The Mahdi, Islam’s messiah, was invented after Muhammad’s death in response to the Final Roman Emperor, who was created after Islam’s invasion of Christendom by an unnamed Christian cleric in northern Syria. In other words, it’s a false prophecy inspired by a false prophecy.Continue Reading
The late Michael Heiser and his teachings recently came under fire by a group of folks who released a 2.5 hour video making erroneous assertions about him and his teachings.Continue Reading
In an earlier article we described the akiti festival at ancient Ur, a festival that involved ritual circumambulation of the fields. This practice dates to at least 2500 BC. We speculated that it may have originated even earlier than that, based on the spiral wall around the summit of Mount Hermon.Continue Reading
It’s not clear why a god who was worshiped in Syria and Iraq should become the most prominent god in Mecca, or why Allah later overtook Hubal as chief of the Meccan pantheon by the time of Muhammad.Continue Reading
One of the most striking things about Islam is that sincere conversion doesn’t matter to Allah. Just making submission (Islam) to Muhammad was your ticket into the club.Continue Reading
Taking a secondary role in the formation of Allah, Inc., must have been difficult for Ishtar. Her name isn’t on the label, but her fingerprints are all over it.Continue Reading