” Easter! That notion of “wasting Easter,” reminds me of a story Fred Craddock told. Craddock, a preaching professor at Emory over in Atlanta, told of a church in Georgia that had an Easter tradition, one shared by many Christian churches in the Easter season, including ours. Each year, on Easter Sunday, this church would decorate their sanctuary with 500 Easter lilies. Lilies were everywhere. They were in the windows. They were across the platform. They were arranged on the chancel in the shape of the cross. Everywhere you looked on Easter morning you saw Easter lilies. And of course, each of those lilies had been given by members of the church in memory or in honor of a loved ones. You pay $10 and you get a lily, and if you chose to take it home after the service, fine, but if you didn't want to, the church would either take the ones left over to homebound members or dispose of them. Most people chose to let the church do what they wanted with them. And that plan worked fine, until one Easter Sunday after the service a dear lady went back into the Sanctuary to pick up a lily. As she explained, she had an aunt in the nursing home and if it was OK, she'd pick one out to take to her. Before anyone could stop her, she took one of the lilies out of the window next to where she was standing and in a loud voice that could be heard in the parking lot, she cried out in horror and dismay, “Oh my soul! It's plastic!” Well, you can imagine what happened next. People came rushing back into the Sanctuary and began checking out the Easter lilies, only to discover that every last lily was plastic. There was a board meeting called for the next night. The pastor and the chairman of the board felt as if they were facing a firing squad, as one church member after another shot questions at them. “Just how long has this been going on?” “Where do you hide 500 plastic Easter lilies?” And the one question asked repeatedly, “What happened to all those contributions?” It's always about the money; is it not? The board chair did his best to explain that the money had not been used for dishonest purposes. Each year half of it went into the general fund of the church and the other half went to mission causes the church supported around the world. And then the pastor spoke up, which more times than not always adds fuel to the fire when a congregation is upset. “Yes, and do you know what usually happens to real Easter lilies after the service? Most people take them home and water them for a few days until the blooms fall off, and then they are thrown away. So, we thought that was a terrible waste, and you wouldn't want to waste Easter; would you?” Right question, wrong application. You don't waste Easter with investing in that which is real. But you do waste it when you deny it by acting as if it has no bearing for you. The Corinthians made that mistake. Thomas Jefferson made that mistake. There's no need for you to repeat it. Instead, there's every reason for you to give yourself to it, and to do so with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. There's every reason for you to say, “Because Jesus lives, I can face tomorrow.” There's every reason to say, “Don't pity me. Christ the Lord is risen today, and because of it I have strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow.” 1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Greetings Heathens! Happy Valentine’s day to all you Heathens out there. We love you! In today’s episode of Talk Heathen, Eric Murphy is joined by Vi La Bianca. #LaMurphLet’s get to calls! Charismatic Catholic from Texas asks, what is the best evidence for God that we have heard and what is wrong with it. Interesting question, and before you ask, this is NOT Canadian Catholic and this one sounds willing to listen and have a good conversation. Neil Spirits in Southeast Asia is up next, claiming the spiritual self is a part of the mind and body and it matters to him. Ok, what and where is the soul and where is Eric’s sense of humor? Good question Eric, we don’t know where your sense of humor is! Let us know if you find it! (Kidding, we love you!)Returning caller Kevin in New York, would like to explain religious circumcision, how it isn’t related to a medical practice, and is only of the heart. All of the what? The passage in the Bible that references circumcision of the heart is a metaphor. Vi asks the all important question, why should we care?Nick in Tennessee is wondering about anti-theism and atheism. The conversation evolves into being an angry atheist because of theism. Please don’t let your anger shut folks out Nick, because there are those that need your help to see the path out. Caller Quote of the day: “Anger is fine-tuned to inspire an action but it shouldn’t direct or guide the action.” Lisa in Colorado feels betrayed being raised religious in the Lutheran faith and also feels like she has lost something. God will do anything to promote himself and wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of misery and suffering. She’s at a crossroads and is struggling. We are here for you Lisa!Ryan in Louisiana would like to find value in religion, but without the supernatural trappings that are associated with most religions. Great query, you should read the Skeptics Annotated Bible and the Jefferson Bible. But ultimately, why is a good question to ask.That’s our show for this week, please continue to be safe in your area, wear your mask. The world is better with you in it. We love you all with our uncut hearts. See you next week!

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! Gather ‘round for the best story ever told about the most famous man who ever lived. The life of Jesus Christ is an epic saga which the Catholic Church somehow turned into that snoozefest, The Bible. A child of the Enlightenment, Thomas Jefferson, was the best writer of his time authoring the Declaration of Independence and The Jefferson Bible, all factual accounts of the second testament in chronological order. Today's show synopsizes Christ's Bethlehem Backstory where he was exiled from the family for stopping his uncle Herod from hitting on his widowed aunt. You can never trust a drunk uncle during the holiday season. Thus began a life of ostracization, on which he doubled down and started speaking publicly about the debtors prison which was the Roman banking system (very illegal). He began washing the poor and quoting scripture off the dome at temple, a rare skill for the time which attracted just as many haters as followers. After he initiated the movement to ban traders from the temple people knew he meant business. We’ll be analyzing some of Jesus’s best one liners and examining his timeless parables including the sermon on the mount. Jesus was born and raised a Jew and by God did he entertain like one. We’re combining Christmas and Easter, going all the way to Judas’s betrayal as this is the Bible with all the fat cut off. Enjoy some sacrilegious humor to celebrate this hippies birthday and take a few spiritual lessons for the road. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 00:25 Introduction 02:35 About the Author 05:50 Pb1: Bethlehem Backstory 13:50 Pb2: Sermon on the Mount 22:20 Pb3: Apostle Entourage 30:15 Pb4: Supernatural 38:35 Pb5: Cult Following 43:45 Pb6: Shepherding Allegations 48:20 Pb7: The Last Supper 52:40 Pb8: Betrayal 1:00:10 Next Time & Goodbye! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRvssf-lb6k iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nicks-non-fiction/id1450771426 Thanks for Stopping By!

Did you know that Thomas Jefferson edited a copy of the Christian gospels? In this episode, Smithsonian curator and author Peter Manseau joins us to talk about the so-called "Jefferson Bible" or The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. We explore Jefferson's religious beliefs and how his "Bible" was appropriated by later generations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In his retirement, Thomas Jefferson edited the New Testament with a penknife and glue, removing all mention of miracles and other supernatural events. Inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment, Jefferson hoped to reconcile Christian tradition with reason by presenting Jesus of Nazareth as a great moral teacher―not a divine one. Peter Manseau tells the story of the Jefferson Bible, exploring how each new generation has reimagined the book in its own image as readers grapple with both the legacy of the man who made it and the place of religion in American life.Completed in 1820 and rediscovered by chance in the late nineteenth century after being lost for decades, Jefferson's cut-and-paste scripture has meant different things to different people. Some have held it up as evidence that America is a Christian nation founded on the lessons of the Gospels. Others see it as proof of the Founders' intent to root out the stubborn influence of faith. Manseau explains Jefferson's personal religion and philosophy, shedding light on the influences and ideas that inspired him to radically revise the Gospels. He situates the creation of the Jefferson Bible within the broader search for the historical Jesus, and examines the book's role in American religious disputes over the interpretation of scripture. Manseau describes the intrigue surrounding the loss and rediscovery of the Jefferson Bible, and traces its remarkable reception history from its first planned printing in 1904 for members of Congress to its persistent power to provoke and enlighten us today.-Peter Manseau is the author of the narrative history One Nation Under Gods, the documentary history Melancholy Accidents, the novel Songs for the Butcher's Daughter, the memoir Vows, and the travelogue Rag and Bone; he is also the co-author, with Jeff Sharlet, of Killing the Buddha. His writing appears regularly in publications including the New York Times and the Washington Post. He holds a doctorate from Georgetown University, and is the Curator of American Religious History at the Smithsonian Institution.

History records for us Thomas Jefferson using a razor blade to cut and paste certain sections of scripture into a formation widely referred to now as the Jefferson Bible. We're shocked by this but how often do we pick and choose the parts that feel good and easy to us, too? Heather Zempel says we often read scripture like a yearbook, only going to the sections where we see ourselves. We can't pick and choose the parts we listen to or are inspired by or that we believe and trust. We need the whole counsel of God's Word in order to know and follow God's Will. If you're not fully devoted, maybe it's because you're not fully immersed.

In our last +1, we talked about lint on the projector’s lens and the fact that, as per Byron Katie, “every perceived problem appearing ‘out there’ is really nothing more than a misperception within your own thinking.”    As I imagined us all busting out a nice little cloth to clean up our own lens rather than trying to change things “out there,” I thought of another great spiritual teacher.   He lived a couple thousand years ago. In the land of Galilea. His name was Jesus.   You know what he said?   Well, in our Note on The Jefferson Bible, we flip open to the Bible, Matthew 7:3 where we find this eternally epic wisdom gem: “And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerst not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite! First cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.”   Yep.    That’s precisely it.   And, that’s Today’s +1.   See any “mote” in thy brother’s (or sister’s or spouse’s or child’s or colleague’s or…) eye?   Settle down.    Look in the mirror.   Work on the beam in your own eye.    (btw: For curious souls, a “mote” is “a tiny piece of a substance.” Think: Sawdust. A beam? It’s much bigger. Focus on that big thing in your own eye.)

In our last +1, we talked about lint on the projector’s lens and the fact that, as per Byron Katie, “every perceived problem appearing ‘out there’ is really nothing more than a misperception within your own thinking.”    As I imagined us all busting out a nice little cloth to clean up our own lens rather than trying to change things “out there,” I thought of another great spiritual teacher.   He lived a couple thousand years ago. In the land of Galilea. His name was Jesus.   You know what he said?   Well, in our Note on The Jefferson Bible, we flip open to the Bible, Matthew 7:3 where we find this eternally epic wisdom gem: “And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerst not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite! First cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.”   Yep.    That’s precisely it.   And, that’s Today’s +1.   See any “mote” in thy brother’s (or sister’s or spouse’s or child’s or colleague’s or…) eye?   Settle down.    Look in the mirror.   Work on the beam in your own eye.    (btw: For curious souls, a “mote” is “a tiny piece of a substance.” Think: Sawdust. A beam? It’s much bigger. Focus on that big thing in your own eye.)

David Barton — best selling author, historian, and founder of WallBuilders, a national pro-family organization that focuses on America's forgotten moral, religious, and constitutional heritage — joins Ben to discuss the Founding Fathers, America's War for Independence, the Jefferson Bible, Benedict Arnold, the Federalist Papers, God, faith, morality, and much more. Date: 06-30-2019

Welcome To Weird Web Radio! This episode features Mitch Horowitz and a big surprise! You also get to hear the Bonus Audio section normally reserved for my Patreon Members! If you like the way we dig into different areas in the bonus section, please head over to patreon.com/weirdwebradio and become a member! Mitch's Bio: A widely known voice of esoteric ideas, Mitch Horowitz is a writer-in-residence at the New York Public Library, lecturer-in-residence at the University of Philosophical Research in Los Angeles, and the PEN Award-winning author of books including Occult America; One Simple Idea; Mind as Builder; and The Miracle Club: How Thoughts Become Reality. Mitch has written on everything from the war on witches to the secret life of Ronald Reagan for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Salon, Time.com, and Politico. The Washington Post says Mitch “treats esoteric ideas and movements with an even-handed intellectual studiousness that is too often lost in today’s raised-voice discussions.” He narrates popular audio books including Alcoholics Anonymous and The Jefferson Bible. Mitch has discussed alternative spirituality on CBS Sunday Morning, Dateline NBC, NPR’s All Things Considered, and throughout the national media. The Chinese government has censored his work. In this Episode: Mitch's Journey & Why New Thought Matters Chaos Magic Sigil Magic vs New Thought In Application Discussion Of Ethics, Magic, New Thought & Spirituality  Getting Clear On Our Desires Sammy Davis Jr's Book - Yes I can Spiritual Help & Ancient Deities  Satanism The Author vs Their Material Advice For The Seeker   Again, this episode also feature the Member's Only Bonus Audio!   You can find Mitch at his site https://mitchhorowitz.com/ and his books on Amazon!   Real quick! Do you want a Tarot Reading from an international award winning professional? Look no more! I'm here! Go to my site http://tarotheathen.com to reserve your reading today! You can also come join the Facebook discussion group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weirdwebradio/ New Instagram for Weird Web Radio! Follow for unique content and videos! https://www.instagram.com/weirdwebradio/ Is this show worth a dollar to you? How about five dollars? Help support this podcast! That gets you into the Weird Web Radio membership where the extra goodies appear! Join the membership at patreon.com/weirdwebradio or at weirdwebradio.com and click Join the Membership! With all of that said, let's get on to the show! SHOW NOTES: SUBSCRIBE ON iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify! Also streaming on mobile apps for podcasts! Intro voice over by Lothar Tuppan. Outro voice over by Lonnie Scott Intro & Outro Music by Nine Inch Nails on the album ‘7’, song title ‘Ghost’, under Creative Commons License.  

Occult America Episode 120 Mitch Horowitz was raised in a world of Bigfoot stories, UFO sightings, and Carlos Castaneda books. He grew determined to find the truth behind it all – and today Mitch is a PEN Award-winning historian and the author of Occult America and One Simple Idea: How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life. Mitch has written on everything from the war on witches to the secret life of Ronald Reagan for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Politico, and Salon. He has discussed esoteric spirituality and little-known history on CBS Sunday Morning, Dateline NBC, NPR’s All Things Considered, and other national shows. Mitch is vice-president and editor-in-chief at Tarcher/Penguin, the division of Penguin books dedicated to metaphysical literature. He is also the voice of popular audio books including The Jefferson Bible and Alcoholics Anonymous. Please welcome to the show - Mitch Horowitz Check out Mitch's websites here: mitchhorowitz.com originstheseries.com Some of Mitch's amazing books can be bought here: Occult America: White House Seances, Ouija Circles, Masons, and the Secret Mystic History of Our Nation One Simple Idea: How the Lessons of Positive Thinking Can Transform Your Life Mind as Builder: The Positive-Mind Metaphysics of Edgar Cayce The Miracle of a Definite Chief Aim The Miracle Club: How Thoughts Become Reality Music intro: "Oleana" by Tom Van Stockum Music outro: "Long for the Days" by Tom Van Stockum https://tomvanstockum.com A special thank you to APS Mastering for their support. Visit www.apsmastering.com for all of your Audio Mastering needs.

Jeff Harper joins us to talk about how study of history and politics led to his views on faith through the Jefferson Bible compiled by Thomas Jefferson in 1820. This version of the Bible included the teachings of Jesus while excluding much of the supernatural along with the Resurrection. For the Jefferson Bible and Jeff Harper, the divinity of Jesus is still an open question. This episode will touch on some controversial topics politically and theologically for many.

The Emoji Movie is a steaming pile of movie. - Emails- A closeted atheist who still goes to church talks about "fulfilled" prophesies. A Creationist who believes Genesis shouldn't be taken literally and Adam and Eve never existed, but still believes in Original Sin. An atheist who knows the Bible better than his religious family. JW-turned-atheist clears up misconceptions about JWs. A Christian mom who says women shouldn't have a career. -News Russia bans Jehovah's Witnesses, calling them an extremist organization. SCOTUS sided with religious institutions in church/state case, allowing taxes to fund church programs. Jefferson Bible - chopped out all the supernatural stuff.

Thank you for downloading Being Thomas Jefferson, the world's ONLY daily podcast dedicated to the Lazy Susan. On today's episode, we'll continue our analysis of the renaissance in LS style and design that occurred in the mid-1950s following technological innovations developed by engineer and soy-sauce magnate George Hall. Of particular interest in our discussion will be the ensuing impact on the San Fransisco-area Chinese restaurant industry.Then, we'll be airing part two of our exciting seven-part interview with Professor Mike Huggins from the University of Cumbria regarding the varied sociological implications of Lazy Susan integration with Scrabble and other board-based leisure activities both at home and abroad.Finally we'll wrap things up with yet another installment of our popular quiz segment "What Goes Around...?" where we each take turns trying to guess the specific model Lazy Susan the other is currently spinning based only on a series of yes or no questions.You won't want to miss this one; it's a real pivot point!      Today's stripDoes the dog die?http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ptuiThe Jefferson Bible

It is said that those who forget history are destined to repeat it. But, there are those who not only want to forget history, they want to rewrite it. Today on EFL Radio, we have Dr. David Barton who is better known as America’s Historian. David Barton is the Founder and President of WallBuilders, a […]

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Thomas Jefferson is famous for his role in shaping the United States of America -- and for creating his own, revised version of the Bible. Learn more about the Jefferson Bible in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Thomas Jefferson is famous for his role in shaping the United States of America -- and for creating his own, revised version of the Bible. Learn more about the Jefferson Bible in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

This is Episode 7 of the Deism Podcast produced in cooperation with The World Union of Deists. Visit www.deism.com for more information on the WUD or to learn more about deism.This episode features a dialog from WUD Director Bob Johnson. Listen to Deism News for information concerning an LA Time article about Deism. Also, make sure you listen to the Deism News section to hear an announcement concerning the WUD.I would like to thank everyone for their support of this podcast. Spread the word of Deism by recommending this podcast to all of your friends and family members. Please provide any feedback or comments that you have to help us improve the show.Deism News:Article about the Jefferson BibleEnjoy the show!