The History Of Religions and their Gods!

This episode seeks to understand the origins of the Jewish God, Yahweh. How does a low-level national deity become king, reigning over all other gods and deities. What events helped promote him to a supreme universal deity and why was this God so obsessed (jealous) with (of) Canaan? These are the questions that we try to answer while using new discoveries and the Bible itself. Artwork provided by...

Title is self evident for the content of this episode, but the topic was inspired by every single discussion that I have ever had with a Muslim and how they defend their holy book through scientific claims that we weren't aware of yet. It's a good show, give it a listen. Artwork provided by Mary_lifreu on IG go check her out!

In this episode, I review all the arguments for the dating of the Hebrew Bible and its sources. I hold the position that it is of extremely late dating, sometime after the Alexandrian period between 312 and 150 BCE and some literature as late as 50 BCE, whereas other scholarships like to settle on the Persian period, 539 to 350 BCE. I lay out all the arguments so that you can decide on your own. A...

This episode explores the roots of the second largest religion in the world with followers worldwide, the Abrahamic religion called Islam. We find that the religion's founder, Mohammed may have incorporated Pagan stories, festivals and traditions into Islam perhaps on purpose or accidentally. Either way, we review all the sources. We also take a close look at the Kaba, the holiest temple of God to...

In this episode, we continue to talk about the arguments that turned into outright wars between one sect of Christianity and others. We also consider the Arias Conflict and the bloody war that ensued between two Catholic leaders and how that affected the religion. We often forget that before Christians were killing Pagan and Jews, they were killing each other over doctrine

This episode is the continuation from episode 4, "Deconstructing the Messiahs". We end that episode questioning the historicity of the Biblical Jesus found in the New Testament, but now we take another look at other similar salvation cults that were alive and striving before Paul's time, that are also only features of the Mediterranean world, and no where else! It's very plausible that Jesus was d...

This is the conclusion of Deconstructing the Messiahs. A deep look at the earliest movements of Christianity to becoming the largest religion in the world and the fallout. Once again, a huge thanks to Cameron Reilly and his "Marketing the Messiah". Please visit his Twitter page and find his books as well as his podcasts and give him some support.

This is an episode that I have been dying to talk about and record for months now. It takes a very close look at what early Christians were doing in the first century and how they were reacting to other messianic groups with leaders and followers from the time of Paul to our first gosples. Please join me in this 2 part special and a huge shout out to the author, director, actor and Podcaster, Came...

In this episode we take a look at all those verses that were mistranslated by Christian scribes from Hebrew to Greek and how those errors changed biblical stories as well as the entire Christian narrative. Additionally, we will discuss the reasons why Jews reject the Christian Jesus as the prophesied Jewish Messiah. The artwork for this episode is by Mary Marcus, an artist who you can see her othe...

In this episode we study the development of the earliest form of the New Testament along with those involved, when and why. This is a continuation and conclusion of Bart Ehrman's Lost Christianities. This book is a "must read" for deeper understanding. The artwork for this episode is by Mary Marcus, an artist who you can see her other works on IG @mary_lifreu

In this episode, we take a look at how early church fathers: Ignatius, Origen, Eusebius, and Turtullian imagined and defined Jesus to the point of inventing the "Trinity." This is the road to Nicea to determine if Christians were polytheistic or monotheistic (Ref. Source: Ehrman's Lost Christianities and Essay "History of Religions. Artwork provided by bo_bradshaw on Instagram of Cardinal Copia of...

In this episode we examine the beginnings of internal struggles and conflicts that Proto Orthodoxy experienced in its growth to power. (Ref. Sourse: Ehrman's Lost Christianities) Image is from the artist Jader Vission

This is the last episode in this mini series borrowed heavily from Bart Ehrman's Lost Christianities where we reviewed many popular Christian sects that didn't quite have the same ideas as the Proto Orthodox victors. We also take a pretty good look at why one became so powerful while the others were suppressed, including one of the most popular Pagan religions that grew contemporarily with Christi...

In this episode we focus on two primary sects of Christianity that were at opposition to eachother as well as a major obstacle for the Christian Church in Rome. This was a race to create the first New Testament (Source Rec: Bart Ehrman's Lost Christianities) Artwork provided by @jagarts40 on Instagram

In this 1 hour episode we continue reviewing those once lost but now found Christian Gospels that tell a very different story about the religion during its infancy. Did Jesus have nipples? Was he circumcised, Was he ever Jewish? Well, I guess it all depends on who you ask. Enjoy! Reach me at: skeptical_ghost_heathen@yahoo.com

In this episode we discuss more lost treasures only to be found recently and they help us understand the Christian movement from forgery to supremacy (Ref. Source: Lost Christianities by Bart Ehrman)

In this episode we are going take a look at what other literature early Christian communities were reading and was sacred that were not part of the cannon and deemed as heretical by the early church fathers of the second and third centuries. Why were these Gospels, Acts and Apocalypses lost, burned or hidden from their proto orthodox Christian enemies and what measures did this victorious group of...

I thought that it would be fun as well as interesting to take a deep study in what Christians like to refer to as Hell and how does their version compare to other religions that also employed the hell concept for crowd control. Then for a bonus track we will look at early Christian beliefs in resurrection and reincarnation and how it both hindered but helped the Christian cause.

In this episode we continue to look at those extrabiblical sources for a historical Christ figure. Now we will delve into the works of Suetonius, Pliny and Tacitus to see what they say about Jesus, Christian persecution and a crucifixion and in contrast to the brewing messianic movement.

In this episode we take a deep study into those two small paragraphs found in Josephus's Antiquities. The statements that Christians believe are in fact evidence for a historical Jesus as a messiah.

This episode is a review of the 27th and final book of the New Testament "Revelation" in order to best understand the author's intentions behind the mark of the beast and how it applies to history. This book should not be used to avoid getting the vaccine.

In this episode we compare all four crucifixion narratives as told be each author in the New Testament with highlights on the odd, strange and peculiar. Then we will also review the virgin birth narrative and the ancient source texts that was used.

Hi all and welcome to my first re-recorded episode. This one replaced the original "Interesting facts about Satan and Lilith". I wanted to give the episode some freshness and separate the two myths altogether. I'll do a better on on Satan another time. But for this show, I do a deep dive on the origins and traditions of the famous Lilith demon and how she changed over 4,000 years. Enjoy The Skepti...

Yes, yes, yes, I deleted 2 seasons! I'm sorry. For you new folks, please begin your Heathanus journey from here.