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Bible Stories Your Parents Never Taught You (The Full Set: Parts 1-5)
written & read by Michael Scott Earl
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There
exists in the world today a nearly universal presumption that the Holy
Bible is a "good" book. This presumption is reinforced all around us.
Bible versus are etched into the walls of our national monuments.
Churches operate tax-expempt. Even the President of the United States
takes his oath of office with one hand planted firmly on a Bible.
Michael Earl thinks it's time we get beyond this false presumption and
see the Bible for what it is. In Bible Stories Your Parents Never
Taught You Earl exposes us to stories of looting, murder, genocide,
torture, slavery, and other biblical atrocities that have failed to
register in the minds of the general public. Earl argues that an
awareness of these atrocities not only enables us to base our opinions
of the Bible on fact, it also helps us to recognize the Bible's
profound influence on many of history's most violent and brutal
episodes.
Bible
Stories Your Parents Never Taught You is a 'shock and awe' campaign
against the presumed moral irreproachability of the Holy Bible. It is a
much needed dose of moral clarity in an age of religious confusion and
godly violence.
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Bible Stories Your Parents Never Taught You (Part 1)
written & read by Michael Scott Earl
AUDIO EXCERPT 1 AUDIO EXCERPT 2 AUDIO EXCERPT 3
The Old Testament. In Bible Stories Your Parents Never Taught You (Part 1) Michael Earl shares with us, and in graphic detail, ten stories from the Old Testament in
which God orchestrates the violent destruction of millions of
human beings, many of whom are women and children! Earl argues
that aquainting ourselves with the Bible’s dark side is vitally
important. For not only does this recognition help us to base our
opinions of the Bible on fact, but it also helps us to recognize the
Bible’s profound influence on many of history’s most
violent and brutal episodes. This is the first of a 5-part
presentation. (about 100 minutes)
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Bible Stories Your Parents Never Taught You (Part 2)
written & read by Michael Scott Earl
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The New Testament.
In Part 1 Michael Earl shared several stories from the Old Testament
that paint a picture of God and the Bible quite different from
what children are taught in the typical Sunday School class. In
Part 2 Earl turns his attention to the New Testament. Here we
discover that upon entering the doctrinal realm of Jesus and the
Apostles things go from bad to worse … infinitely worse! We
discover that being good Samaritans and turning our cheeks will do us
little good if 5,000 years from now we find ourselves served up as the
main course in some supernatural weenie roast. (about 90 minutes)
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Bible Stories Your Parents Never Taught You (Part 3)
written & read by Michael Scott Earl
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Why Do People Believe?
Death, destruction, damnation, mothers eating their own children.
YUCK! You'd think people would run from this stuff, yet the Holy
Bible is the most popular book in history. How do we account for
this popularity? In this third presentation in the series Michael Earl claims
that people say all sorts of things they don't really mean. A
profession of a belief in the Bible is a good example. Many people
haven't even read the Bible, so their opinions of the book are based on
the twisted and often fraudulent representations of the clergy,
friends, media, etc. Also, Satan and Led Zeplin, the invisible post
office, faith and duct tape, pornographic metaphors, a scientific
approach to religion, and much, much more!
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Bible Stories Your Parents Never Taught You (Part 4)
written & read by Michael Scott Earl
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Morality.
What is it? Where is it? How do I get some? The Judeo-Christian world
tells us to look for morality in the Bible. In this fourth
presentation in the series Michael Earl examines the overarching
moral themes of the Old and New Testaments. He also offers a
non-religious moral alternative he calls, "The Principle of Life
Ownership". Unlike the moral system found in the Bible, which is based
on the arbitrary dictates of an invisible man, the moral system Earl
champions is principle-based and grounded in self-evident reality. In
this presentation the two systems are compared and contrasted.
Also, the 10 commandments, the Law of Moses, Jesus and Karla Faye
Tucker, King Jehu and his heads, the apostle Peter and vampires,
possessed pigs, and more!
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Bible Stories Your Parents Never Taught You (Part 5)
written & read by Michael Scott Earl
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Meaning and Purpose. One of the main reasons people embrace religion is because they believe it
adds meaning and purpose to their lives. In this fifth, and final, presentation of the
series Michael Earl digs into the subjects of meaning and purpose in life and
examines what the Bible has to say on these matters. Earl argues that the Bible
gives us neither meaning nor purpose. He also argues that meaning is a
function of understanding, not a blind commitment to a religious creed. Also, family
values per the Bible - polygamy, celibacy, and cults. The problem with
"make-believe" world rules in the real world. The irresponsibility of Pascal's
Wager. Heavenly purpose at work in the lives of John List, Susan Smith, Mark
Barton and "The Movement for the Restoration of the 10 Commandments of God". The
value of embracing reality on its own terms. Prayer, fasting and hallucinations.
The evolution of religious beliefs. And more!
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