From time to time, we encounter claims that seem almost too neat to withstand closer scrutiny. One such claim that has gained considerable traction is the assertion that ancient Jewish law recognized six, or, in some versions, even up to eight, genders, or, more specifically, biological sexes, and that this recognition has persisted for two…
I think we know Jesus wasn’t white. Every once in a while, a meme like this will pop up in my feed, and I always find them interesting. My educational background is in history and religious studies. I love both subjects. But for a long time, I was on the wrong side of both, at…
During college, a good portion of my coursework ended up centering on how the Bible and religion describes otherness. A big question that I ended up exploring was how the Bible defines otherness, and how it tells you to treat those who are others. The Bible has a lot to say about that subject. I…
Before I start, I’m simply looking at this topic from a historical perspective, with the express purpose of detailing what we can know about Jesus. I’m looking at this particular argument and that’s it. Now to jump into the meme. When talking about sexuality in the ancient world, we have to be careful. We have…
Every once in a while, I see a meme pop up about religion. For a long time, I’d think about them, and then my wife would hear about all that was wrong with the meme, but recently I started saving the meme itself. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with them, but…