Unveiling Christianity

Introduction to Unveiling Christianity

Our primary purpose behind Beawake.com is science-based awakening and helping people discover their innate spiritual ability and potential for spiritual awakening. Unveiling Christianity will help Christians who love and believe in Jesus and his teachings of love and forgiveness. Unveiling Christianity will help those to understand that much of Christian dogma is untrue, and is actually in direct opposition to Jesus’ teachings.

Introduction to Christianity

“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” 1 John, chapter 4:8

The Christian religion has impacted a significant portion of humanity for well over fifteen hundred years. The majority of Christians are Christians because of their parents’ influence. Christian dogma is unquestioned by most Christians due to their parents’ influence and because the dogma has been so prevalent in our culture—so many people believe it’s true, so it must be true. However, much of it is just not true. Churches have long ignored the truth that God’s Spirit dwells within every one of us, despite clear statements in the gospels affirming our divine nature… Click here for more…

The Origin of God

How could God, who is eternal—without beginning or end, have an origin? Here we consider God historically, as having arisen from among a group of ancient deities. In this chapter, we discuss Christianity’s place among the major religions of today’s world and several aspects of the origin of the Christian conception of God. The sections are as follows:

Religion in the Modern World
Origins of Religion
Yahweh and Associated Deities
Countless Deities and Demons
Who Represents the One True God?
God as Love

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Hebrew Bible

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Biblical Archaeology

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New Testament

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Critical Research on the Bible

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Reincarnation Revealed in the Bible

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Kingpins of Christianity

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Original Sin

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The Delusion of Satan

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History of Heaven and Hell

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Christianity: Religion of Fear and Hope

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Healing from Toxic Theology

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U.S. Christianity Today

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Jesus without Dogma

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Reference Sources for Unveiling Christianity

Categories (each category is clickable)

Ancient Israel

Biblical Archeology

Comparative Religion

Dead Sea Scrolls

Early Christianity

Early Judaism

History of Christianity

Scripture

Theology

Trends in Christianity

Ancient Israel

Romer, Thomas

The Invention of God
by Thomas Romer, 303 pages (2015)

Thomas Romer is the Professor of the Hebrew Bible at the College de France and a professor at the University of Lausanne.

Video: Yhwh, a God of the Wilderness: A Biblical and Extrabiblical Investigation

Smith, Mark S.

The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel, Second Edition
by Mark S. Smith, 243 pages (2002)

Website: Princeton Theological Seminary
Video: Mark S. Smith – The Birth of Monotheism

Biblical Archeology

Dever, William G.

Has Archaeology Buried the Bible?
by William Dever, 280 pages (2006)

What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? What Archaeology Can Tell Us about the Reality of Ancient Israel
by William Dever, 313 pages (2001)

Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From?
by William Dever, 268 pages (2003)

William G. Dever is a professor emeritus of Near Eastern archaeology and anthropology at the University of Arizona, a leading expert in his field.

Video: Prof. William G. Dever

Finkelstein, Israel and Silberman, Neil Asher

The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of its Sacred Texts
by Professor Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman, 385 pages (2001)

Website: IsraelFinkelstein.wordpress.com
Video: Bible Unearthed Discoveries of Old Versions of the Bible

Comparative Religion

Armstrong, Karen

A History of God: The 4000 – Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
by Karen Armstrong, 459 pages (1993)

Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence
by Karen Armstrong, 512 pages (2014)

Karen Armstrong is a New York Times bestselling author who has written over two dozen books and who is known for her books on comparative religion. Among her many achievements and honors are an appointment to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and a Fellowship to the Royal Society of Literature.

Website: Charterforcompassion.org
Video: Karen Armstrong: 2008 TED Prize wish: Charter for Compassion

Freke, Timothy and Gandy

Jesus and the Lost Goddess: The Secret Teachings of the Original Christians
by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, 336 pages (2002)

The Jesus Mysteries: Was the “Original Jesus” a Pagan God?
by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, 368 pages (2001)

Timothy Freke is a best-selling author of more than twenty books and is an authority on world spirituality.

Wright, Robert

The Evolution of God
by Robert Wright, 565 pages (2009)

This book was one of three finalists for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.

Website: EvolutionofGod.net
Video: The Evolution of God | Robert Wright | Talks at Google

Dead Sea Scrolls

Vermes, Geza, (Translator)

The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English: Seventh Edition (Penguin Classics)
Translated by Geza Vermes, 698 pages (2012)

Early Christianity

Carmichael, Joel

The Birth of Christianity: Reality and Myth
by Joel Carmichael, 228 pages (1989)

Ehrman, Bart D.

Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth
by Bart Ehrman, 361 pages (2012)

Forged: Writing in the Name of God–Why the Bible’s Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are
by Bart Ehrman, 307 pages (2011)

God’s Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question—Why We Suffer
by Bart Ehrman, 294 pages (2008)

Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
by Bart Ehrman, 326 pages (2020)

How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher
by Bart Ehrman, 416 pages (2014)

Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior
by Bart Ehrman, 326 pages (2016)

Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths that We Never Knew
by Bart Ehrman, 294 pages (2003)

Lost Scriptures: Books That Did Not Make It into the New Testament
by Bart Ehrman, 342 pages (2003)

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
by Bart Ehrman, 256 pages (2005)

The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
by Bart Ehrman, 335 pages (2018)

Website: BartDEhrman.com
Video: Misquoting Jesus in the Bible – Professor Bart D. Ehrman

MacMullen, Ramsay, Ph.D

Christianizing the Roman Empire A.D. 100-400
by Ramsay MacMullen, Ph.D, 183 pages (1984)

Dr. Ramsay MacMullen has authored over a dozen books.

Pagels, Elaine, Ph.D.

Adam, Eve and the Serpent
by Elaine Pagels, 189 pages (1988)

Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
by Elaine Pagels, 257 pages (2005)

The Gnostic Gospels
by Elaine Pagels, 182 pages (1979)

The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics
by Elaine Pagels, 214 pages (1995)

Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, & Politics in the Book of Revelations
by Elaine Pagels, 244 pages (2012)

Dr. Elaine Pagels in an American historian of early Christianity and author of New York Times bestselling books. She and her books have received many prestigious awards. She is the Huntington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University.

Website: www.Elaine-Pagels.com
Video: Elaine Pagels – What do “secret gospels” suggest about Jesus and his teaching?

Pryse, James Morgan

Reincarnation in the New Testament
by James Morgan Pryse, 106 pages (1904)

James Morgan Pryse was a publisher, author, and a theosophist who published several books on religion in the 1900s.

Spong, John Shelby

Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy
by John Shelby Spong, 416 pages (2016)

The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic
by John Shelby Spong, 342 pages (2013)

Jesus for the Non-Religious
by John Shelby Spong, 316 pages (2007)

The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible’s Texts of Hate to Reveal the God of Love
by John Shelby Spong, 315 pages (2005)

Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture
by John Shelby Spong, 267 pages (1991)

John Shelby Spong is a retired American bishop of the Episcopal Church serving from 1979 to 2000. This liberal theologian and New York Times bestselling author has written over two dozen books on Christianity. He has received many awards, including the 1999 Humanist of the Year.

Video: Bishop John Shelby Spong: Why Atonement Theology will Kill Christianity

Wilken, Robert Lewis, Ph.D.

The Christians as the Romans Saw Them
by Robert Lewis Wilken, 214 pages (2003)

Dr. Robert Lewis Wilken is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of the History of Christianity, professor emeritus at the University of Virginia. He is past president of the American Academy of Religion and author of ten books about Christianity.

Early Judaism

Friedman, Richard Elliott

Who Wrote the Bible?
by Richard Elliott Friedman, 282 pages (1987)

Richard Elliott Friedman is a biblical scholar, author of multiple books, and winner of numerous awards and honors.

Website: RichardElliottFriedman.com
Video: Who Actually Wrote the Bible and What is the Origin?! [2019]

History of Christianity

De Rosa, Pete

Vicars of Christ: The Dark Side of the Papacy
by Peter De Rosa, 484 pages (2000)
International Best-Seller

Ellerbe, Helen

The Dark Side of Christian History
by Hellen Ellerbe, 221 pages (1995)

Freeman, Charles

The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason
by Charles Freeman, 432 pages (2002)

Website: csis.org/people/charles-freeman

Gonzales, Justo L., Ph.D.

The Story of Christianity, Volume I: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation
by Justo L. Gonzales, Ph.D., 510 pages (2010)

The Story of Christianity, Volume II: The Reformation to the Present Day
by Justo L. Gonzales, Ph.D., 550 pages (2010)

MacCulloch, Diarmaid

Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
by Diarmaid MacCulloch, 1,161 pages (2007)

The Reformation
by Diarmaid MacCulloch, 792 pages (2003)

Diarmaid MacCulloch holds a Doctor of Divinity degree from the University of Oxford. He and his books have garnered many awards.

Website: www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/diarmaid-macculloch#/

Nixey, Catherine

The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
by Catherine Nixey, 315 pages (2017)

Named Book of the Year by The Telegraph, The Spectator, The Observer and BBC History Magazine

Video: Darkening Age : The Christian Destruction of the Classical World

Shelley, Bruce L., Ph.D.

Church History: In Plain Language
by Bruce L. Shelley, 541 pages (2008, 2013)

Scripture

Hone, William

The Lost Books of the Bible
by William Hone, 278 pages (2016)

Metzger, Bruce M. (Translator)

Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Edition (NRSV) with Apocrypha
Translator Bruce M. Metzger and by NRSV Bible Translation Committee, 1,600 pages (1989)

This edition of the Holy Bible is most commonly preferred by biblical scholars today.

Meyer, Marvin W. (Editor)

The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts
Edited by Marvin W. Meyer, 844 pages (2009)

This is the English-language edition of the library of Gnostic manuscripts which were discovered in Egypt in 1945. Among the many Gnostic gospels and sacred texts is the Gospel of Thomas, which consists of 114 sayings attributed to Jesus.