Who Wrote the Bible?    For thousands of years, the prophet Moses was regarded as the sole author of the first five books of the Bible, known as the Pentateuch. According to tradition, Moses was divinely directed to write down foundational events in the history of the world: the creation of humans, the worldwide flood, the laws as they were handed down at Mt. Sinai, and the cycle of Israel’s enslavement and liberation from Egypt.    However, these stories—and their frequent discrepancies—provoke questions: why does the first chapter in Genesis say that man and woman were made in God’s image, while the second says that woman was made from man’s rib? Why does one account of the flood say it lasted forty days, while another records no less than one hundred? And why do some stories reflect the history of southern Judah, while others seem sourced from northern Israel?    Originally published in 1987, Richard Friedman’s Who Wrote the Bible? joins a ho...

The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts    In this groundbreaking work that sets apart fact and legend, authors Finkelstein and Silberman use significant archaeological discoveries to provide historical information about biblical Israel and its neighbors.    In this iconoclastic and provocative work, leading scholars Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman draw on recent archaeological research to present a dramatically revised portrait of ancient Israel and its neighbors. They argue that crucial evidence (or a telling lack of evidence) at digs in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon suggests that many of the most famous stories in the Bible—the wanderings of the patriarchs, the Exodus from Egypt, Joshua’s conquest of Canaan, and David and Solomon’s vast empire—reflect the world of the later authors rather than actual historical facts.    Challenging the fundamentalist readings of the script...

   The church is the biggest scam of all time,  and it's still working!!! Especially in the black community. It's like black people can't wait to give their money to the church on Sunday, despite my best efforts to expose the con that religion is. Any pastor that has studied the christian religion must therefore know that it is not based on fact, which makes them ALL fraudsters! Don't take my word for it, look at the way these pastors behave!    One Chicago pastor is being accused of stealing close to $1,000,000 from his church’s food program designated for needy children. He used the money for his lavish gifts instead, one of which being a brand new Bentley.  The Chicago Tribune has reported that one of those gifts was a $142,000 Bentley luxury sedan.    According to federal prosecutors on the case, Rev. Clarence Smith Jr., of New Life Impact Church for many years, was indicted on fraud charges for taking more than $900,000 from the federally...

   For about two decades, John W. Loftus was a devout evangelical Christian, an ordained minister of the Church of Christ, and an ardent apologist for Christianity. With three degrees - in philosophy, theology, and philosophy of religion - he was adept at using rational argumentation to defend the faith.   But over the years, doubts about the credibility of key Christian tenets began to creep into his thinking. By the late 1990s, he experienced a full-blown crisis of faith.     In this honest appraisal of his journey from believer to atheist, the author carefully explains the experiences and the reasoning process that led him to reject religious belief. The original edition of this book was published in 2006 and reissued in 2008.    Since that time, Loftus has received a good deal of critical feedback from Christians and skeptics alike. In this revised and expanded edition, the author addresses criticisms of the original, adds new argumentation and ...

PowerNomics : The National Plan to Empower Black America     PowerNomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America is a  plan to make Black America a prosperous and empowered race that is self-sufficient and competitive as a group.    In this book , Dr. Anderson obliterates the myths and illusions of black progress and brings together data and information from many different sources to construct a framework for solutions to the dilemma of Black America. In PowerNomics: The National Plan , Dr. Anderson proposes new principles, strategies and concepts that show blacks a new way to see, think, and behave in race matters.    The new mind set prepares blacks to take strategic steps to create a new reality for their race. It offers guidance to others who support blacks self-sufficiency. In this book , Dr. Anderson offers insightful analysis and action steps blacks can take to redesign core areas of life - Education, Economics, Politics and Religion - ...

   The Black Atheist in America    African Americans, Blacks, have long been associated with religious faith.Since the dawn of our time in America from 1619 to the present day. Do we see this.    The Black Church has long been, and is still, seen as a bastion of hope in the Black Community.And for good reason: many of our Civil Rights champions came from the church.This fact, while brilliant and admirable,does not dismiss the evils associated with the church.    Some of these evils include Jonestown, Waco, and 911. The appalling actions done "in the name of god" are highly capable of ruining lives on an epidemic scale.    Not only can lives be lost but,lifestyles can be ruined as well. Entire fortunes have been squandered as well as childhood innocence all in the name of god.    What is being done about this? Much of the ill-begotten deeds of religions squalid past are conveniently swept under the rug.From the pope to the...

The woman didn't care about victims because "God would have taken care of them."    Adults who believe in god are just like children with imaginary friends. Except when you're an adult, you can make decisions that affect others, which is why belief in imaginary friends is dangerous for an adult.    31-year-old Nadejda Reilly in her delusional, religious mind state assumed God would protect her as she drove into oncoming traffic. She also didn’t give a damn about hurting or killing anyone else.    So what happened??? She crashed, duh! Two innocent people were injured. Even after the incident, Reilly didn’t understand the ramifications of her delusions... “Reilly related God took care of her by not having her injured, ” wrote Trooper Bruce Balliet in an arrest affidavit. “ Reilly expressed no concerns or remorse for the victims. Reilly also stated she did not care if the other people were injured because God would have taken care of them. ”   ...

Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition): A Story of Justice and Redemption   This Number One New York Times best seller inspired the movie with the same title starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx!  A must read for black people.    A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice - from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time, as seen in the HBO documentary True Justice .   Soon to be a major motion picture in a cinema near you starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx.    Named one of the Best Books of the Yea r by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, Esquire, and Time    Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthe...

  Today's book of the day comes from one of my favorite novelists, Dan Brown. This book , like all of Dan Brown's books, is based on a true story.   There's even an disclosure in the beginning which states that every piece of technology mentioned in the book is 100% real and being used the government today!   Reading this book felt like watching a movie and  finished the entire novel in just a few hours because I just did not want to stop reading it!   This thriller is an audio book but is also exciting to read. Here's the plot teaser...    When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory, a victory with profound implications for NASA policy and the impending presidential election.    To verify the authenticity of the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton.    Accompanied by a team...

Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence and Impact    Often the decision between a customer choosing you over someone like you is your ability to know exactly what to say, when to say it, and how to make it count.    Phil M. Jones has trained more than two million people across five continents and over 50 countries in the lost art of spoken communication.    In Exactly What to Say , he delivers the tactics you need to get more of what you want.    Best-selling author and multiple award-winner Phil M. Jones is highly regarded as one of the world's leading sales trainers.    He has trained more than two million people across five continents and 56 countries and coached some of the biggest global brands in the lost art of spoken communication.    In 2013, he won the British Excellence in Sales and Marketing Award for Sales Trainer of the Year, the youngest-ever recipient of that honor.    He has also ...

Super Silver Haze Greenhouse Seed Co. Hybrid Origins: Skunk x NL x Haze Flowering: 56-63 days Harvest: late October Originally bred by an obscure figure in the Holland marijuana scene, Super Silver haze has risen to become the Tiger Woods of the pot world. First place winner of three consecutive High Times Cannabis Cups for the hydro category (1997, 1998, 1999), Super Silver Haze also claimed first prize in the High Times Grand Cup in 1998. Super Silver Haze combines the stellar genetics of three plants – the Skunk, Northern Lights, and Haze varieties – to deliver and all-around good indoor grower. This variety can also be grown outside in the equatorial zone, approximately between 35 degrees latitude North and South. While she is best grown hydroponically, Super Silver Haze has not let her stardom go to her head. She will produce highly resinous and strongly pungent flowers in most indoor growing setups. The colas get pointed on top when mature, and are more open than compac...

Why There Is No God: Simple Responses to 20 Common Arguments for the Existence of God "Science can't explain the complexity and order of life; God must have designed it to be this way." "God's existence is proven by scripture." "There's no evidence that God doesn't exist." "God has helped me so much. How could none of it be true?" "Atheism has killed more people than religion, so it must be wrong!"   How many times have you heard arguments like these for why God exists? Why There Is No God provides simple, easy-to-understand counterpoints to the most popular arguments made for the existence of God. Each chapter presents a concise explanation of the argument, followed by a response illustrating the problems and fallacies inherent in it. Whether you're an atheist, a believer, or undecided, this book offers a solid foundation for building your own inquiry about the concept of God. Listen to FREE Audio Boo...

The Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some Black Women Are Walking out on Religion and Others Should Too    Black women are the single most religious demographic in the United States, yet they are among the poorest, least educated, and least healthy groups in the nation.    Drawing on the author's own past experience as an evangelical minister and her present work as a secular counselor and researcher, The Ebony Exodus Project makes a direct connection between the church and the plight of black women.   Through interviews with African American women who have left the church, the author reveals the shame and suffering often caused by the church - and the resulting happiness, freedom, and sense of purpose these women have felt upon walking away from it.    This audiobook calls on other black women to honestly reflect on their relationship with religion and challenges them to consider that perhaps the answers to their problems rest not inside a church, but ...

   Great journeys often start with a single question. For D. K. Evans, a professional in the Christian-dominated South, that question was, " Why Do I Believe in God??? "    That simple query led him on a years-long search to better understand the nature of religion and faith, particularly as it applies to the Black community.    While many taking such a journey today might immerse themselves in the writing of Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens, Evans took inspiration not only from John Henrik Clarke, Yosef-Ben Jochannan, Hubert Harrison, and John G. Jackson, champions of a rich Black tradition of challenging religious orthodoxy, but also from many others in his own community who had similarly come to question their core religious beliefs.    While this journey eventually led him to discount the notion of God, he calls on all to ask their own questions, particularly those within the Black community who act on b...

Scientists Have Created New Type of Living Organisms...  These “biological machines” could one day live inside the human body.    Scientists have created a new life form using stem cells scraped from frog embryos. Researchers from the University of Vermont (UVM) and Tufts University built these, now termed "xenobots," named after the African frog species Xenopus laevis. The xenobots are one millimeter-wide and act like living, self-healing cells, but they are technically robots.    They can walk, swim and work together! Refined, they could be used inside the human body to reprogram tumors, deliver medicine or remove plaque from arteries.    "These are novel living machines," says Joshua Bongard, computer scientist who co-led the research. "They're neither a traditional robot nor a known species of animal. It's a new class of artifact: a living, programmable organism."    Using a supercomputer, researchers from UVM ran an evolution...