Typically the lists of collected canonical text used in Christian religions. Can also refer to any set of collected works which are purported to sum up or represent the central beliefs of any group.
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Is Jesus Christ's birthday March 28th?
Prior to about a week ago, I've never known Christ's birthday to be anything other than December 25th. However, my kids are starting to tell me about how they're hearing claims from peers that this is not the case. Couple this with the latest…
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Was Jesus crucified?
Assuming Jesus was a real person, it is a generally accepted fact that he died on a cross. On the other hand, Jehovah's Witnesses are of the belief that the crucifixion of Jesus is a mistranslation and the word stauros shall be translated as "pole",…
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Did "thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife" originally refer not to sex but to housework?
In "Debt: The First 5000 Years" by David Graeber, there is a claim on page 129:
Even in the Bible, the admonition in the Ten Commandments not to "covet thy neighbor's wife" clearly referred not to lust in one's heart (adultery had already been…
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Are neanderthal skull fossils just skulls of very elderly humans?
Some people claim that the fossils that have been generally classified as Neanderthal are actually human, and in particular, humans who have lived to a very old age - i.e. two or three hundred years old.
They further claim that the bones in the…
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Was there an eclipse when Jesus was crucified?
I've heard it claimed from various people that we have historical records for the darkness that was said to engulf the earth when Jesus was crucified. In the bible, it claims that there was, but I would like more scientific/verifiable accounts on…
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Was the character of Lilith written out of the Bible?
I came across Lilith in the graphic novel Lucifer, but it seems she is mentioned in Jewish mythology Babylonian Talmud among other texts.
The story goes
Lillith was in the original creational
myth, where she was created along side
with Adam.…
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How old is Judaism?
I've recently read this BBC article which makes the claim that Judaism originated some time around 2000 B.C, if not earlier. I've seen a number of sources which make similar claims (1, 2). Perhaps I'm mistaken, but don't all surviving Jewish texts…
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Were technologically advanced artifacts found at the Durupinar "ark" site?
My social media stream lately has been awash with claims about items supposedly discovered at a site discovered by Turkish army captain Llhan Durupınar in 1959 that is believed by some to be the final resting site of Noah's Ark.
As a resident in…
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Does the new Testament claim that Mary, mother of Jesus, was a virgin?
I have read from quite a few sources stating that there was a mistranslation in the Bible, calling Mary a "virgin" instead of a "young, marry-able woman". It would be interesting to know about such a big mistake in popular literature (that is, if it…
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Did William Shakespeare help make the KJV bible?
Many believe because of the placement of specific words in Psalm 46 that William Shakespeare helped in the translation of the King James bible to English.
In 1610, the year of the final editing stages, Shakespeare would have been 46 years old (born…
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Have there been documented cases of "blood pumping from the trunks of trees"?
Several British news reports (including the BBC "Bleeding trees") describe trees issuing red blood-like liquid when cut.
Once the stuff of myth and legend, modern day eye-witnesses now catch on camera blood pumping from the trunks of trees.
This…
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Do magicians in Egypt turn sticks into snakes?
Rabbi Lawrence Keleman in his book Permission to Receive states that Egyptian magicians today (or when the study it was based on was published in 1960) do a similar stick-snake trick as in the Book of Exodus. Is this true?
A quote from the book…
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Is the Bible (Christian and Hebrew) the first one to suggest that the Earth is a sphere?
This website claims that the bible is the first to suggest that earth is a sphere way before the Greeks.
A literal translation of Job 26:10 is “He described a circle upon the
face of the waters, until the day and night come to an end.” A
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Are the Claims of Edward Carpenter (and others) historically accurate regarding the Zodiac and biblical interpretation?
In Edward Carpenter's, "Pagan & Christian Creeds : Their Origin and Meaning" one of the claims is made that the golden calf story in Exodus is allegorical due to the astrological turning of the age of taurus. There are also claims that the death, 3…
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Is Y-chromosomal Adam younger than Mitochondrial Eve?
A Christian claimed to me that: the Y-chromosomal Adam is way younger than the Mitochondrial Eve.
Is this true?
He argued that this was consistent with the biblical account: that Noah is Y-Chromosomal Adam and Eve is Mitochondrial Eve.
Is this…
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