Is it actually belief in a false god which is turning people atheist?

Atheism is on the rise in the West – statistics in successive censuses prove it, especially in Europe and places like New Zealand, Japan and South Korea. There are certain religious people who unfairly blame this phenomenon on the personalities of the atheists...

A Response to Left-Wing Pro-Palestinian Propaganda

I recently had to respond to a friend who asked for my response to a number of points, the nature of which suggested he had been regularly listening to the now ubiquitous, left-wing, pro-Hamas and pro-Palestinian propaganda. The email he sent me was a response to...

Commentary on SY 23: The Parable of the Pearl of Great Value

The twenty-third passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mt 13:45-46. Thomas 76.1-2 is very similar. 23. 1Yeshua said, ‘The kingdom of God is like a pearl of great value, which a merchant found while examining a consignment of pearls. 2So he went and sold everything...

Commentary on SY 22: The Parable of the Hoard of Money in a Field

The twenty-second passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mt 13:44, and less so, on Thomas 109:1, 3. It is possible that the original source may have been the Q-Gospel, since it is missing from Mark, and perhaps Luke chose not to use it. However, it has to be noted...

Commentary on SY 21: The Kingdom of God is all around you

The twenty-first passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based solely on Thomas 3:1-3. It has one verse in common with Lk 17.20-21, but that has been dealt with in my commentary on the previous S.Y. passage. 21. 1Yeshua said, ‘If people say to you, “Look, the kingdom of...