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Who, Where, and What Is God?

By: Albertus Pretorius

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The God worshiped by Jews, Christians, and Muslims never existed. This book demonstrates clearly and decisively that it is impossible that the God of the sacred Scriptures, deemed to be an omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, caring, benevolent, and just creator and ruler of the universe, could ever exist. Should he be the creator who designed the universe, then he would have been powerless to formulate any other axioms of mathematics, logics, jurisprudence, or ethics that we do have and, therefore, he cannot be the highest authority in the universe. Neither is he able to regulate the universe on a quantum level. All these eternal and immutable axioms may, nevertheless, be described as the mind of an impersonal God. This book is meant for theologians, philosophers, and everybody else interested in religious matters.

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The End of Christianity

By: Albertus Pretorius

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The End of Christianity

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The decline of Christianity worldwide is no secret and it may be expected that churches will die, or—at most—become fringe phenomena. As science progresses it gets clear that the Bible cannot be regarded as divinely inspired due to all the mistakes, contradictions, fiction dressed up as history and inhumane laws it contains. Christian doctrines are often irrational superstitions, and one may lead a happy, meaningful and moral life without being religious. This book is a must-read for theologians, philosophers and scientists, but it is also aimed at the lay person who is interested in religion, philosophy, and science.

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Jesus of Nazareth

A Deluded Messiah

By: Albertus Pretorius

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Jesus of Nazareth

A Deluded Messiah

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An innumerable number of books have been written about Jesus of Nazareth and it seems as if it is impossible to say anything new about him. Yet, this is precisely what this book promises to do. It breaks new ground by coordinating the Bible’s information with astronomical phenomena such as solar and lunar eclipses and the movements of the planets, as well as incorporating insights from neuroscience. A rational investigation of all available sources reveals that the dogmas about Jesus cannot be sustained. He was merely a charismatic leader who had the delusion that he was the king-in-waiting of the Jews—certainly not a divine being in a human body.

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To Hell with the Devil

An Analysis of the Scriptures' Teachings about Satan

By: Albertus Pretorius

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To Hell with the Devil

An Analysis of the Scriptures' Teachings about Satan

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This book asks: Do we need the devil and demons to explain adversity, bad behavior, crime, disease, evil, and failures? Must we understand all allusion to the devil and demons in the holy Scriptures in a literal sense? Do these beings really exist? Or is Satan only a personification of all that is atrocious, bad, criminal, disagreeable, evil, frightening, gross, horrible, indecent, and wrong? It often happens that people live in fear and terror for the devil and his helpers, all sorts of evil spirits, sorcerers, wizards, and witches. How realistic is this fear? This is another ground-breaking book by theologian and scholar Albertus Pretorius. As in his previous books, he manages to provide new insights regarding controversial biblical subjects. In this case, he deals with the existence or non-existence of Satan and sinful spirits. The author explores what the conventional beliefs on Satan entail, as well as what a critical investigation of the holy Scriptures of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam can teach people of the twenty-first century about these perilous and pestilential personages.

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Heaven and Hell

Life After Death as Viewed from Scripture and Neuropsychology

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Heaven and Hell

Life After Death as Viewed from Scripture and Neuropsychology

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What happens when we die? Is there an immortal soul that survives death and enters an eternal afterlife – either in heaven, or in hell? What exactly is the soul? How is it possible that a human being can have a soul, a psyche, self-consciousness, a mind, an ego, and memories that define his identity? These questions have kept millions of people busy through the ages. This book is an effort to illuminate the mystery of death and its aftermath from the perspectives of various religious and philosophical traditions, with the focus mostly on the Sacred Scriptures of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Some enigmatic and often overlooked biblical passages are given an original analysis and explanation. This mystery is also viewed from a scientific perspective, especially the science of neuropsychology. A clarification is provided of why scientists have failed to identify, pinpoint, and explain the soul, the ego, the seat of consciousness inside the human brain. This book is meant for all people interested in religion, philosophy, and science, whether academics or lay people. Technical terms are kept to a minimum.

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The Gospels Explained

A Novel and Rational Guide to the Gospel Narratives

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The Gospels Explained

A Novel and Rational Guide to the Gospel Narratives

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How credible are the Gospel narratives in the Bible? What did really happen during the life of Jesus of Nazareth? This ground-breaking book is destined to revolutionize the discipline of New Testament studies. Its aim is to provide a novel, original, and credible explanation of the origins and contents of the Gospel narratives in the New Testament of the Bible, as well as some extra-biblical writings, using critical, scientific, and rational methods and techniques, from the perspective of a non-partisan historian. This book examines the value of the narratives as historical sources for the life, teachings, and execution of Jesus of Nazareth and to reconstruct his life as far as possible after the mythological, metaphysical, dogmatic, legendary, and obviously skewed descriptions of his life have been exposed and cleared away. New insights regarding the background of the Gospels are presented and the previously ignored and hidden role of astronomical and astrological phenomena in the life of Jesus is highlighted. No serious student of the Bible can ignore this book.

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The End of Christianity

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Who, Where, and What Is God?

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Heaven and Hell

Life After Death as Viewed from Scripture and Neuropsychology

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The Gospels Explained

A Novel and Rational Guide to the Gospel Narratives

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Jesus of Nazareth

A Deluded Messiah

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There is proof. God never existed

The pious superstition exposed

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There is proof. God never existed

The pious superstition exposed

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Document from the year 2017 in the subject Theology - Miscellaneous, , language: English, abstract: The decline of Christianity world-wide is no secret and it may be expected that churches will die, or – at most – become fringe phenomena. As science progresses it gets clear that the Bible cannot be regarded as God-inspired due to all its mistakes, contradictions, fiction dressed up as history and inhumane laws. It is also evident that Jesus of Nazareth was no divine person but only an ordinary human being who had delusional dreams about becoming king of the Jews, that Paul of Tarsus invented Christianity by combining elements of the Old Testament with paganism on account of a series of visions or halluciniations he said he had had, that Christian doctrines are often irrational superstitions, and that one may lead a meaningful and moral life without being religious. Some new perspectives on the life of Jesus of Nazareth are given, as well as novel arguments to prove that God never existed. It is shown that the universe is ruled by rational axioms, which may be regarded as eternal and even divine. This book contains much that will keep theologians, philosophers and scientists busy, but it is also aimed at the layperson who is interested in religion, philosphy and science.

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Who, Where, and What Is God?

Who, Where, and What Is God?

The End of Christianity

The End of Christianity

Jesus of Nazareth

Jesus of Nazareth

To Hell with the Devil

To Hell with the Devil

Heaven and Hell

Heaven and Hell

The Gospels Explained

The Gospels Explained

The End of Christianity

The End of Christianity

Who, Where, and What Is God?

Who, Where, and What Is God?

Heaven and Hell

Heaven and Hell

The Gospels Explained

The Gospels Explained

Jesus of Nazareth

Jesus of Nazareth

There is proof. God never existed

There is proof. God never existed

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