[irrelig]After discussing one final heresy, I hand the podcast reins over. Brace yourselves, it’s another Leighton-filled podcast, complete with all the stellar research you’ve all come to expect from Irreligiosophy.

Or at least, have come to expect since Leighton’s Hinduism podcast.

[chuck]UPDATE: New new forum. Register at your peril.

I gave bbpress a try because it integrated with WordPress so nicely, but it just didn’t have enough features to be a “real” forum. So I converted to phpbb, but of course there isn’t a conversion pathway from bbpress to phpbb, so I had to do it manually. You’ll probably have to reset your passwords in order to post.

Post in this thread if there are any issues, and I’ll try to resolve them. Or you can email me at irreligiosophy@gmail.com if you’re too lazy or shy to post here. Unlike Job, my patience isn’t infinite. If this doesn’t work, or if there are too many problems, I’ll dump the forum and start from scratch. That means that everyone would have to register again, which is what I was trying to avoid with bbpress in the first place.

[irrelig]Today we talk about early Christian heresies like docetism and adoptionism, and how they influenced both the formation of the canon and the texts within it. It may not surprise you to learn that during the decades-long course of the argument over whether or not Jesus was fully human, fully divine, or both, scribes made alterations in the text so that it would more fully support their viewpoint. Because if you can’t win the argument with the texts you have, by all means make some shit up. And when that fails, simply kill people (as we’ll get into in the next episode).

Leighton’s Source: Wikipedia
Chuck’s Source: “Misquoting Jesus,” by Bart Ehrman, although “Orthodox Corruption of Scripture” goes into more detail

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[irrelig]We’ve caught those wily NT rascals at it again — this time plagiarizing not from pagan sources but their own Old Testament! In this episode we discuss various portions of the Gospels that were obviously cribbed from OT sources like Psalms or Isaiah. Now why would God be plagiarizing himself?

All this and an extended Skunk Dick section awaits.

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[chuck]Now I know what God felt like, being subjected to the whining of 3 million Israelites for 40 years.

No podcast this week. Feel free to complain about it in the One True Forum.