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The Essenes had various communities in Palestine, with the main center at Qumran on the shores of the Dead Sea. The sensational discovery of numerous scrolls in a cave at Qumran in 1947 made it possible to gain glimpses into a community which practised in a way, 'Christianity before Christ'. As is well known, the translation of the material was systematically boycotted and only very recently almost all the Qumran texts have appeared in print. Similarities between the teaching of Jesus and those of the Essenes are obvious…
["The Jesus Conspiracy: The Turin Shroud and the Truth About the Resurrection" by Holger Kersten & Elmer R. Gruber p. 239]
January 31, 2006
Category: Personal
There's a great story in the Rake about the Dakotas—that place just a few miles west of where I'm sitting. This is an odd part of the world, where population is actually contracting and drifting away to leave our...
Posted by PZ Myers at 4:39 PM • 24 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Weirdness
Our vampire candidate for governor, "the Impaler", has been arrested for "escape" and "stalking". I just have to say…Duh. What do you expect from a vampire? (via MNSpeak)...
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:46 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Personal
…so go wish them a happy birthday....
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:50 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Weblogs
I've got a couple of posts that have been nominated for The 2005 Koufax Awards: Best Post, so I've quickly brought them on board here at the new site. Voting isn't yet open, but here they are: Idiot America. This...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:35 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science
Some people might think I'm a rather morbid fellow. Years ago, when I was an undergraduate lackey at the University of Washington and working at the med school, there, I made a wonderful discovery one lunch hour: a bone...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:22 AM • 53 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Godlessness
I know you will not believe me, but I swear it's true: I'm not of this earth. I fled here years ago because my home planet was driving me crazy. Let me explain. My home world is very much...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:21 AM • 43 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
I love this article. Ctenotrish sent along a copy of Greetings from Idiot America, by Charles P. Pierce (sorry, but it's behind a firewall, and you have to pay $2.95 to see it) from the latest Esquire. I don't...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:13 AM • 47 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
Oh. My. Nonexistent. God. Debbie Schlussel. How does anyone take these "conservative commentators" seriously? She read a NYT article that shows a genetic link between Asians and Native Americans, and guess what that means? It was OK for Europeans to...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:43 AM • 44 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
We're getting signs that the Discovery Institute is going to be shifting their strategy a little bit. Thoughts from Kansas has an excellent discussion of the subject. Basically, they're going to embrace more of the actual science, and focus their...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:06 AM • 37 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
Well, Kevin Drum's prediction about the State of the Union address is a bit vague and general: Bush's theme may well be that he's right and his critics are wrong; and his vision may well be of a year of...
Posted by PZ Myers at 6:57 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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