The Secular Frontier

This INDEX contains links to my blog posts in a series about the historical unreliability of the Passion Narrative in the Gospel of Luke. https://secularfrontier.infidels.org/2024/07/lukes-unreliable-passion-story-part-1/ https://secularfrontier.infidels.org/2024/07/lukes-unreliable-passion-story-part-2/ https://secularfrontier.infidels.org/2024/07/lukes-unreliable-passion-story-part-3/ https://secularfrontier.infidels.org/2024/07/lukes-unreliable-passion-story-part-4/ https://secularfrontier.infidels.org/2024/07/lukes-unreliable-passion-story-part-4-continued/ ... Read Article

The best and simplest way to save our democracy is to prevent Donald Trump and his Project 2025 Christian Fascist thugs from taking control of the presidency. If we can get Kamala Harris elected in November, then we can prevent the Christian Fascists from destroying our democracy and our country. However, the race for the presidency is currently too close for comfort, so we need to have a backup plan. There is significant evidence that Donald Trump accepted a Ten Million dollar bribe from the dictator of Egypt: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/08/02/trump-campaign-egypt-investigation https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-revelatory-bombshell-secret-probe-of-trump-suspicious-egypt-money-shut-down-by-barr-s-doj-wapo-216325701508 So, we have a strong backup plan that can be implemented, but Democrats must take action NOW for the backup plan to have any hope of success. The statute of limitations has run out on the potential criminal charge against Trump of accepti ... Read Article

I'd like to share that my third and final essay on Robyn Faith Walsh as been published. CHECK IT OUT! ABSTRACT: This is Part C of a three-part literary application and defense of Robyn Faith Walsh’s recent (2021) hypothesis that the Gospels are not, as is usually thought, the product of literate spokespersons conveying the oral tradition of their community, but rather are birthed out of networks of elite Greco-Roman-Jewish writers in dialogue with one another, not downtrodden illiterate peasants. For example, what if the empty tomb narrative did not originate in the oral tradition of a Christian community, but in empty tomb apotheosis narratives that the author had read from ancient novels like that of Chariton? As a literary test of a hypothesis, I ask what predictions we can make of the kinds of concepts that we should find in the New Testament on Walsh’s literary elite education model, compared to what we should find if the oral tradition model is correct. I show that Walsh’s approach is certain ... Read Article

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WHERE WE ARE The FIRST REASON why Donald Trump LOST the debate was that he lost the debate on the single most important question of the debate  (see my post “TRUMP’S LIES and the LYING LIARS Who Tell Them“): Who was the worst president in the history of our nation? The SECOND REASON why Donald Trump LOST the debate was because he LOST the debate on an issue that Trump believes (or pretends to believe) is one of the most important issues that our country faces: IMMIGRATION. Trump LOST the debate on IMMIGRATION because: Nearly every comment by Trump about IMMIGRATION was either a LIE or was BULLSHIT. For details on this point, see my post “Trump CLEARLY LOST the Debate“. The THIRD REASON why Donald Trump LOST the debate with Joe Biden, was that Trump LOST the debate on the issues that most Americans believe to be the most important issues that our country faces: issues about the health of our ECONOMY (i.e. Job ... Read Article

Male boxer "wins" Olympic match today when his female opponent quits after 46 seconds to avoid serious injury or death. The utter madness continues thanks entirely to the insane woke ideology. Is there anyone who thinks this is fair and just? (Michael Shermer) See Article The solution seems straightforward enough. Create another division where trans women can compete against other trans women. ... Read Article

WHERE WE ARE I am in the process of arguing that the Passion Narrative in the Gospel of Luke is historically unreliable. The Passion Narrative in Luke is found in Chapters 22 and 23 of the Gospel of Luke. I am beginning my examination Luke’s Passion Narrative with Chapter 23, which contains the following six parts: Part 1: Jesus Before Pilate (verses 1-5) Part 2: Jesus Before Herod (verses 6-12) Part 3: Jesus Sentenced to Death (verses 13-25) Part 4: Crucifixion of Jesus (verses 26-43) Part 5: Death of Jesus (verses 44-49) Part 6: Burial of Jesus (verses 50-56) In previous posts, I have argued that Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 are historically unreliable. I am currently focused on an examination of Part 4 of Chapter 23 of the Gospel of Luke (Crucifixion of Jesus). In the previous post about Part 4, I argued that the opening verse of Part 4 (verse 26) was historically unreliable. In this current post, I will examine verses 27 through 31, verses ... Read Article

The idea of the Philippian Christ poetry is Jesus left his high place to suffer for us. Evangelical Christians are framing Trump according to the same narrative: ... Read Article

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WHERE WE ARE I am arguing that the Passion Narrative in the Gospel of Luke is historically unreliable. The Passion Narrative in Luke is found in Chapters 22 and 23 of the Gospel of Luke. I am beginning my examination Luke's Passion Narrative with Chapter 23, which contains the following six parts: Part 1: Jesus Before Pilate (verses 1-5) Part 2: Jesus Before Herod (verses 6-12) Part 3: Jesus Sentenced to Death (verses 13-25) Part 4: Crucifixion of Jesus (verses 26-43) Part 5: Death of Jesus (verses 44-49) Part 6: Burial of Jesus (verses 50-56) In Part 1 of this series, I argued that the opening section of Chapter 23 (Jesus Before Pilate) is historically unreliable. In Part 2 of this series, I argued that the second section of Chapter 23 (Jesus Before Herod) is also historically unreliable. In Part 3 of this series, I argued that the third section of Chapter 23 (Jesus Sentenced to Death) is also historically unreliable. In this current post, I will argue that the fourt ... Read Article

TRUMP: "I will create a new federal task force on fighting anti-Christian bias, and its mission will be to investigate all forms of illegal discrimination, harassment, and persecution against Christians in America." SEE HERE Trump: “Christians, get out and vote! Just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years. You know what? It’ll be fixed! It’ll be fine! You won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you, Christians! I’m a Christian.” SEE HERE ... Read Article

So, the Olympics just did an LGBTQ+ version of the last supper, and many Christians are not happy. The question, of course, is whether people are up in arms because someone is poking fun at the last supper, or because it is being poked fun at from a LGBTQ+ perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA1sx-vyWVk ... Read Article

In the 2016 Election, nearly 63 million Americans voted for Donald Trump. While nearly 66 million Americans voted for Hillary Clinton, Trump won the election, because he received 306 electoral college votes, while Hillary Clinton received 232 electoral college votes.[1][2] My thinking, in response to that election, goes like this: 1. Anyone who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 was a SHITHEAD. 2. Nearly 63 million Americans voted for Donald Trump in 2016. THEREFORE: 3. At least 63 million Americans who voted in the 2016 Presidential election were SHITHEADS. Furthermore, about 230.6 million Americans were eligible to vote for President in 2016, but only about 136.7 million Americans did vote for President. [3] That means that about 93.9 million Americans were eligible to vote for President but did NOT vote for President. Any such person was a SHITHEAD. So, the number Americans who were SHITHEADS in 2016 is much greater than just 63 million: 1. Anyone who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 was a ... Read Article

WHERE WE ARE I am arguing that the Passion Narrative in the Gospel of Luke is historically unreliable. The Passion Narrative in Luke is found in Chapters 22 and 23 of the Gospel of Luke. I am beginning my examination Luke's Passion Narrative with Chapter 23, which contains the following six parts: Part 1: Jesus Before Pilate (verses 1-5) Part 2: Jesus Before Herod (verses 6-12) Part 3: Jesus Sentenced to Death (verses 13-25) Part 4: Crucifixion of Jesus (verses 26-43) Part 5: Death of Jesus (verses 44-49) Part 6: Burial of Jesus (verses 50-56) In Part 1 of this series, I argued that the opening section of Chapter 23 (Jesus Before Pilate) is historically unreliable. In Part 2 of this series, I argued that the second section of Chapter 23 (Jesus Before Herod) is also historically unreliable. PART 3: JESUS SENTENCED TO DEATH (LUKE 23:13-25) Of course, all of the previously stated general reasons for doubting the historical reliability of the Gospels apply to Chapter 23 o ... Read Article

From about a year ago, CNN Poll: Percentage of Republicans who think Biden’s 2020 win was illegitimate ticks back up near 70%. Similarly, from today: 1 in 3 Democrats believe Trump faked assassination attempt The brain loves to see patterns and connections in the world, even if the brain is the one that is projecting those patterns and connections onto reality. ... Read Article