Gnostic Informant

The Book of Enoch was preserved among the Ethiopian Jews & Christians in the Ge'ez Language, and was also present among the Dead Sea Scrolls in Hebrew & Aramaic fragments. This text was extremely important to early Christians and we demonstrate why that is so in this video.  Jason Foux: https://www.dragonsingenesis.com/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DragonsinGenesisPodcast #Enoch #DragonsInGenesis #Christianity #Gnostic #GnosticInformant

Dr. M. David Litwa is a current Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Australia Co-coordinator, Biblical and Early Christian Studies Seminar Library Liaison Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of Virginia Master of Theology (Th.M.) Duke University Master of Divinity (M.Div.) Emory University Instructor in Early Christianity, Virginia Tech Department of Religion and Culture, USA from August 2016 to June 2017 Lecturer in Classics, College of William & Mary, USA from January to May 2016 Lecturer in Classics, University of Virginia, USA from January 2013 to May 2015 Steering Committee for Bible, Myth, and Myth Theory, Society of Biblical Literature from 2015 to the present  In this video we discuss Litwa's book, "Hermetica II" which is a scholarly translation of the Hermetic Texts from ancient egypt of the Hellenistic Age. We compare and contrast the Mystery cults of Hermes, Horus, Dionysus, and Jesus.  Hermetica II: The Excerpts of Stobaeus, Papyrus Fragments, and Ancient Testimonies in a English Translation with Notes and Introductions (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018).  He has also written: How the Gospels Became History: Jesus and Mediterranean Myths (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019). Desiring Divinity: Self-deification in Ancient Jewish and Christian Mythmaking. Forthcoming from Oxford University Press, 2016. Refutation of All Heresies: Text, Translation, and Notes, Writings from the Greco-Roman World 40 (Atlanta: SBL Press, 2015). Iesus Deus: The Early Christian Depiction of Jesus as a Mediterranean God (Minneapolis: Fortress Academic, 2014). Becoming Divine: An Introduction to Deification in Western Culture (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2013) We Are Being Transformed: Deification in Paul’s Soteriology (Beihefte zum Zeitschrift für Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 187; Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2012).  Forthcoming: Found Christianities: Remaking the World of the Second Century Coming March 2022 from Bloomsbury  For more from M. David Litwa: https://mdavidlitwa.wordpress.com/about/ https://www.acu.edu.au/research/our-research-institutes/institute-for-religion-and-critical-inquiry/our-people/m-david-litwa https://www.amazon.com/M.-David-Litwa/e/B00J5VOVCS%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share #MDavidLitwa #Hermetica #MysteryCults #Gnostic #GnosticInformant

In this video M. David Litwa, PhD, joins me to discuss the possibility that the Ancient Israelites may have had an anthropomorphic Donkey Deity who is known to the Egyptians as Seth, Set, or SATA-NU. We discuss if there is a connection to Seth, the God of Chaos and Saturn/Kronos, the Son of Chaos and Evil Creator.  The concept of the Demiurge was written about by Plato and the Gnostics, in which the Creator of the World is Evil and needs saving from.  Tacitus is a 2nd century author who describes the origins of the Israelites as finding salvation after the Exodus in the Desert by following Donkeys to water.  Tacitus also tells us that the Israelites worship Saturn and purposely chose to worship the opposite Deity to the Egyptians, due to being kicked out of the country. Zechariah is said to have witnessed a Donkey Deity in the Holy of Holies who caused him to become mute. Antiochus IV sacked the Temple and reported to find a Golden Head of a Donkey similar to the head of Egyptian Seth. We discuss if these sources are connected.  Marcion is an early Church father who was a Gnostic and thought that Jesus was the Son of a different God than the God of the Jews. We also dig deep into the History of Marcion and the Gnostics.  For the Evil Creator: https://www.amazon.com/Evil-Creator-Origins-Early-Christian/dp/0197566421 David Litwa on WordPress: https://mdavidlitwa.wordpress.com/ More David Litwa Works: https://www.amazon.com/M-David-Litwa/e/B00J5VOVCS/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 #DavidLitwa #TheEvilCreator #DonkeyDeity #Demiurge #Set #Seth #Saturn #Satan #Gnostic #GnosticInformant

Erika is a soon to be PhD, Evolution Expert. She is known for youtube channel about Evolution and her epic debates against Christian apologists such as Kent Hovind.  In this video we discuss Terrence McKenna's Stoned Ape Hypothesis. Erika lays out what could still be correct about the hypothesis as well as explain the problems with the data and timeline.  We also discuss Transitional Fossils and why Evolution is a fact.  Youtube:  @Gutsick Gibbon    For Gutsick Gibbon Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GutsickGibbon #GutsickGibbon #Evolution #StonedApeTheory #Gnostic #GnosticInformant

Philo of Alexandria, (20 BCE – c.  50 CE), also called Philo Judaeus, was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt.  Many of his works are survived to us through the Church, such as his writings on the Trinity, the Logos, and other Hellenistic Jewish ideas that influenced early Christianity.  Jim Majors, Ph.D Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheJimMajorsJim Majors on Youtube:  @Jim Majors  #JimMajors #Philo #Logos #Gnostic #GnosticInformant

Tovia Singer is the founder and director of Outreach Judaism, a Jewish counter-missionary organization. It describes itself as "an international organization that responds directly to the issues raised by missionaries and cults, by exploring Judaism in contradistinction to fundamentalist Christianity." Singer cautions regarding congregations that "are designed to appear Jewish, but are actually fundamentalist Christian churches, which use traditional Jewish symbols to lure the most vulnerable of our Jewish people into their ranks." Outreach Judaism was described by J. Gordon Melton in 2002 as an example of "the current state of Jewish counter-cult activity." Tovia Singer engages in numerous disputes with Christianity including that of Blood Atonement or the Passion of Jesus.  In this video, we demonstrate beyond all doubts why Christianity is diametrically opposed to Judaism and why Jesus did not fulfill the messianic requirements, let alone be God of Israel.  We also discuss the Jesus of the Talmud and offer some hot, never before heard takes on the Historicity of Jesus and Joseph.  For more from Rabbi Tovia Singer http://www.toviasinger.tv/Check out Rabbi Tovia Singer on Youtube:  @Tovia Singer  #ToviaSinger #Judaism #Christianity #Messiah #Gnostic #GnosticInformant

Lawrence Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling author, as well as being an acclaimed lecturer. He is currently President of The Origins Project Foundation, and host of The Origins Podcast, His wide research interests have focused on the interface between elementary particle physics and cosmology, including the origin and evolution of the Universe and the fundamental structure of matter. Among his numerous important scientific contributions was the proposal, in 1995, that most of the energy of the Universe resided in empty space.  Krauss previously served as Director of Arizona State University's Origins Project, and Foundation Professor for a decade from 2008-2018, and also as Chair of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists from 2006-2018.  During his career Prof. Krauss has held endowed professorships and distinguished research appointments at institutions including Harvard University, Yale University, University of Chicago, Boston University, University of Zurich, University of California at Santa Barbara, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN), Case Western Reserve University, Australian National University, Arizona State University, and New College of Humanities.   In 2008 he created and served for a decade as Inaugural Director of the Origins Project, a national center for research and outreach on origins issues, from the origins of the universe, to human origins, to the origins of the consciousness and culture.  He has written over 500 publications and 10 popular books, including the international best-sellers, The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing.  His latest book, The Greatest Story Ever Told--So Far was released in March 2017.  He has written regularly for magazines and newspapers including The New York Times and the New Yorker, and appears regularly on radio, television and most recently in several feature films.   Among his numerous awards are included the three major awards from all 3 US physics societies and the 2012 Public Service Award from the National Science Board for his contributions to the public understanding of science.

Jonathan M.S. Pearce is a teacher from south Hampshire, UK, who has dedicated many years to studying all manner of things philosophical and theological. Having studied for a Masters in Philosophy from the University of Wales, TSD, he also holds a degree from the University of Leeds, and a PGCE from the University of St Mary's, Twickenham. As a founder member of the Tippling Philosophers, a friendly group of disparate believers and non-believers based in Hampshire, he is a big advocate of casual philosophy groups meeting over pints of good ale. He lives with his partner and wonders how she puts up with him. Pearce has completed a number of titles: Free Will?, The Little Book of Unholy Questions, The Nativity: A Critical Examination, The Problem with "God", 13 Reasons to Doubt and Beyond an Absence of Faith. He has also made many public speaking engagements, discussing philosophy, religion and skepticism.  His Channel can be found here:  http://www.youtube.com/user/johnnyp76... He    #jonathanmspearce #resurrection #acriticalexamination#Gnostic #GnosticInformant

Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101. For 18 years he was a monthly columnist for Scientific American. He is the author of New York Times bestsellers Why People Believe Weird Things and The Believing Brain, Why Darwin Matters, The Science of Good and Evil, The Moral Arc, Heavens on Earth, and Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist. Follow him on Twitter @michaelshermer. @MythVision Podcast @Skeptic  Agenticity, the tendency to confuse patterns with a central agency. (God must of shot lightning at us) Patternicity, the tendency to find meaningful patterns in random noise. (Seeing Jesus' face on toast) Also, how fundamentalist theists use Deist arguments to defend belief systems that are not backed by any sound data.  https://michaelshermer.com/ https://www.skeptic.com/ Derek Lambert: https://mythvisionpodcast.com/ #MichaelShermer #TheBelievingBrain #DerekLambert #MythVision #Gnostic #GnosticInformant

History of Mithra, from the Vedic Mitra-Varuna to Mithra Sol-Invictus of the Roman Empire. In this video we discuss how the Ancient Rites of the Magi in Ancient Iran influenced the main 3 religions of the west, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.   Links for Dr. Jason Reza Jorjani: https://jasonrezajorjani.com/ #JasonRezaJorjani #Mithra #Magi #Gnostic #GnosticInformant