Big questions
Debates and hard questions, taken seriously.
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- Big questions
Can the Catholic Church Forgive Sins? The Authority Claim and Why It Doesn't Hold
The Catholic Church claims the power to forgive sins through its priests.
Matthew 16:18-19 - Big questions
Did Jesus Claim to Be God? - Why the Evidence Says No (Alex O'Connor)
Alex O'Connor lays out why mainstream biblical scholarship holds that Jesus did not historically claim to be God, examines every major "proof text" Christians use, and shows how Jesus himself…
John 17:20-23 - Big questions
Gnosticism vs the Bible: The Divine Spark, The Matrix, and Why God Jacked In
Gnosticism keeps resurfacing in modern storytelling because it describes something real.
John 1:14 - Big questions
Is the Biblical God the Demiurge? Four Tests That Settle It
The core Gnostic claim: the God of the Bible is Kristoff from The Truman Show. He made the world, runs it, calls himself good, but he's a fraud.
Matthew 7:16 - Big questions
Numerology vs Biblical Patterns: Why the 666 Carbon Theory Fails
The body is not the mark of the beast. It's the dwelling place of God.
Revelation 13:16-18 - Big questions
Why Hollywood Keeps Making Gnostic Movies (And What They Leave Out)
The Matrix, The Truman Show, Westworld, Dark City, Severance. They all run on the same Gnostic engine.
James 4:6-7 - Big questions
Why the Gnostic Gospels Say Different Things: History Not Mystery
The Gnostic gospels (Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Philip, Apocryphon of John) were not written by the people whose names they carry.
1 John 4:2-3