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1 The Reliability of Christian Authorities The Old Testament The New Testament Other Sources Summary 2 The Development of Christianity What Did Jesus Believe Himself To Be? Who Founded Christianity? How Old are Christian Doctrines and Where Did They Come From?Where Did Other Christian Ideas and Practices Come From? Is There Such a Thing as Orthodox Christianity? How Did The Priesthood Arise? 3 Facts and Fictions Manipulation of the Facts Method 1: Suppress Inconvenient Evidence Method 2: Select Sources and Arguments Method 3: Fabricate Records Method 4: The Retrospective ProphecyMethod 5: Attribute Ambiguous Authority to the Old TestamentMethod 6: Ignore or Distort New Testament Injunctions and ExamplesMethod 7: Invent, Amend and Discard Teachings and PracticesMethod 8: Manipulate LanguageCase Study A: Re-branding a Sky GodCase Study B: Making One God Out of ManyCase Study C: How the Virgin Mary Stays a VirginCase Study D: How the Nativity Story Was CreatedCase Study E: Textual ProblemsSummary4 Science and ChristianityTraditional Christian BattlegroundsRecent Christian Battlegrounds5 Religion Today and TomorrowReligious DiscriminationChristian DiscriminationMoral Dangers of Religio
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- Author
- James McDonald
- Publisher
- Garnet Publishing (UK) Ltd
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781282916401
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Christian, History, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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