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Lately I’ve been doing a lot of Biblical research for the Women of Genesis project and now I keep getting Google ads for holidays to the Holy Land. The URLs are pretty hilarious. There’s goisrael.com, pilgrimtours.com, followtherabbi.com, sonoflifeclassic.com, and walkwherejesuswalked.com. I guess it’s a pretty big niche market in a religious country like the USA. […]
March 18, 2013
This is part of a gospel, which is not included in the final edit of the bible, attributed to Mary of Magdalene. 1. When Mary had said this, she fell silent, since it was to this point that the Saviour had spoken with her. 2. But Andrew answered and said to the brethren, ‘Say what you wish […]
February 25, 2013
The Book of Genesis is the first book of all Christian Bibles and of the Torah. It is the story of how some of the ancient Semitic peoples became Jewish. Throughout the book, the god of the Hebrews reveals himself to Noah and Abraham and some of their relatives through various draconian catastrophes. It also chronicles the […]
January 2, 2013
Lilith was Adam’s first wife. This is part of her story. Adam and Lilith never found peace together; for when he wished to lie with her, she took offence at the recumbent posture he demanded. ‘Why must I lie beneath you?’ she asked. ‘I also was made from dust, and am therefore your equal.’ When […]
January 4, 2012
The Bible. It’s pretty gross. Like, seriously. Taking it from the top, Adam and Eve got tricked over some silly technicality and got thrown out of paradise. Then Adam blamed Eve for the whole thing leading men to blame women for everything men have done wrong ever since. So then Adam and Eve popped out […]
January 3, 2011
I’m afraid I have to break some news to you. According to Christian doctrine, Jesus Christ was the Son of God but not the result of an immaculate conception. According to the doctrine, he was, however, conceived without anyone having sex. That’s right: the immaculateness or otherwise of a conception has nothing to do with […]
April 4, 2013
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