Dr. Stavrakopoulou is brilliant and enjoyable to listen to. Have watched many videos of her over the yrs and never tire of her knowledge and personality. Wish she had her own TH-cam Channel! Thanks for having her on, Megan. 🙂
One of Stavrakopolou's students, Alan B. Hooker, wrote a very interesting doctoral thesis entitled "You Shall Know Yahweh: Divine Sexuality in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond" (availabe online) where he explores the question of gender and sexuality of God. I'd love to see he as a guest in Digital Hammurabi.
@@Camerinus Fixed. If you're interested in this topic, i also suggest David Bokovoy's PhD dissertation entitled "Yahweh as a Sexual Deity at J's prehistory".
Because of bad eyesight reading comes hard. Thankfully I've just bought the Audible version narrated by the Professor herself. I can't wait to listen to it.
I remain in awe at the apparent ease with which Megan draws on her education, experience and background to interview scholars like Dr. Stavrakopoulou with such detailed insights, whilst maintaining clarity and 'entertainment value' for a non-specialist audience.
The book is so full of amazing revelations about literal passages that have always been tossed aside as metaphor that I still haven't finished it because I have to keep stopping to internalise what I've just learned.
Thank you for bringing Dr. Francesca stavrakopoulou. I just received the Audiobook of God the Anatomy here in America on January 22 and she is an excellent reader too. I am learning a lot from the book.
As far as Christianity goes, I’ve never been able to believe that stuff but I did toy with pagan nature reverence when I was a teenager and in my early 20s, but I too am fascinated with religious belief as much as I may abhor fundamentalism and radical conservatism. I have seen Dr. Stravrakopolou on Mythvision and I just decided to buy the book on audible. Thanks Megan for the great interview.
It is difficult to not smile while listening to two wonderful and passionate explorers. I have not listened to Dr. Stavrakopoulou's talks in a very long time. This discussion is a reminder to not let that much time go by before exploring their writings and talks. 🌺
This interview is perfect timing. Just today I was wondering about how the Torah might contradict itself regarding whether God has a body. I was surprised that, of all things, it doesn’t contradict itself about this particular issue…and it consistently says he *does* have one! Deut 4:12 is the only possible dissenting verse I found, but even that doesn’t rule out that God may have a form.
I caught most of the premiere but decided to watch this in its entirety. I have to say, this was really fascinating! As a side note, I like that it’s not a long interview/discussion. It’s short and to the point at the perfect length. ❤️
I hit like in the first 10 seconds because I've read the book and absolutely loved it. I found it to be a real page turner. As an ex-evangelical-believer-nutjob I've always loved history and human psychology as it relates to the religious experience since giving it up, and this book hit all the right marks for someone who wants to have a fun time following academic pursuits.
I listened to Dr Stavrakopoulou on the radio while driving a while ago - talking about the sexual imagery entwined within the concept of Yahweh - it was fascinating and made my car journey fly by.
In the 12:00 minute section ("The Beautiful Image"); as "strong" as Dr. Stavrakopoulou may view the love "God has for Israel", THAT LOVE does not extend to ANY OTHER PEOPLES, until after the New Testament.
The ‘always will be [an atheist]’ was quite telling, suggesting a dogmatic adherence to a position/orientation that she regards as decisive and definitive. Whence the certainty? Isn’t any stance subject to revision subject to the changes of perception and understanding that come with ordinary human development and change?
The books of the bible were written over a span of around 900 years. Which suggests times. Environments. Social conditions were vast. And different for each book. And maybe changing conditions within the framework of each book.
Oh, Brilliant! I'm "Not making it up" . Anna Russell, in her short summary of "The Ring of the Nibelungs" says almost exactly the same thing. She has already described Siegfried as the perfect hero -- "very strong, very handsome, very brave, and very, very stupid."
I love Francesca's work and her love of the subject matter. One thing she mentions is that it was not uncommon for people to have physical totems/icons/statues of YHWH that represented the god made manifest. These statues were also located in the early Jewish temples, which is why one of the 10 Commandments is "Do not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth." And prior to this commandment, it says 'You shall have no other gods before me', indicating that people worshiped other gods in conjunction with YHWH AND they had carved images/effigies of these gods in their homes and temples. That said, the idea that the carved image of YHWH was a physical manifestation of YHWH is sort of carried over into the NT where Jesus comes as a physical manifestation but is fully a god. The "god made flesh" as it were. He was following the same model of gods being manifest in a physical form as what's found in the O.T. and in other ancient cultures. A good interview, and you asked some salient questions...
Exodus 20, verse 3 says (in a literal translation of colloquial Hebrew), “There will not be to you other gods on my face”, the latter part meaning “before my face”, or in “front of me”. Although in Genesis 1, verse 2, the same words do seem to mean “on the face (surface) of the waters” It was very much a physical meaning, implying that the Israelites must not allow any other gods in Yahweh’s presence.
I've had the book for weeks now, haven't managed to read it though. I started N.K. Jemisins "Inheritance Trilogy" shortly before, and that one is looong. But as soon as I finish that one...
A convoluted path to things video. I have a copy of A.C. Grayling’s book, The Good Book. I went to Audible looking for it. Audible decided that I would be interested in Francesca’s new book. I was curious. And I found this! Thinking about cannibalism, child sacrifice, I am remembering a History Channel documentary on the Greek Gods. Some speculate that the Olympian Gods were a way for the Greeks to distance themselves from their ancestors who probably were cannibals and did practice child sacrifice. Cronos and the associated gods representing their ancestors. I also thought about Bart D. Ehrman’s recent book about the underworld. He also talks about the Olympian underworld. You, Francesca, have delved deeper than Bart. All of this is wonderful! Thank you everyone!
i wonder what WLC would make of her book. brilliant stuff, never tire of listening. it's not often you can say someone is talking sht and it be a compliment.
I would think that an omnipotent, omniscient being would be able to provide adequate facilities, including waste treatment capabilities, for any human guests.
Physicist Brian Cox-who is just about the most affable person you can meet-makes the following case to those who talk about “souls”, “energy”, “spirits”, ”ghosts”. Fox converses here with Joe Rogan. Anyone reading this post is at least as smart as Rogan, and doubtless more sober. The relevant part starts at 2:25. th-cam.com/video/srgBBxGzOU8/w-d-xo.html I would add to Cox’s explanation: people like Rachael and Alice Eve suppose that spirits not only persist after death but persist in an afterlife. Just how do these spiritual entities avoid being disappeared as heat? They must be organized, and they must then receive energy from some source to stay organized, or the Second Law requires them to dissipate. I think as folks become better educated, they will stop believing in “folk science”.
Hmm I dunno. I get what you're saying, but I've experienced some things that lean towards the possible existence of some sort of energy spirit realm and I am by no means religious and as far as the folklore, I've always found it interesting that many isolated civilizations throughout history independently developed a following to whatever diety they developed a following to and maybe that's some sort of a defense or survival mechanism programmed into us but...maybe it's not. Maybe there's something to it 🤔
@@enzomolinari9141 Enzo, the universe is both more extraordinary and less magical than you imagine. You note that certain beliefs and behaviours are cultural universals. How can these be “explained”. You offer one explanation: ghosts, spirits, supernatural. However, if you look at the. Ryan Cox interview with Rogan i linked to, you can see the problem. If there are spirits that interact in powerful ways with flesh and blood (matter) then what energy form is this that we cannot measure? Your “solution” has the very undesirable logical consequence of saying everything we thought we knew about physics is wrong. There is a solution to your observation that fits with existing science, and actually tells us some interesting things. A big part of the mystery is solved when you learn from the geneticists that, for a big mammal, there are almost no genetic variations among humans: all H. sapiens any on the globe genetically much more similar than two populations of c(I panzers in different regions. Thus our rains are really similar too. You know that all humans see faces in clouds and stains, the mental hormone on of pare ido lia. The short article here explains why this happens, and why there was selective pressure for this trait in the specie’s evolutionary history. You would not think for a minute that the imagined faces in the clouds are real, would you? You understand they are a universal illusion. Ghost and spirits are similar. Yes, every human culture has them, though the beliefs vary. European ghosts in purgatory or hell (like the ghost of Hamlet’s father) do not exist in Japanese culture. Their spirits of the dead are different. Every human believes actions are caused by agents. If we can’t see an agent, we invent them. “Thunder is the sound of angels moving furniture in heaven.” The peasant in Chekhov thinks the breeze is made by the swaying of trees. If you are genuinely interested in humans, read a book like Steven Pinker’s How the mind works”
Haven’t read the book yet, but I am wondering if it is significantly different than Dr. Benjamin Sommers book Bodies of God? Just from what I’ve heard, it sounds just like his book. Though I’m sure there are plenty of differences.
I'd have to say the striking similarities between canaanite mythology and biblical is shocking, as well as learning of Yhwh vs El and that whole situation 😮
There are several Adam and Eve scriptures which have appeared in an English compilation, in which God is regularly on Earth while they hide from him. In one of these books we learn that God didn't bother to install digestive systems until after the Fall, when they kept complaining of belly ache.
Sefirot inKabalah is very close to hindu chacra subtil system , turia state is a word close to torah , an d talmud is close to thalamus : groomroom where female and male energies of ida and pingala meet in optic chiasm and uplifted by kundalini ' sekinah' one can only understand words when backed up by experience .....
Jesus not having to take a shit could explain the walking on water thingy. A 30 year buildup of methane does help your buoyance, that of course then poses some problems, not only when he were baptized since that would have taken some serious force to push him under water, but also when he were punctured being nailed to the cross, getting instantly deflated like a balloon being poked by a needle! :) Damn I love Dr. Stavrakopoulou, not just physically!
Plato and Aristotle's philosophical conception of god influenced through philo of Alexandria and later Thomas Aquinas reduced the conception of human attributes as metaphor but that is apologetic and contrived
Moses said he is not flesh but energy. I think God can transform himself in many forms! He is holy and divine! I will get the book ! He is a man speaks like a man fulfills his promises he is a Gentleman!
The book’s on order! 🙏🙌⭐️ Fascinating! I’m just terrified that that crazy fundamentalist & faux scholar Finis Jennings Dake might be laughing from his grave - he insisted God had a body. I kinda prefer God without all the fiddly bits…
28:20 Yhwh/Yeshua is definitely NOT the only ancient god to survive to today. Hinduism for one is older than Christianity or the bible. Their gods are still revered and adored by 100s of millions. And more other gods are still with us. Just because they dont have as big of a promotional budget is no reason to dismiss them.
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Whatever happened to that single surviving copy of the Hebrew Torah/Tanakh? Which General Vespasian stole. And took back to Rome and then kept under lock and key. After he destroyed all other Jewish texts held in the Temple. What happened to it? Does I still exist? Did it disappear? Does the Vatican have it? Do we know? 💙
I do trust Neville who also knew Atheist can play the game but deep there still one like all man. knowldge is another short of wisdom that began with Imaginations the stories represent.
I grew up in a non religious household and used the family bible (that no one read) to write metal lyrics. Now religion and mythology is like my favorite subject beyond clothes and music. Bring it on!!! LOL Great show great guest!!!
I love Dr Francesca and her work and have a question for her that I'd like to ask as a superchat when she's on MythVision in Feb (sorry, didn't get the notice she was here until today.) Do you have the date for that? Much appreciated if you do. Thanks My question has to do with the term "Semite." To historians the term Semite refers to a language group, but to Christians it means the Biblical "Shem," who they think was a real person from which eventually came "God's chosen people." So do the historian and religious lines trail back to the same origin? Are one or both correct? Or are they just two different animals with the same name? It just now occurs to me that Dr. Josh could weigh in on this also. Thanks so much. Cheers
Is there a difference between the lord and the creator. The lord may have a body but does the Creator have a body? Also what does the author think about the descriptions of Yahweh that sound like he is a dragon 🐉?
Excellent book. Currently about halfway through. If anything that demonstrates the so-called Bible is simply a collection of writings made by humans with no divine inspiration whatsoever, it’s this work by Dr. Francesca.
● My First QUESTION for; *FRANCESCA STAVRAKOPOULOU* 👇🏿 Was *PONTIUS PILATE*, who was, The Fifth Governor of the ROMAN Province of JUDAEA, and served under the Emperor, CAESAR AUGUSTUS a FICTIONAL Character in history or a FACTUAL Character in history ❓🤔💭
There are some leading atheists who reject the idea of refusing to commit idolatry. They are not noticing that it means "the worship of false gods" --- and that we (I'm an atheist) reckon that ALL gods are falsehoods. Commandment 2 gets at least one thing right.
What is so amazing is that without malice or bias Francesca disects the bible in a scientific manner. The writings of yore had their place back then but not now Today's religions are harking back to a cruel and ignorant desert living nomads who had no concept of the greater world If the idea of religion is for the civilization of humanity then why use an archaic reference book to address today's reality
At 19:30 There was dark matter ..then from now on there is corrupt matter ! And I herein solemnly declare that both Moses( if he existed) and Jesus (same) produced loads and loads of currupt matter during their respective lifetime.
1.To the Quik: How did we "wind up" with this One (1) God Belief with "so many gods being worshipped" before him? 2. The [Wind Up]: The One (1) God not only freed them from [Captivity, Destruction & False Beliefs]. [Slavery & Hypocrisy]! 3. To the Point: He "freed them" from [Death]! "I will have no other gods before me"! Great [Game Changer]! 4. All for (a) One (1) God & (b) [Eternal & Everlasting Life] with him! "Spirit & Love"! "Truth & Friendship"! 5. To Note: Free of [Disease, War, Hate], [Porn, Prostitution, Drugs & Pedophilia] et.al. following a [Final Judgment]. Great [Game Changer]! Amen.
Dr. Stavrakopoulou is brilliant and enjoyable to listen to. Have watched many videos of her over the yrs and never tire of her knowledge and personality. Wish she had her own TH-cam Channel! Thanks for having her on, Megan. 🙂
I doubt she would have the time.
She's beautiful and brilliant
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One of Stavrakopolou's students, Alan B. Hooker, wrote a very interesting doctoral thesis entitled "You Shall Know Yahweh: Divine Sexuality in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond" (availabe online) where he explores the question of gender and sexuality of God. I'd love to see he as a guest in Digital Hammurabi.
Thanks for this.
Easier to find if one types Yahweh rather than YHWH.
Thanks from me too!
@@Camerinus Fixed. If you're interested in this topic, i also suggest David Bokovoy's PhD dissertation entitled "Yahweh as a Sexual Deity at J's prehistory".
☕🍰Thank you.
Sounds like he just copied her taking points.
Because of bad eyesight reading comes hard. Thankfully I've just bought the Audible version narrated by the Professor herself.
I can't wait to listen to it.
I remain in awe at the apparent ease with which Megan draws on her education, experience and background to interview scholars like Dr. Stavrakopoulou with such detailed insights, whilst maintaining clarity and 'entertainment value' for a non-specialist audience.
The connection between "corrupted matter" and Docetism was brilliant!
The Professor has the most amazing insight into scripture and culture, which has often caused me to reassess my assumptions.
The book is so full of amazing revelations about literal passages that have always been tossed aside as metaphor that I still haven't finished it because I have to keep stopping to internalise what I've just learned.
Leviticus 26:29
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I bought the Kindle version off the back of Prof Stavrakopoulou,'s interview on the Humanist UK channel. Its very good.
Another masterpiece by a brilliant scholar
Thank you for bringing Dr. Francesca stavrakopoulou. I just received the Audiobook of God the Anatomy here in America on January 22 and she is an excellent reader too. I am learning a lot from the book.
As far as Christianity goes, I’ve never been able to believe that stuff but I did toy with pagan nature reverence when I was a teenager and in my early 20s, but I too am fascinated with religious belief as much as I may abhor fundamentalism and radical conservatism. I have seen Dr. Stravrakopolou on Mythvision and I just decided to buy the book on audible. Thanks Megan for the great interview.
I am in love with Stavrakopoulou
"Oh, you silly girls" - St. Paul 🤣
Iconography and archaeological artifacts give a context to the subject that does make it more real and relatable.
my library has it! Im so happy and pleased with my library! (still, only one copy - I must wait.)
I read the English edition a couple of months ago...it was absolutely brilliant; I'd say the best book I read last year.
I look up to Dr Stavrakopolou so much!!! Ty Megan!!!
Just ordered the book!
It is difficult to not smile while listening to two wonderful and passionate explorers. I have not listened to Dr. Stavrakopoulou's talks in a very long time. This discussion is a reminder to not let that much time go by before exploring their writings and talks. 🌺
GOD THE PLACEBO EFFECT. Name for a book.
This interview is perfect timing. Just today I was wondering about how the Torah might contradict itself regarding whether God has a body. I was surprised that, of all things, it doesn’t contradict itself about this particular issue…and it consistently says he *does* have one! Deut 4:12 is the only possible dissenting verse I found, but even that doesn’t rule out that God may have a form.
She mentions in the book that verses like that are later interpolations to avoid the idea of the bodily existence of Yahweh
I caught most of the premiere but decided to watch this in its entirety. I have to say, this was really fascinating! As a side note, I like that it’s not a long interview/discussion. It’s short and to the point at the perfect length. ❤️
Great interview, as always! Dr. Stavrakopoulou is always tremendous value.
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I hit like in the first 10 seconds because I've read the book and absolutely loved it. I found it to be a real page turner. As an ex-evangelical-believer-nutjob I've always loved history and human psychology as it relates to the religious experience since giving it up, and this book hit all the right marks for someone who wants to have a fun time following academic pursuits.
I listened to Dr Stavrakopoulou on the radio while driving a while ago - talking about the sexual imagery entwined within the concept of Yahweh - it was fascinating and made my car journey fly by.
Another great discussion. Thanks to everyone involved.
In the 12:00 minute section ("The Beautiful Image"); as "strong" as Dr. Stavrakopoulou may view the love "God has for Israel", THAT LOVE does not extend to ANY OTHER PEOPLES, until after the New Testament.
The ‘always will be [an atheist]’ was quite telling, suggesting a dogmatic adherence to a position/orientation that she regards as decisive and definitive. Whence the certainty? Isn’t any stance subject to revision subject to the changes of perception and understanding that come with ordinary human development and change?
☕🍰Good book, i liked the style of write putting all senses and textures in linguistic.
The books of the bible were written over a span of around 900 years. Which suggests times. Environments. Social conditions were vast. And different for each book. And maybe changing conditions within the framework of each book.
Bravo 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Oh, Brilliant! I'm "Not making it up" .
Anna Russell, in her short summary of "The Ring of the Nibelungs" says almost exactly the same thing. She has already described Siegfried as the perfect hero -- "very strong, very handsome, very brave, and very, very stupid."
The footnotes in the Kindle edition are a nightmare too. But the book itself is still brilliant!
She is so beautiful. I could listen to her talk about religion all day long. My goodness. 😍 that smiles makes my heart skip a beat.
Not only is she so knowledgeable, but she is eye candy too!! Enjoy to hear all she says, I've seen lots of her videos, enjoy them !!
Amerian reader but I specifically pre-ordered the UK version because of the proto-aeolic capitals and Ain Dara footprints on the cover. ❤
So glad I found this. Megan and Franceska are two of my favorites.
I love Francesca's work and her love of the subject matter. One thing she mentions is that it was not uncommon for people to have physical totems/icons/statues of YHWH that represented the god made manifest. These statues were also located in the early Jewish temples, which is why one of the 10 Commandments is "Do not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth." And prior to this commandment, it says 'You shall have no other gods before me', indicating that people worshiped other gods in conjunction with YHWH AND they had carved images/effigies of these gods in their homes and temples.
That said, the idea that the carved image of YHWH was a physical manifestation of YHWH is sort of carried over into the NT where Jesus comes as a physical manifestation but is fully a god. The "god made flesh" as it were. He was following the same model of gods being manifest in a physical form as what's found in the O.T. and in other ancient cultures.
A good interview, and you asked some salient questions...
Exodus 20, verse 3 says (in a literal translation of colloquial Hebrew), “There will not be to you other gods on my face”, the latter part meaning “before my face”, or in “front of me”.
Although in Genesis 1, verse 2, the same words do seem to mean “on the face (surface) of the waters”
It was very much a physical meaning, implying that the Israelites must not allow any other gods in Yahweh’s presence.
Looking forward to this book!
I've had the book for weeks now, haven't managed to read it though. I started N.K. Jemisins "Inheritance Trilogy" shortly before, and that one is looong. But as soon as I finish that one...
Absolutely delightful conversation.Thanks.
A convoluted path to things video. I have a copy of A.C. Grayling’s book, The Good Book. I went to Audible looking for it. Audible decided that I would be interested in Francesca’s new book. I was curious. And I found this! Thinking about cannibalism, child sacrifice, I am remembering a History Channel documentary on the Greek Gods. Some speculate that the Olympian Gods were a way for the Greeks to distance themselves from their ancestors who probably were cannibals and did practice child sacrifice. Cronos and the associated gods representing their ancestors. I also thought about Bart D. Ehrman’s recent book about the underworld. He also talks about the Olympian underworld. You, Francesca, have delved deeper than Bart. All of this is wonderful! Thank you everyone!
Looking forward to this: I thoroughly enjoyed the book!
i wonder what WLC would make of her book. brilliant stuff, never tire of listening. it's not often you can say someone is talking sht and it be a compliment.
That was so interesting and so great! I can't wait till this book will find its way into our library!
I would think that an omnipotent, omniscient being would be able to provide adequate facilities, including waste treatment capabilities, for any human guests.
Physicist Brian Cox-who is just about the most affable person you can meet-makes the following case to those who talk about “souls”, “energy”, “spirits”, ”ghosts”. Fox converses here with Joe Rogan. Anyone reading this post is at least as smart as Rogan, and doubtless more sober. The relevant part starts at 2:25.
th-cam.com/video/srgBBxGzOU8/w-d-xo.html
I would add to Cox’s explanation: people like Rachael and Alice Eve suppose that spirits not only persist after death but persist in an afterlife. Just how do these spiritual entities avoid being disappeared as heat? They must be organized, and they must then receive energy from some source to stay organized, or the Second Law requires them to dissipate.
I think as folks become better educated, they will stop believing in “folk science”.
Hmm I dunno. I get what you're saying, but I've experienced some things that lean towards the possible existence of some sort of energy spirit realm and I am by no means religious and as far as the folklore, I've always found it interesting that many isolated civilizations throughout history independently developed a following to whatever diety they developed a following to and maybe that's some sort of a defense or survival mechanism programmed into us but...maybe it's not. Maybe there's something to it 🤔
@@enzomolinari9141 Enzo, the universe is both more extraordinary and less magical than you imagine.
You note that certain beliefs and behaviours are cultural universals. How can these be “explained”. You offer one explanation: ghosts, spirits, supernatural. However, if you look at the. Ryan Cox interview with Rogan i linked to, you can see the problem. If there are spirits that interact in powerful ways with flesh and blood (matter) then what energy form is this that we cannot measure?
Your “solution” has the very undesirable logical consequence of saying everything we thought we knew about physics is wrong.
There is a solution to your observation that fits with existing science, and actually tells us some interesting things.
A big part of the mystery is solved when you learn from the geneticists that, for a big mammal, there are almost no genetic variations among humans: all H. sapiens any on the globe genetically much more similar than two populations of c(I panzers in different regions. Thus our rains are really similar too.
You know that all humans see faces in clouds and stains, the mental hormone on of pare ido lia. The short article here explains why this happens, and why there was selective pressure for this trait in the specie’s evolutionary history.
You would not think for a minute that the imagined faces in the clouds are real, would you? You understand they are a universal illusion.
Ghost and spirits are similar. Yes, every human culture has them, though the beliefs vary. European ghosts in purgatory or hell (like the ghost of Hamlet’s father) do not exist in Japanese culture. Their spirits of the dead are different.
Every human believes actions are caused by agents. If we can’t see an agent, we invent them. “Thunder is the sound of angels moving furniture in heaven.” The peasant in Chekhov thinks the breeze is made by the swaying of trees.
If you are genuinely interested in humans, read a book like Steven Pinker’s How the mind works”
Great interview!
Good interview, fascinating material. Happy to know there are good people redeeming the beauty of the texts from fanatics and reductionists.
Haven’t read the book yet, but I am wondering if it is significantly different than Dr. Benjamin Sommers book Bodies of God? Just from what I’ve heard, it sounds just like his book. Though I’m sure there are plenty of differences.
Will it be published in Portugal? Congratulations for both of you.
Thank you so much, fascinating!
Got my copy today. Looking forward for great reading.
I'd have to say the striking similarities between canaanite mythology and biblical is shocking, as well as learning of Yhwh vs El and that whole situation 😮
The Hebrews were one of several Canaanite peoples.
I bought to the audio book and loved it! But I had no idea there were pictures. Maybe I'll have to get a print copy, too...
There are several Adam and Eve scriptures which have appeared in an English compilation, in which God is regularly on Earth while they hide from him. In one of these books we learn that God didn't bother to install digestive systems until after the Fall, when they kept complaining of belly ache.
Just ordered the book. Thankyou for this. Edit to add: and subbed.
Sefirot inKabalah is very close to hindu chacra subtil system , turia state is a word close to torah , an d talmud is close to thalamus : groomroom where female and male energies of ida and pingala meet in optic chiasm and uplifted by kundalini ' sekinah' one can only understand words when backed up by experience .....
Thanks
Jesus not having to take a shit could explain the walking on water thingy. A 30 year buildup of methane does help your buoyance, that of course then poses some problems, not only when he were baptized since that would have taken some serious force to push him under water, but also when he were punctured being nailed to the cross, getting instantly deflated like a balloon being poked by a needle! :) Damn I love Dr. Stavrakopoulou, not just physically!
I loved listening to her debate when she teamed up with Dawkins. 👍👍
Exceedingly beautiful and brilliant
Plato and Aristotle's philosophical conception of god influenced through philo of Alexandria and later Thomas Aquinas reduced the conception of human attributes as metaphor but that is apologetic and contrived
Excellent thanks
Moses said he is not flesh but energy. I think God can transform himself in many forms! He is holy and divine! I will get the book ! He is a man speaks like a man fulfills his promises he is a Gentleman!
The book’s on order! 🙏🙌⭐️ Fascinating! I’m just terrified that that crazy fundamentalist & faux scholar Finis Jennings Dake might be laughing from his grave - he insisted God had a body. I kinda prefer God without all the fiddly bits…
100% aligned with the work of Mauro Biglino.
Wonderful video.
Two beautiful ladies
Great video! Ordered the book!
Loved this interview!
Great interview! Its a shame you didn't use the opportunity to whip out the minimal facts argument and convert her though!
28:20
Yhwh/Yeshua is definitely NOT the only ancient god to survive to today.
Hinduism for one is older than Christianity or the bible. Their gods are still revered and adored by 100s of millions. And more other gods are still with us.
Just because they dont have as big of a promotional budget is no reason to dismiss them.
Whatever happened to that single surviving copy of the Hebrew Torah/Tanakh? Which General Vespasian stole. And took back to Rome and then kept under lock and key. After he destroyed all other Jewish texts held in the Temple. What happened to it? Does I still exist? Did it disappear? Does the Vatican have it? Do we know? 💙
IT IS SO INTERESTING THAT AN ATHEIST, can have a deeper analysis of the bible than 95% of Christians.
I do trust Neville who also knew Atheist can play the game but deep there still one like all man. knowldge is another short of wisdom that began with Imaginations the stories represent.
I wonder if Dr. Stavrakopoulou has read Daniel Quinn's THE HOLY.
@Digital Hammurabi Is the intro music the same or similar to the one at the time of Hammurabi?
She carries on the tradition of the Alexandrian scholar Hypatia
I would like to ask her a question
but I don't know where to contact her.
Try her University email or contact info there!
Those who are believers worship the God or goddess of their understanding .
Gen. 1:2 has thwm-Hebrew - Tehom or Arabic thmh-Tihamah erroneously called “the deep “. What does it really mean?
I grew up in a non religious household and used the family bible (that no one read) to write metal lyrics. Now religion and mythology is like my favorite subject beyond clothes and music. Bring it on!!! LOL Great show great guest!!!
I love Dr Francesca and her work and have a question for her that I'd like to ask as a superchat when she's on MythVision in Feb (sorry, didn't get the notice she was here until today.) Do you have the date for that? Much appreciated if you do. Thanks
My question has to do with the term "Semite." To historians the term Semite refers to a language group, but to Christians it means the Biblical "Shem," who they think was a real person from which eventually came "God's chosen people." So do the historian and religious lines trail back to the same origin? Are one or both correct? Or are they just two different animals with the same name?
It just now occurs to me that Dr. Josh could weigh in on this also. Thanks so much. Cheers
So the song ‘Rock Me Sexy Jesus’ is actually canonical?
Is there a difference between the lord and the creator. The lord may have a body but does the Creator have a body? Also what does the author think about the descriptions of Yahweh that sound like he is a dragon 🐉?
God only exists in believers head!!!😁😁🤣🤣
Excellent book. Currently about halfway through. If anything that demonstrates the so-called Bible is simply a collection of writings made by humans with no divine inspiration whatsoever, it’s this work by Dr. Francesca.
● My First QUESTION for;
*FRANCESCA STAVRAKOPOULOU*
👇🏿
Was *PONTIUS PILATE*, who was,
The Fifth Governor of the ROMAN Province of JUDAEA, and served
under the Emperor,
CAESAR AUGUSTUS
a FICTIONAL Character in history or a FACTUAL Character in history ❓🤔💭
👣 Footprints 👣 ~ minuto 16:17
Plato's conception of human nature
New Book: Corrupt Matter or Holy Shit, The Controversy
Is she an expert in Navel Intelligence? My only question so far is whether God is an innie or outie.
There are some leading atheists who reject the idea of refusing to commit idolatry. They are not noticing that it means "the worship of false gods" --- and that we (I'm an atheist) reckon that ALL gods are falsehoods. Commandment 2 gets at least one thing right.
What is so amazing is that without malice or bias Francesca disects the bible in a scientific manner.
The writings of yore had their place back then but not now
Today's religions are harking back to a cruel and ignorant desert living nomads who had no concept of the greater world
If the idea of religion is for the civilization of humanity then why use an archaic reference book to address today's reality
At 19:30
There was dark matter ..then from now on there is corrupt matter !
And I herein solemnly declare that both Moses( if he existed) and Jesus (same) produced loads and loads of currupt matter during their respective lifetime.
Monotheism a product of Josiah?
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Dang! I think I always assumed that God's body would look a lot more like Morgan Freeman 😕
1.To the Quik: How did we "wind up" with this One (1) God Belief with "so many gods being worshipped"
before him?
2. The [Wind Up]: The One (1) God not only freed them from [Captivity, Destruction & False Beliefs].
[Slavery & Hypocrisy]!
3. To the Point: He "freed them" from [Death]! "I will have no other gods before me"! Great [Game Changer]!
4. All for (a) One (1) God & (b) [Eternal & Everlasting Life] with him! "Spirit & Love"! "Truth & Friendship"!
5. To Note: Free of [Disease, War, Hate], [Porn, Prostitution, Drugs & Pedophilia] et.al. following a [Final Judgment].
Great [Game Changer]! Amen.