The assumption that Jesus existed as a historical person has occasionally been questioned in the course of the last hundred years or so, but any doubts that have been raised have usually been put to rest in favor of imagining a blend of the historical, the mythical, and the theological in the surviving records of Jesus. Historian and philosopher Richard Carrier reexamines the whole question and finds compelling reasons to suspect the more daring assumption is correct. He lays out extensive research on the evidence for Jesus and the origins of Christianity and poses the key questions that must now be answered if the historicity of Jesus is to survive as a dominant paradigm. Carrier contrasts the most credible reconstruction of a historical Jesus with the most credible theory of Christian origins if a historical Jesus did not exist. Such a theory posits that the Jesus figure was originally conceived of as a celestial being known only through private revelations and hidden messages ...

What is it like to be a preacher who no longer believes in God? In this expanded and updated edition of their groundbreaking study, Daniel C. Dennett and Linda LaScola comprehensively and sensitively expose an inconvenient truth that religious institutions face in the new transparency of the information age - the phenomenon of clergy who no longer believe what they publicly preach. In confidential interviews, clergy from across the ministerial spectrum - from liberal to literal - reveal how their lives of religious service and study have led them to a truth inimical to their professed beliefs and profession. Although their personal stories are as varied as the denominations they once represented, or continue to represent - whether Catholic, Baptist, Episcopalian, Methodist, Mormon, Pentecostal, or any of numerous others - they give voice not only to their own struggles but also to those who similarly suffer in tender and lonely silence. As this study poignantly and vividly reveals, t...

The social dynamics of "alternative facts": why what you believe depends on who you know Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite consequences for the people who hold them? Philosophers of science Cailin O'Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors, rather than individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the spread and persistence of false belief. It might seem that there's an obvious reason that true beliefs matter: false beliefs will hurt you. But if that's right, then why is it (apparently) irrelevant to many people whether they believe true things or not? In an age riven by "fake news," "alternative facts," and disputes over the validity of everything from climate change to the size of inauguration crowds, the authors argue that social factors, not individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the persistence of false...

In this classic work, Professor George G. M. James methodically shows how the Greeks first borrowed and then stole the knowledge from the Priests of the African (Egyptian) Mystery System. He shows how the most popular philosophers including Thales, Anaximander, Plato, and Socrates were all treated as men bringing a foreign teaching to Greece. A teaching so foreign that they were persecuted for what they taught. He further shows a comparison of the teachings of the Mysteries to what they taught and with the former predating them the Professor's point is made clear, "In truth there is no such thing as a Greek Philosophy." Listen to FREE Audio Book Read on Kindle Order Paperback/Hardcover Facebook @ KweliKush IG @ KweliKush Twitter @ RoyalKweli Pinterest @ KweliKush Try Audible and Get Two Free Audiobooks

Tommy J. Curry's provocative audiobook The Man-Not is a justification for black male studies. He posits that we should conceptualize the black male as a victim oppressed by his sex. The Man-Not, therefore, is a corrective of sorts, offering a concept of black males that could challenge the existing accounts of black men and boys desiring the power of white men who oppress them that has been proliferated throughout academic research across disciplines. Curry argues that black men struggle with death and suicide, as well as abuse and rape, and their genred existence deserves study and theorization. This audiobook offers intellectual, historical, sociological, and psychological evidence that the analysis of patriarchy offered by mainstream feminism (including black feminism) does not yet fully understand the role that homoeroticism, sexual violence, and vulnerability play in the deaths and lives of black males. Curry challenges how we think of and perceive the conditions that actua...

   Uncovering a cold-blooded execution at the hands of a conspiring police force, this engaging account relentlessly pursues the murderers of Black Panther Fred Hampton. Documenting the entire 14-year process of bringing the killers to justice, this chronicle also depicts the 18-month court trial in detail.    Revealing Hampton himself in a new light, this examination presents him as a dynamic community leader whose dedication to his people and to the truth inspired the young lawyers of the People's Law Office, solidifying their lifelong commitment to fighting corruption.    Contending with FBI stonewalling and unlimited government resources bent on hiding a darker plot, this reconstruction relates an inspiring narrative of upholding morality in one man's memory. Listen to FREE Audio Book Read on Kindle Order Paperback/Hardcover Facebook @ KweliKush IG @ KweliKush Twitter @ RoyalKweli Pinterest @ KweliKush Try Audible and Get Two...

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Joshua Brown was a key witness in in the trial of a former Dallas police officer convicted of shooting and killing their neighbor in his own home. Brown was shot and killed at his new home five miles from his former apartment complex. Facebook @ KweliKush IG @ KweliKush Twitter @ RoyalKweli Pinterest @ KweliKush Try Audible and Get Two Free Audiobooks

  People often ask me, "What's the harm in believing! Why don't you atheists just let me believe what I believe?'   And the answer is, because beliefs that don't corroborate with reality can cause you to do things and/or make decisions that will result in undesired outcomes.   For example, a Christian woman told her four kids to take off their seat belts and wave their hands in the air before she drove her minivan into a median and intentionally crashed into a tree.   Calicia Williams has now been charged with four counts of attempted murder. The condition of the four kids is currently not being released by authorities.   This is what Williams told her kids just before the crash:    “Detectives spoke with witnesses who advised Williams was traveling at a high rate of speed and told the passengers to take off their seatbelts, stretch out their hands, and stated, ‘The devil can’t hurt you, he only hurts bad people. You have the light of Jesus in...

Amber Guyger Found GUILTY of Murdering Unarmed Black Man is his Home... What do you think about the verdict???    I agree with the verdict however, I was immensely disappointed when the family thanked Jesus and gave all the credit to God for the verdict being what it was.    If god can make this woman receive a guilty verdict, why couldn't god prevent her from killing Botham Jean in the first place??? Facebook @ KweliKush IG @ KweliKush Twitter @ RoyalKweli Pinterest @ KweliKush Try Audible and Get Two Free Audiobooks

   This audio book is an amazing piece to listen to. From one of today's best authors and probably among the brightest men alive, Science in the Soul is a great book to listen to in order to learn while being entertained every step of the way!     The legendary biologist, provocateur, and best-selling author mounts a timely and passionate defense of science and clear thinking with this career-spanning collection of essays, including 20 pieces published in the United States for the first time.    For decades Richard Dawkins has been the world's most brilliant scientific communicator, consistently illuminating the wonders of nature and attacking faulty logic. Science in the Soul brings together 42 essays, polemics, and paeans - culled from personal papers, newspapers, lectures, and online salons - all written with Dawkins' characteristic erudition, remorseless wit, and unjaded awe of the natural world.    Though it spans three decades, ...

 According to Boone’s Camp Event Hall in Booneville, Mississippi, Christians aren't allowed to have mixed race marriages.  A woman who works for the venue told LaKambria Welch, on hidden video, that the owners don’t host same-sex weddings… or mixed-race ones... Because they are Christians. In the video, the woman says: “First of all, we don’t do gay weddings or mixed race, because of our Christian race—I mean, our Christian belief,” the woman tells Welch in the video. “Okay, we’re Christians as well,” Welch replies. After a correspondence on facebook, Welch became suspicious of the church's reasoning. “The owner took a look at my brother’s fiancée’s page and wrote her back to say they won’t be able to get married there because of her beliefs,” Welch said. “He told my mom and she contacted the owner through messenger to only get a ‘seen’ with no reply. That’s when I took it upon myself to go get clarification on her beliefs.”   While refusing to do business...

   In A.D. 381, Theodosius, emperor of the eastern Roman empire, issued a decree in which all his subjects were required to subscribe to a belief in the Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This edict defined Christian orthodoxy and brought to an end a lively and wide-ranging debate about the nature of God; all other interpretations were now declared heretical. It was the first time in a thousand years of Greco-Roman civilization free thought was unambiguously suppressed. Listen to FREE Audio Book Read on Kindle Order Hardcover Facebook @ KweliKush IG @ KweliKush Twitter @ RoyalKweli Pinterest @ KweliKush Try Audible and Get Two Free Audiobooks

JAY-Z Steps Up to NFL. "We've Passed the Kneeling  Stage!" Last year, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter boasted about turning down an opportunity to perform on the Super Bowl halftime show. “I said no to the Super Bowl. You need me, I don’t need you. Every night we in the end zone, tell the NFL we in stadiums, too..." He wasn't lying!!! Now, after suffering from low ratings and failing to get Cardi B and Rihanna to take the stage at Super Bowl LIII, the National Football League is turning to Jay for help. Recently, the NFL announced a long-term partnership with Roc Nation, Jay's sports and entertainment agency, as the league’s official Live Music Entertainment Strategists. The partnership, which goes into effect at the start of the 2019-20 season, will serve to strengthen community through music and the NFL’s Inspire Change initiative. "This is bigger than music and sports; it’s about unifying America,” said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell at an intimate pr...

And then Noah loaded the dinosaurs onto the ark...    Assertions like these seem comical until you realize that many Christian parents aren't kidding when they teach them to their children as facts.    Every day, impressionable young minds are conditioned to blindly accept wild biblical tales of floating zoos, talking shrubbery, 900-year-old humans, the undead, curses, levitation, demon/human hybrids and men who obtain super-human strength from the length of their hair.    Allegiance to these teachings is expected, often demanded. Curiosity is muted. Doubt is frowned upon as a sin.    And for those who dare to raise a dissenting hand, the threat of Hell looms ominously. A former religious radio host raised in the cradle of Christianity, Seth Andrews battled his own doubts for many years.    His attempts to reconcile faith and the facts led him to a conclusion previously unthinkable, and this once-true believer ultimately became the...

   Ohio Pastor Cesar Guerrero, considered a prophet by his sheepish followers, has admitted to sexually assaulting an underage girl while praying and reciting Bible verses, saying to the child that she needed to be “cleansed.”    Pastor Guerrero, of 'Mision Cristiana El Calvario Church' in Sharonville, was arrested Wednesday after he was accused of assaulting a 17-year-old girl who came to him to talk about her previous abuse. He ended up admitting that he used his position as a religious leader to further traumatize the girl.    An affidavit stated Guerrero is believed to be a “Prophet of God” and as the pastor of his church, used that information to influence a juvenile into believing she needed to be cleansed from being molested as a child. Guerrero then arranged to meet the juvenile alone in his office.    Guerrero used Bible scripture and prayers to “cleanse” the juvenile while he assaulted her, court documents stated.   ...

   Father Oscar Diaz a Catholic priest, allegedly stole 100,000 in cash from catholic church Resurrection Parish in Santa Rosa, California. The theft was only discovered because Diaz was in a car accident, and emergency workers found the money in is car!   He has not been charged for the crime and most likely wont be.   Diaz was in a car crash last week. When emergency workers were going through the wreckage, they found more than $18,000 in cash!   The money was later discovered to be stolen from the church.   Then things got worse: When law enforcement officials looked into it further, they found another $77,000 in his possession… all apparently taken from the various churches in which he had worked.    Bishop Robert F. Vasa is in charge of deciding whether charges should be filed against Diaz...    “This money was associated with Resurrection Parish in Santa Rosa where Father Oscar was pastor,” said Bishop Robert F. Vasa in ...

A Georgia mother drops her 3-month-old baby during a fight, and she’s also facing murder charges for his death.    Karen Harrison’s son died at the hospital after Harrison brought him in, telling authorities he had fallen at home.    However, surveillance footage shows the 26-year-old woman arguing with another woman, Terra Brown in the parking lot of the Thomas Beauty Supply store in Moultrie, 65 miles northeast of Tallahassee, FL.    In the video, with her son in her arms, Harrison is seen arguing with Brown. Shortly after, the two women get physical resulting in the baby falling to the ground and hitting his head.    Another woman at the scene is seen running in and picking the child up as Brown continues to hit Harrison.    It’s unclear what the women were fighting about, and the town’s coroner has yet to determine the baby’s actual cause of death.    Harrison was charged with felony murder, first- and second-degre...

   For all the thousands of books that have been written about religion, few until this one have attempted to examine it scientifically: to ask why - and how - it has shaped so many lives so strongly. Is religion a product of blind evolutionary instinct or rational choice? Is it truly the best way to live a moral life?    Ranging through biology, history, and psychology, Daniel C. Dennett charts religion's evolution from "wild" folk belief to "domesticated" dogma. Not an anti-religious creed but an unblinking look beneath the veil of orthodoxy, Breaking the Spell will be read and debated by believers and skeptics alike. Listen to the FREE Audio Book Read on Kindle Order Paperback Facebook @ KweliKush IG @ KweliKush Twitter @ RoyalKweli Pinterest @ KweliKush Try Audible and Get Two Free Audiobooks

Ex-Convict Ron Freeman Launches First Black-Owned Instant  Noodles Brand    While in prison, Ron Freeman learned that most prisoners love to eat ramen noodles and even use it as a currency. So upon his release, Ron decided to launch a company called Mama Pat’s Foods and is now known as the first Black-owned instant noodle brand. Want to order your first case of Mama Pat's Noodles??? Order info below!!!    Ron's primary focus was creating a ramen brand that is a lot healthier than what his competitors sell. Ramen is typically high in sodium, and eating too much of it has been linked to high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, and hypertension.    So, Ron decided to create an instant ramen product that would be a low-sodium and salt-free alternative, and it has been a huge success!!! To ensure that the packets taste is superb, he uses a secret recipe combination of spices. The available flavors (Lamb Stew, Chicken Fajita, Seafood Gumb...