Heretics Like Us

Heretics Like Us.

What’s a heretic?

Somebody who doesn’t believe the ‘right’ things?

That’s us!

Somebody who’s not blindly obedient to authority?

That’s us, too!

We called a minister whose website is www.hereticslikeus.com

We welcome other ‘heretics like us’

Even if unorthodox people don’t join us - those heretics do like us too!

www.hereticslikeus.com since 2008 - podcast version January to July 2022

Paused in fall 2022 - you can still access lots of content:

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Resuming through Lent and Easter 2023!

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From Transfiguration Sunday February 19, through Lent and Easter seasons, to Pentecost Sunday May 28, you’re invited to ‘5-10 minutes a day, 30-60 minutes a week’ over 99 days, 14 weeks, browsing the bible, ‘the book we trust and dust’!

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Deuteronomy - Retell, Retail Torah

Summer 2022, reading the ‘second book of the law’, last book of Torah, 5th in your bible - with audio and notes from Bill - but ending the podcast experiment!

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Numbered - Footnotes

May and June 2022, reading a chapter a day of Numbers, the fourth book of Torah, front end of your bible, ‘the book we trust and dust’ - audio and comments from Bill

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Glib Liberals Read Leviticus

Easter Season 2022, read Leviticus: ‘Consumption and Sacrifice’, 'Purity and Pollution’ - subversive stuff! Chapter a day, 5-10 minutes, audio and notes at website and podcast!

Exodus: Wrecking and Remaking Normal

Follow the 40 chapters of Exodus over the 40 days of Lent - 5-10 minutes a day, 30-60 minutes a week - summaries on Sundays to start the week - www.hereticslikeus.com and podcast Heretics Like Us

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GENESIS: The Toledot of Us and Them

January-February of 2022, listen to a chapter a day of Genesis, and a few comments - 5-10 minutes a day, 30-60 minutes a week - time well wasted as Omicron’s winter closes in on us! Search Spotify podcasts, Google podcasts, or click here

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Heretics Like Us: Nov/Dec 2021

Start each week with an affirmation of faith from one of the first centuries of the Common Era, then daily meet another heresy from that century, with notes and audio links - click here for an overview!

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Who Do You Say I Am?

‘The Aughts’ - first century of the Common Era - did Jesus ask it first, for Peter to confess: ‘Messiah’? Meet the first bunch of ‘heretics like us’, the “Axial Age Artists” from Jesus to apocalyptic, legalist, free spirits creating what we find at the back end of our bible!

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Hippolytus’ 3 Questions

‘The 100’s’ - second century of the Common Era - Hippolytus is credited with boiling it down to ‘I believe’ response to 3 questions, among ‘early church fathers’ - and with being an ‘anti-pope’! Late in the century, 'Refutation of All Heresies’ is his book - Meet some ‘Boys and the Book’!

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The Apostles’ Creed

‘The 200’s - third century of the Common Era - a 12-point creed anticipates longer ones to follow to teach beliefs. We’re elaborating on Christology (person and work of Jesus) and sneaking up on Trinitarian dogma. Meet some heretics like us who shaped these early ‘Crude Creeds’!

The Nicene Creed

‘The 300’s’ - fourth century of the Common Era - the great ecumenical councils, starting in Nicaea, set normative creeds, with the backing of Emperor Constantine’s conversion to not only exclude but punish those who did not agree!

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The Athanasian Creed

‘The 400’s’ - fifth century of the Common Era - the rest of the ecumenical councils, ‘Chalcedonian’ Christianity squeezing out the Coptic and ‘autocephalous’ churches. Education and Elaboration - can you believe it?

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Anathemas

The 500’s. - sixth century of the Common Era - Fussing about Filioque - as we barbarians run Europe, the Second Council of Constantinople lists many reasons that my tribe thinks that your tribe should be avoided!

Allahu Akbar

The 600’s - seventh century of the Common Era - Mohamad’s century, the rise of Islam - Allahu Akbar, God is Greater - was that so bad for heretics like us?

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