This week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy texts comes from listener Mark from Kent, WA. This week, we’re steering away from the usual sources like the Bible or the Qur’an and we’re talking about the Raelians. Wait. Who? The Raelians are an atheistic, creationist UFO cult. […]

This week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy texts comes from listener Christoph from Germany, we look at the religion of Zoroastrianism, a religion that predates both Christianity and Islam. It has an odd definition of evil. Today’s passage comes from the Avesta, Zoroastrianism’s sacred text Vendidad, […]

In this week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy texts, we look at the Bible’s poor grasp of simple facts. Often, people excuse the Bible for saying things that its authors’ contemporaries could not have possibly known, given their limited Iron Age knowledge. This week, we look […]

In this week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy texts, we look at the Bible’s take on child discipline. While it’s often held up as a beacon of wisdom and morality, the Bible’s take on parenting is neither wise nor moral. Deuteronomy 21:18-21, King James Version: 18If […]

In this week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy text, is a look at the Bible’s views on the institution of slavery. This week, we look at not just one, but three passage from the New Testament: Ephesians 6:5, New International Version: 5 Slaves, obey your earthly […]