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Dear Reader

I haven't updated this site for many years. The Bible has so many errors in it, I could spend a lifetime writing about them. There is enough information on this site to convince all but hardened theists that the Bible should be retired to its rightful place next to pagan mythology.

In the years since, I came to the realization that religious thinking pemeates human society in ways that affects our health, our finances and our general well-being. Priestly castes in business, science and politics make their living off of keeping the general public alarmed and ignorant. You can do nothing. Or you can decide to take your life back. You don't need them.

It is in that spirit I've started a new site at the beginning of this year. rhewitt.com I hope you give it a try.

 

Secrets of the Bible - more secrets

The Holy Grail

We see the symbology of the Eucharist when the sun as personified by Jesus crosses the Fall Equinox. Sunsets begin to show more red as it sets lower in the horizon. The red symbolizes bleeding. When the sun is in Virgo, her sheaf of wheat represents bread. The Holy Grail as Crater catches the falling blood.

26Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is my body."
27And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, "Drink of it, all of you;
28for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
29I tell you I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom." (Matt. 26:26; Mark 14:22-26; Luke 11:23-25; John 6:53-58; 1 Cor. 11:23-26)

51I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh." (John 6:51)

Other Matters

10 Metaphors for a Broken Economy The American economy is getting ever more volatile and dangerous. There are sound reasons why you should take steps to protect yourself while there is still time. 6/21

38 Ways to Win an Argument When you think you are being logical and rational, these are the methods your opponent might use to derail you. 5/8

Inflation in one page The general level of prices can't rise without massive increases in the supply of money. 5/5

Hyperinflation Depression The mainstream media has been quiet about the economy lately, but you can't help notice sharp increases in food and gasoline. The Federal Government can't pay its bills with tax revenue and treasury bonds, and is financing its remaining deficits with new money. No one can predict with any certainty what course inflation will take, but it is certain that we are living in economically dangerous times.

Chris Martenson.com This is one of the best websites I've seen for educating beginners on the perilous state of the world economy. Also a good site to keep up with important financial events. 4/5

How debt money goes broke Every dollar in circulation represents a dollar of debt and interest. The process is limited to the degree an economy can pay off the interest. Otherwise the compounding effect of interest outstrips any ability to pay down the debt.This is where the American economy is now. 4/5

Where was the media when the sub-prime disaster unfolded? Why you can't trust the mainstream media. I learned this lesson in the 60s by skimming through NY Times microfilms of the 1930s. Throughout those years, the Times parroted whatever their government sources told them. The people trusted government and the media and they paid dearly for it. Don't make that mistake. The links on politics and economics provide the sources you need to protect yourself while there is time. And there isn't much time left. 3/29

Another primer on derivatives and why they are so dangerous 3/16

Deratives the new ticking bomb This is a serious matter. Please read. Warren Buffet called them the "financial weapon of mass desctuction." 3/12

Professor of religious studies does not believe the god of the Bible exists Bart D. Ehrman describes himself as an agnostic who is not sure there is superior force in the universe. I highly recommend his books. 3/9

A brief historm of fiat money in the US There is no limit to how much money can be created, no limit to how much debt. As the cycle progress, prices increase faster until the currency losses all worth. 3/8

More than a quarter of American adults have either joined another religion or quite religion Catholicism has had the greatest loses. 2/25

Inflation: America's greatest export And now it's being re-exported back to these shores in the form of higher consumer prices. 2/23

Why the mainstream media never saw it coming Conventional wisdom is rewarded. The business of business and politics is to sell optimism. There is no risk in being wrong when everybody is wrong. When one predicts a recession, the vast majority will not act anyway. 2/22

The Subprime Primer 45 page slide show explains the international debt crises brought on by the mortgage companies treating debt as collateral. It would be funny if it wasn't real. 2/22

Us credit markets are collapsing There is no way to stop it, though the effort will be made to try. 2/20

Complexity theory and environmental management Michael Chrichton explains why interference in complex systems almost always produce negative results. Complex systems include ecosystems, market economics, biological systems and climate. Keep this in mind when you read about government efforts to save the economy from falling. It was government intervention in the market economy that wrecked it in the first place. 2/9

The Depression Enters Phase Two The government keeps printing more money while asset prices are collapsing, commodity prices rising and the dollar falling. Credit in the private sector is drying out. This is not Chicken Little stuff. This is real and it can and will happen. 2/9

Government spending hinders prosperity The politicians are on a spending binge because they believe it will head off the recession. It makes matters worse because they get their money by taxing, borrowing or creating new money. In essence, they take your money and give it back to you. 2/6

8 Keys to Instant Charisma 1. Mirroring 2. Remember names 3. Be interested 4. Allow others to talk 5. Intention 6. Offer help 7. Smile 8. Authenticity. 2/2

Brain rewards aggression much like it does sex, food, drugs I always knew there was a biological basis in there somewhere. 2/2

What makes the mainstream media mainstream by Noam Chomsky. Very insightful essay on how the establishment power structure manipulates the masses. 1/27

Ritalin poses child crime risk Researches find 27 percent were at a greater risk of committing crime, compared to 7 percent for "normative" children. 1/19

Interest rates and the business cycle - how government interference with prices creates business cycles. It was low interest rates that encouraged consumers to stop saving and borrow beyond their means. Goverment attempts to forestall the coming depression by borrowing and spending only makes matters worse. 1/19

Fluoride.com A wealth information on what you need to know why you shouldn't put this toxic poison in contact with your body. 1/16

Federal debt totals $53 trillion and growing It translates to $175,000 per American or 20 times annual revenue. What keeps the federal government afloat is its ability to create new money. 1/9

Real federal deficit is $4 trillion, not the reported $163 billion

Fundamentalists say the darndest things A compilation of actual quotes. 1/8

US ranks 42nd in life expectancy Watch out for food companies selling junk and poison and foods designed to make you overeat on the premise it's healthy. Americans are overfed and undernourished. 1/8

Healthy habits can add 14 years to your life Most people know them but don't practice them. 1/8

Why you should avoid taking vaccinnes The risks outweigh the benefits if there are any. 1/5

The real aggressor is your government You've been conditioned to think of government has a benevolent organization, when in reality, it's a super criminal syndicate. It was a shocking thought when I first came across it. Do a mental exercise. If you compare criminal activity to government activity, there is no difference. 1/1

Things that "can't" happen There's a complency about wrong predictions of a bad depression. That's only because the economic distortions have exceeded any rational expectations. 1/1

Thunderbolts of the gods Cosmologists and astronomers are clinging to the idea of a gravity centric universe like the Catholic Church stuck to an earth centric universe. Plasma scientists recognize those unexplained events as electric and magnetic in nature. Lightning is one of those phenomena. This one hour video will shock you. 12/30

Pope's exorcist squads will wagar war on Satan The Pope has ordered his bishops to set up exorcism squads to tackle the rise of Satanism. These nuts are serious. 12/29

Behind the scenes with the Vatican's exorcists

The Rite of Exorcism

Vatican denies exorcist expansion The point is that they even believe in exorcism. 12/29

Why medical authorities cannot be trusted on Gardasil HPV vaccine The doctor we used to think of as the healer of the sick has mutated into a pusher of dangerous drugs. 12/26

Gallup says 9 in 10 Americans identify with Christianity in one way or another. Other studies below say Gallup's questions are not neutral and they encourage people to lie. Gallup also doesn't doesn't tell us to what degree people are religious. 12/26

How many Americans attend religious services and how many lie about going If the percentages stayed roughly the same as Gallup claims, total membership would increase as the population expanded. Instead we find that the American population has expanded 50% since 1960, yet church membership has remained static. 12/26

How Americans identify with religion There is a distinct trend away from Christianity and other oganized religions. Christianity has declined from 86% in 1990 to 77% in 2001. About 1/4 is devoutly religious. About 1/4 is secular. The remaining half is mildly interested in religion. 12/26

The US has a greater number of religious groups than any other country in the world. This study gives a breakdown on how the groups vary. 12/26

The Crash of 2008? The timing may not be exact, but it is not far off and the direction of the trend is certain. 12/25

Over 300 philosophical proofs of God's existence They're all fallacious, but they are common forms which believers accept as proof. Some are satirical. 12/23

Hindus protest use of gods on underwear by US firm 12/23

Housing crises spreading into banking crises. This is building up to something worse than we could ever imagine. It just takes a loss of 10% to 15% on housing loans to bankrupt the US banking system. Mortgages are due to reset to higher interest rates through 2011. So this is just beginning to snowball . 12/17

A list of Fallacious Arguments A new addition to the science/logic page.

Impending Destruction Of the US Economy Due to unimaginable degrees of debt manipulation, the economy is far from as healthy as false statistics make it appear. This is a serious matter you should prepare for. 12/2

Money Primer Economics has sometimes been called the dismal profession. Without the academic balderdash, it's much more interesting. What passes for money today epitomizes the greatest economic fraud ever perpretated on the working masses. It's in your interest to learn where it leads. 12/1

The high cost of politicians If you wonder government costs are sky rocketing and the economy is sinking, it has to do with the burdens of an over controlling elite of no nothings. 11/24

Park Service sells book claiming Grand Canyon was created by Noah's Flood Does not want to offend fundamentalists. 11/16

Astrotheology Other researchers are coming to the same conclusion that the Bible is composed of allegorical myths of the sun's passing through the stars of the Zodiac. 11/15

Mortgage, Wall Street and banking crises many magnitudes greater than reported in the news This is not just another dip like the many we've had since WWII. 11/7

America's Armageddonites have death wish Fundamentalists in high places aim to bring about a major war in the Middle East in support of Israel. 11/3

Religious fanaticism in American foreign policy The foundation for Armageddon beliefs is in the Book of Revelation. 11/4

The impossible task of the Fed The job of the Fed is to cover deficits and fight inflation. One is at odds with the other. The Fed has to cover deficits by creating new money to pay the deficits, thereby increasing inflation. 10/30

Poll says American youth waning on Christianity Youth find Christianity old-fashioned, hypocritical, too judgmental and overly involved in politics. The author laments the trend. 10/27

Mother Teresa did not conform to her public image She was an effective promoter who lived well and spent little on her projects. Her diaries show she had doubts about her faith. 10/27

Dumbed down public school system has long term effects The dumber the population, the easier it is to manipulate and control. Affluent parents put their kids in private schools. 10/27

Zeitgeist, The Movie A 26 minute video that explains the astrotheological mythology that goes into the making of the Bible. Excellent introduction. 10/22

Are we headed for an epic bear market? A primer on how the banks got us into this mess and how serious it is. 10/2

A History of inflation around the globe Inflation is as old as the history of money. It stems from too much money being created in propotion to goods. 10/20

Geneticists make DNA Team envisages micro-organisms that could be used for practical applications like cleaning up toxic waste, but pessimists fear deadly pathogens. 10/19

How the State Leads People to Their Own Destruction It is by nature a violent institution. To engage in its immoral activities, it takes measures to convince the masses that it is performing a valuable social function. In essence, it is a conduit by which Americans steal from Americans. 10/17

The don't worry, be happy crowd Wall Street is betting you don't want to hear bad news. Read this if you dare. 10/16

Federal Spending going throught the roof In 2006, Federal spending consumes 26% of the economy or $9,223 per man, woman and child. And worse, the spending has been accelerating. 10/12

Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth An important contribution to the roots of Christianity. 10/7

Pagan Paralles to Christ A page of Utube videos. 10/7

Scandal at Oral Roberts University The old evangelist's son, Richard, has been living a lavish lifestyle. 10/7

Confessions of an "ex" Peak Oil Believer The fear of running out of oil is based on the premise that oil comes from fossil remains. The Russians have proved that oil is formed deep within earth from conditions of high pressure and temperature like diamonds. And they've developed the technology of ultra-deep wells to get it. 9/28

Biofuel produces more greenhouse gas than gas 9/21

Are the banks in trouble? Banks have taken in trillions of worthless debt. Their recklessness is likely to have a detrimental affect on your pensions and 401Ks. This is something on a scale of the 1930s. 9/16

The Electric Universe One of the most fascinating theories I've seen that explains the many anomalies that have been accumulating under Newtonian/Einsteinian theories of gravity, mass and light. Instead, the universe operates by electrical, electrostatic and plasma forces. 9/8/07

Buy Feed Corn: They're about to stop making it The federal subsidies for corn based ethanol fuel are calculated to raise the prices of food and fuel. 7/26

Why Germans Supported Hitler It's easy with perfect hindsight to conclude Hitler was an evil man. Unfortunately, to the German masses he was seen as a strong leader who could protect them from the evils that surrounded Germany. There is a lesson to be learned about the way Americans see the presidency and his bogeymen. 7/21

Another Great Depression? The contagion is swiftly moving through the entire system taking down home owners, mortgage lenders, banks, rating agencies, and hedge funds. We are just at the beginning of a system-wide breakdown. 7/7

Americans believe in religion but know little about it Fewer than half can identify Genesis as the first book of the Bible and only a third know that Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount. 5/30

91% of American adults believe in God Well on the positive side, I'm glad I'm not one of them. 4/3

Why I am an agnostic by Robert Ingersoll. The man was a popular free thinker in the late 19th century. 3/25