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You people must be in the top quintile of income distribution. That's why you don't get it: unlike your "fellow" Americans, you aren't feeling the sheer desperation that comes from gross inequality. One example: medical bills are the number one reason for bankruptcy.

Goodness gracious! Part One, and now Part Two, are making me want to read Sean Carroll's book, The Big Picture.

He didn't show them the pillar capitals or the Magdala Stone?

Thank you for a very neat presentation, halfway through you gained a new subscriber :-) 46:00 The eastern mindset is somewhat different from our western one. The view of technological development vs. nature is more our western way of thinking. One doesn't need to reject one to follow the other - human development is a part of the nature. Confucianism and Taoism aren't opposites, but complementary to each other. Your "real human wisdom is knowing when each one is required" hits the nail square in the head. Very glad this came up for me, I'm excited to start the playlist from the top!

Hey, great video! Is there a reason why Islam is omitted in the table around 2:50? Would like to know what their stance is on problem/solution/Techniques

Enjoyed the lecture,thanks❤

I really appreciate the detail you put into these presentations, how you compare them across the board is really helpful, thank you for your hard work!

I enjoyed the lecture as someone who is really digging deep into religions. Thanks.

Enjoyed the lecture and actively consuming the next series,thanks.This is one of my areas of great interest as a Freethinker❤.

I'm so happy to see the recent uploads on religious studies again as each month they bring me a lot of joy and interest! Just one question, do you think you will ever do a lecture on Keiji Nishitani or the Kyoto school at large? Religion and Nothingness sets an amazing take on religion in my opinion and I would be interested in seeing you delve into it. Anyway, who ever you are, where ever you are in your lifes journey, whatever you believe, who ever you love, thank you ❤

I enjoy the comparative religion elements but I really wish this was more focused on the rituals and rites in Mesopotamia and in Babylonian culture. There's also not too much mention on comparative religion between Babylonian and Sumerian traditions even though they influenced each other.

Joseph Smith Jr. didn't say "Adam fell that men might be, and men are that they might have joy.", that was Alma. Joseph Smith Jr. didn't know Hebrew or Egyptian or Mayan, he couldn't have written The Book Of Mormon. Everyone alive in his day working together couldn't have written The Book Of Mormon. A lot of the things mentioned in The Book Of Mormon weren't historically or archeologically verified until long after The Book Of Mormon was published, and more things are being discovered that supports The Book Of Mormon all the time. Like the Characters Document being shown to contain Hieratic and Demotic Egyptian characters and also Mayan characters, and when translated, actually give names and dates from The Book Of Mormon, though some of the dates are not in The Book Of Mormon, though they line up with events that are, so they must have been in the lost pages.

Will you do a part 2?

hey James, i’m a online viewer from across the pond.. will you ever do something on islam? i feel like there is a lack of good material on youtube

this is a treasure

CORRECTION: I said that Jesus was paraphrasing Maimonides when he described the two most important commandments in the Law. But he is a later 12th century Rabbi. Looks like I was actually thinking of Hillel and Rabbi Akiva.

Hi Cous'! I haven't read Deuteronomy yet but I will. Is the King James version of the Bible okay to capture everything that's suppose to be there? You are an excellent speaker....my bias aside. I'm so proud of you and you are incredibly intelligent. Great Job!

these lectures are amazing.. I’m suprised the views are so low

I would have preferred if the subject matter resonated more with you . I do not like the word believe in a lecture you either know or don’t know if you can guess or fool yourself.

The title of this channel is the most oxymoronic title I have ever seen, lol. "Religious" with "Literacy" and "Scholarship" - lmfao! Adults who find it appropriate to believe in the supernatural unfortunately usually do not align with 2 of the 3 terms used in your title :p.

Link to the start of the discussion of Sexual Prescriptions and Abortion in the Old Testament: ua-cam.com/video/4S4rkBF2dSA/v-deo.html I should also add that one rather obvious interpretation of the "curse" in this section is that it originated from the symptoms of untreated STI's which were then mis-applied to a curse from the water.

Hi, I'm interested in scholarship I'm reasiding at East rand Tsakane, thank you so much.

The problem with the readers digest article is that it mistakes these young women for virgins. ;-)

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don't look at her mouth other wise the audio and the video don't fit with each other.

I think Hinduism is about choices so in a sense some souls must go down that route to understand why they shouldn’t. It’s like telling your child don’t touch the fire on the stove you will get burnt. Them the kids still does it cause they don’t understand completely till after the burn. I fully understand why you would break down how to do something wrong and say don’t do it.

Buddhism is not a sect of Hinduism. Tantra is not about power but about energy. Muslims didn't pushout Buddhists to Tibet. That's an organic expansion. Next time, get a Buddhist.

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A point of critique on that article. Eliade points out the we still performed these rituals, even if they have lost their religious consciousness. But why is the football game so popular? It’s produces zero monetary value (unless you gamble), and yet it’s the one of the highest watched and sought out forms of action on the planet. Eliade says “Many psychologists say that the unconscious is religious, however in the modern time, religion has become unconscious”.

Dude! Long time no see! Welcome back. Hope you and your church are well.

Hi there. I initially left an angry comment but deleted it, realizing that is not the proper way to dialogue and would also reinforce stereotypes that you unfortunately fell into here. Overall, this was a very good lecture, with which I only have minor quibbles... except for your comment about Islam being more prone to fundamentalism. This was a major doozie. It is unfortunate that someone from the UU community -- who believes in love and ecumenical openness -- would pass off such a lazy generalization based off of stereotyping. This is quite unfortunate. You are quite frankly incorrect in stating that the Quran itself states that it is the literal word of God nor does it actually make a difference to the imagined point you were making. The Islamic tradition has always acknowledged the plurality of interpretative possibilities; Thomas Bauer in his book "A Culture of Ambiguity" argues that the historical Islamic tradition in fact exhibited more flexibility in this regard than Christendom. Furthermore, there are/were multiple theories of prophecy/revelation, with the Islamic philosophers famously believing that the Prophet is inspired by God but then translates these into his own words. The view you expressed was simply the Hanbali view, which historically was a minority viewpoint. Yes, fundamentalism has surged in recent decades but this hardly encompasses all of Islamic history. Furthermore, the surge in fundamentalism is not unrelated to Western colonialism and continued military interventionism. Indeed, the connection between the two phenomena is very easy to show. Again, it's quite unfortunate that a learned gentleman like yourself would pass off such ignorant and Islamophobic comments. It is as if you are taking your knowledge from Jihad Watch's Robert Spencer. Incidentally, I debated him on almost the exact topic. You would benefit from watching the debate in order to learn about the long history of Christian militancy and violence, which is related to your claim about fundamentalism being more likely in one rather than the other religion: ua-cam.com/video/nLoGV8MdPY4/v-deo.html It would be worthwhile to consider that you are making the same point that a bigot like Spencer makes. I am more than happy to discuss this with you and your class. I am a PhD candidate in the Study of Religion at Harvard University.

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The Idol section is very reminiscent of Julian Jaynes' concept of the bicameral mind, in relation to Babylonian idol worship.

Is this what it’s like to read a Babylonian tablet? Amazing content with frustrating missing pieces :-)

What if Nefertite was not the Akenaton's wife but daugther?

this is what we call fucking colonial/western gaze....when it comes to christianity its full of hell history will vanish from discussion....the dark age of europe is bcz of christianity.

why are these texts so difficult to read and understand. im so lost reading his work

What a bunch of loony crap, though. It is hard for me to see it as anything other than a waste of a bright young intellect.

It's funny how there seems to be more animosity between Evangelical Christians and Mormons than between atheists and either of those sects. Christians think Mormonism is some terrible satanic black magic and Mormons think they are the only true Christians. We atheists just think you are all nuts. Haha.

fire does represent a state of matter though. Plasma.

It is the nature of revelation that it becomes more refined the more we do something or try something. Sometimes we are also given the wrong answer to help us know we are on the right path and to give us peace from second guessing ourselves longer than necessary. So it ends up being the right answer. My wife and I bought a lot to build a house in one city. We felt right about it. Everything lined up so we could buy it. After we bought it we never felt like the lot was ours. AS we met with builders this only became more pronounced. We sold the lot a short time later and bought a HUD home in another city that we had to drop more money into than if we had built brand new. We are in a better place as far as location is concerned. If we had not bought the lot and met with the builders and purchased the lot we would have missed the home we bought.

Google ''Book of Abraham pt 1 (Why Egyptologists are wrong) you tube''. A video debunking the Egyptologists by presenting proper interpretation. Proper interpretation is Joseph Smith translated in reverse back to a biblical text, the original.

To be fair, Joseph Campbell did contribute quite a lot to the study of mythologies that far outweighs the hero's journey from only one of his books written specifically for the general public. His 4-volume Masks of God series alone goes into a much deeper exploration of the origins of the myths with ample citations and credit given to his academic peers. I feel, much like Carl Sagan, receiving negativity from other academics was just par for the course for scientific popularizers.

According to their bible, the Hebrews lived in Egypt (thanks to Joseph) for 400yrs PRIOR TO Moses & the Exodus (which - per their writing- was because they didnt want to pay taxes. They had been exempt for past 400yrs). AND - according to their own words - it took another 70yrs before Moses actually 'freed' them. Thus, if we are going to continually date texts to the Hebrew bible, then it IS extremely likely that the idea of monotheism at Thebes (&Armana) is from the Hebrews. It could even be possible that Akhenaten was the biblical Joseph which would account for his unique features (being Jewish). ...MAYBE...

Dating can't be relied upon. Regardless when atenism was crushed like always an element of religious belief will endure. Atenists would have become second class and even slaves given time. Akenaten created the Jews.

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great overview - eloquent, detailed & accessible

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