Deceptions and Myths of the Bible: The True Origins of the Stories of Adam and Eve, Noah's Flood, the Tower of Babel, Moses and Mount Sinai, the Proph

Lloyd M. Graham is out to show that the Bible, both the Oldand New Testaments as we know them, are not holy nor arethey the word of God revealed. The stories of the Bible were setdown by power-seeking priests eager to inspire awe and to gatherflocks who would take part in their rites and rituals, an [...]
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Lloyd M. Graham is out to show that the Bible, both the Oldand New Testaments as we know them, are not holy nor arethey the word of God revealed. The stories of the Bible were setdown by power-seeking priests eager to inspire awe and to gatherflocks who would take part in their rites and rituals, and theyweren t very original, either.In Deceptions and Myths of the Bible, Graham reintroduces us tothe true origins of Adam and Eve, who were derived from a Babylonianaccount; to the story of Noah s flood, which was the resultof over four hundred years of flood accounts from various ancientcivilizations; to the man named Moses who was fashioned afterthe Syrian story of Mises; and even to the laws of the Bible, whichwere patterned after the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi. Grahampoints out the 137 similarities between the story of Jesus andthe story of the Egyptian god Horus, and the hundreds and hundredsof similarities between the story of Christ and the Hindugod Krishna.For any reader interested in history or theology, Graham s bookis essential, eye-opening, and controversial reading. If you are anatheist, you ll be eager to read these arguments in support of yourbeliefs. If you are agnostic, you will want to have this evidence atyour fingertips as you weigh systems of belief and disbelief. If youare religious, you will want to know how your faith came into beingand how a study of history might shake or support your beliefs.