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The original sin of Adam which mankind is supposed to have inherited was a fabrication of Paul. It is explicitly refuted in the Bible in many places.
Ezekiel 18:1-9,19-20; Deuteronomy 24:16; Jeremiah 31:29-30

The Origin of Christianity in the Essenes

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This website is the most complete and coherent account of the emergence, origin and history of Judaism in the fifth century (9 MB) and then Christianity from its precursor, the Jewish apocalyptic sect called the Essenes, and its subsequent odious history (18 MB). Here you will find the best historical truth. If you want “THE TRUTH”, you had better go to church or watch God TV.
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Contents

Lock up your kids Prologue — Jews, Persians, Greeks
Part 1 — History of Early Christianity
Part 2 — Judaism and the Jewish Sects
Part 3 — Jewish Nationalism
Part 4 — The End of the World
Part 5 — Sun Gods
Part 6 — Miracles and Other Puzzles
Part 7 — The Struggle for a Kingdom
Part 8 — Trial and Crucifixion
Part 9 — Resurrection and the Apostles
Part 10 — The Gentile Church
Part 11 — Pagan Origins of Christianity
Part 12 — Christian Myths
Part 13 — Dark Ages
Part 14 — Heresy, Inquisition and Witchcraft
Part 15 — The Modern Era
Epilogue  — God’s Truth: Pious Lies
Appendix
Secret Testament
Bibliography

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    Jesus and the Gospels

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  1. Personal Introduction by Dr Mike Magee
  2. A Religion of Puzzlement
  3. The Bible
  4. The Bible—Absurdities and Contradictions
  5. Is the Bible True?
  6. The New Testament
  7. Revisionists
  8. The Quest for the Historic Jesus I
  9. The Quest for the Historic Jesus II
  10. Was Christ a Fiction?
  11. Historical Criticism and Sacred History
  12. The Gospels I
  13. The Gospels II
  14. The Gospels III
  15. The Gospels IV
  16. Manipulating the Good News
  17. Hellenistic Background to Christianity
  18. Summary and Background

    19. Judaism and the Jewish Sects

  19. Reflexions on Bultmann on Judaism
  20. Judaism to Christianity
  21. Hellenization of Judaism
  22. Classic Authors on the Jewish Sects
  23. Classical Authors on the Essenes
  24. Hippolytus on the Essenes
  25. Essene Life and Beliefs
  26. The Cult of Joshua
  27. Messianic Hymns
  28. Menehem and the Son of God
  29. Christian and Essene Common Features
  30. Similarities and differences between Jesus and the Essenes
  31. Essenes and the Qabalah

    32. Jewish Nationalism

  32. Essenes as Militant Nationalists
  33. Galilaeans
  34. Nazarene?
  35. The Ebionites
  36. Prophecies of the Messiah

    37. The End of the World

  37. John the Baptist
  38. John, Jesus and the Essenes
  39. The Messiah and the Star of Bethlemen
  40. Jesus and the End of the World: Revelation
  41. Revelation Restored
  42. Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia in Revelation

    43. Sun Gods

  43. Sun Gods as Atoning Saviours
  44. The Virgin Birth I
  45. The Virgin Birth II
  46. The Virgin Birth III
  47. Christmas
  48. The Trappings of Christmas

    49. Miracles and Other Puzzles

  49. Too Many Marys!
  50. The Miracles of Jesus
  51. Exorcisms and Healing Miracles
  52. Baptism, a Coronation Ceremony
  53. The Transfiguration
  54. Lesser Puzzles
  55. The Bride Israel
  56. Joseph and Aseneth

    57. The Struggle for a Kingdom

  57. The Eucharist
  58. The Sermon on the Mount
  59. God’s Visitation
  60. The Kingdom
  61. Parables
  62. Victory
  63. Defeat and Capture

    64. Trial and Crucifixion

  64. Passover
  65. Barabbas
  66. The Committal Hearing
  67. The Trial
  68. Crucifixion
  69. The Cross
  70. Post Crucifixion

    71. Resurrection and the Apostles

  71. Resurrection I
  72. Resurrection II
  73. Resurrection III
  74. Early Acts I
  75. Early Acts II
  76. The Return
  77. Peter
  78. Saul
  79. Paul
  80. How Paul Invented Christianity I
  81. How Paul Invented Christianity II
  82. Paul, Jews, Judaism
  83. The Evolution of Paul's Christology
  84. Christian Origins—Discussion with a Rabbi I
  85. Christian Origins—Discussion with a Rabbi II
  86. Christian Origins—Discussion with a Rabbi III

    87. The Gentile Church

  87. The Gentile Church I
  88. The Gentile Church II
  89. The Gentile Church III
  90. Persecution I
  91. Persecution II
  92. Paul and Paganism
  93. The Silent Jesus
  94. Apollonius of Tyana

    95. Pagan Religions

  95. Mystery Religions I
  96. Mystery Religions II
  97. Mystery Religions III
  98. Mystery Religions IV
  99. The Eleusinian Mysteries
  100. Saviours
  101. Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth By J G Jackson
  102. Mithras
  103. The Copy Cat Saviour I
  104. The Copy Cat Saviour II

    105. The Patristic Age

  105. The Patristic Age
  106. Alexandria
  107. Hellenistic Magic and Jesus I
  108. Hellenistic Magic and Jesus II
  109. Gnostics I
  110. Gnostics II
  111. Gnostics III
  112. Gnostics IV
  113. Lucian on Christians and other Charlatans
  114. The Evolution of Christian Doctrine
  115. Against Celsus
  116. Constantine
  117. Mandaeans
  118. Christian Fraud

    119. Christian Myths

  119. Did I Die... ?
  120. Salvation I New
  121. Salvation II New
  122. Prophecies
  123. Jesus Myths
  124. Social Myths of Christianity
  125. The Basis of Christianity—the Fall and Atonement
  126. Veneration of Images
  127. The Wandering Jew
  128. Pontius Pilate

    129. Dark Ages

  129. Justinian
  130. Book Burning
  131. Satan in the Evolution of Christianity I
  132. Satan in the Evolution of Christianity II
  133. Satan or Christ?
  134. Phallic Elements in Christianity I
  135. Phallic Elements in Christianity II
  136. Pagans and Christians I
  137. Pagans and Christians II
  138. The Dark Ages
  139. Christendom in the Middle Ages
  140. The Millennium

    141. Heresy

  141. Christian Heresy

    142. The Modern Era

  142. Christianity and the Nazis
  143. Jesus Cults
  144. Christianity and Civilization

    145. Secular Christianity

  145. Death of God and Secular Christianity 37 kb 
  146. The Path to Secular Christianity
  147. Secular Christianity, Christs and Nietzsche’s Übermenschen

    148. Appendix

  148. The Secret Testament
  149. Select Bibliography

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What is Christianity, and when did it begin? This website gives the answers, not as mere Christianity—as a belief or in terms of symbols of Christianity today—but as a subject of legitimate scientific history, history about Christianity! Scientific history is based on sound evidence fairly considered, not on previous assumptions and special pleas. Looking at the beginning of Christianity, the gospel evidence is examined in context. The gospel stories make perfect historic sense, without any special pleas or divine intervention. The founder of Christianity, Jesus, was a Jewish martyr, declared a gentile god and rejected by his own people, for whom he had given his life. The question of early Christianity, its rise and spread, and its relationship with the Hellenistic mysteries and Paganism are also examined. Christian believers were not pious Jews, but were Hellenized Jews. The conflict with heresy is dealt with in its own section. It will make any Christian cross, but Christianity is anything but divine, and Christians have been anything but good. It is still a religion of liars, cruel torturers and murderers. In the light of the history of Christianity, no one with an ounce of humanity could be one.
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When blindfolded patients are deceived into believing they’re being touched by a leaf such as poison ivy or poison oak, an ugly red contact dermatitis often develops. It is a symptom produced by the mind. What faith-healing may help are mind-mediated or placebo diseases—some back and knee pains, headaches, stuttering, ulcers, stress, hay fever, asthma, hysterical paralysis and blindness, and false pregnancy. These are all diseases in which the state of mind may play a key role. In the late medieval cures associated with apparitions of the Virgin Mary, most were of sudden, short-lived, whole-body or partial paralyses that are plausibly psychogenic. It was also held that only devout believers could be so cured. It’s no surprise that appeals to a state of mind called faith can relieve symptoms caused in part by a realated state of mind.
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