A book that questions the validity of biblical interpretation and challenges the reader.
Written by an
Archaeologist and Historian, They
Lied to Us in Sunday School
adds factuality to the topical
subject matter of books like "The
Da Vinci Code".
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The churches have never really
answered the big question of their genesis and
faith. Despite a myriad of new cults and religions,
the complete understanding of our Godhead has
advanced little in the past 200 years. Almost
without exception these ever increasing groups
ask us to accept their teachings. "Have faith"
we are told. But faith in what?
They Lied to Us
in Sunday School takes us on a whirlwind
ride through ancient biblical texts and leads
us to question all that was taught and that which
is still being taught from the pulpits of churches
everyday.
Recent fiction and non-fiction
novels have added to the debate but no book does
so in the way that Ian Vayro's book does. Often
humorous and extremely well written and researched,
it is very difficult to question the conclusions
reached.
In They Lied to
Us in Sunday School, the chapters
include -
PARTY TRICKS
Let's Play 20 questions
1. INTRODUCTION: THEY LIED TO US
2. SOMETHING IS WRONG HERE
The Initial Realization
The Who's Who of the Plural Godhead
Mastema in the Godhead?
The Garden of Eden
Adam & Eve and the Tree of Knowledge
Lying
Jesus - Born in a Stable?
The Magi & Their Gifts
Jesus of Nazareth
What Does it Take to be Saved?
Mary Magdalene - The Scarlet Woman
3. LIES & DECEPTION
The Anointing of Jesus
Which Messiah?
Peter - The First Pope?
Leprosy & Contemporary Beliefs
Demons
Naked Men & Phallic Symbols
Jesus Gets Around
Shady Dealings
The Promised Land
Justification for Destruction & Killing
4. THE JESUS PEDIGREE
Jesus in the Bible 98
The 'Virgin' Mary
The Herods
Panthera
The Hebrew Records
Some Biblical Difficulties
Twin Messiahs
Was Jesus Born 25 December?
The Jewish Rabbi
Disciples & Desposyni
5. THE CRUCIFIXION
Jesus Unknown to First Century Historians
The Sacrificial Lamb of Passover
The Bible Record
What They Didn't Tell Us
A Substitute Crucified
The Insurrection
Those Crucified With Jesus
Was Jesus Really Crucified & Resurrected?
What Was Recorded
Miracles & Magic
Simon Magus The Holy God
More Confusion
6. ALL THE OTHER SAVIOURS
The Uniqueness of Christ's Sacrifice
The 'Holy' Ghost
Requirements to be a God
Similar Saviours
Crucified Contemporaries of Christ
The Purpose of the Crucifixion
Twenty-three Crucified Saviours
Conclusions |
7. THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo
The Wrestling Match
We Know Where You Live
So Where Does God Live
Has Anyone Ever Seen God?
The Chicken Has it!
More Contradictions
Heaven
The Scriptures According to Jesus
Who - What - Where?
God's Punishment
The Resurrection of Dry Bones
8. THE SUMERIAN INFLUENCE
Clay Tablets
The Enuma elish
The Anunnaki Sky-Gods
Hybrid Creation
The Captivity in Babylon
Returning Home
Sumerian Influence in the Bible
What the Bible is Telling Us
Where is Mt. Ararat?
The Pied Piper Analogy
Noah
What Really Happened
Other Sources of the Creation Story
Adam & Eve
Cain & Abel
Reality of the Rulers
Lilith
Gnostic Information
The Book of Enoch
The Watchers
9. WHO IS THIS GOD?
Gods of the Early Hebrew
The Hebrew Worshipped 'Other Gods'
Asherah, Ashtoreth & Anath
Hebrew Exposed to Canaanite Deities
Canaanite Temples
Ba`al of the Canaanites
Ba`al vs. YHWH
Getting Rid of Ba`al
Sun Worship
10. 'GOD' IS NOT
GOD'S NAME
'God' is not God's Name
Corruption
The New Wrathful God
Making Sense of it All
So - Who is Almighty God?
11. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
Secrets
What About Jesus?
Why Doesn't God Make Contact?
Putting It All Together
Right & Wrong
Thinking Straight
Getting Over It
PARTY TRICKS - Answers
Bibliography
References & Endnotes
Index |
Traditional beliefs are
like sacred cows grazing in the northern paddock
of ones mind. The time has come to open the gate....
This[The Lied to Us in Sunday School]
is well researched information. You may well wonder
why the defenders of the modern Christian religions
have not asked these questions. Ian Ross Vayro
confronts his readers with questions lagging the
asking and provides answers for serious consideration.
During many years of my ministry I could not reconcile
the tribal, jealous, angry, vengeful god of the
Old Testament with the One who is unconditional
love and who Jesus claimed to be his father. Until
I realised that my faith was indeed blind I never
began to question. So, one question leads to another
and another. You will find many of the answers
within these covers if you are prepared for confrontation.
Anyone seeking truth must be personally responsible
to begin the search.
If you are courageous enough to admit the questions
and open enough to receive the answers, then read
this book.
~ Jim Christian - former minister of charismatic
full gospel church - Gold Coast, Australia
I just finished reading "They
Lied to Us...." and was completely
and utterly blown away with the book. Stupendous
writing, excellent research, and in general, everything
and more than I had hoped for!
~ J. N. - Kelowna, BC, Canada
Really in depth, He [Ian Vayro] has covered
every square corner and a lot of unknown previous
ground.
~ C. M., Prescott, Arizona, USA
 From
a farming community in Queensland Australia, Ian
Ross Vayro went on to serve in the Royal Australian
Air Force and was fortunate to travel extensively
early in life. Ian studied Electrical Engineering
and then Classical Ancient History and Archaeology.
He also pursued his lifelong
interest and personal research into the validity
of Theology. This interest was also fired up very
early in his life when he observed how people
accepted the most implausible data when it came
as part of their religious education.
After having travelled to the
Near East, Ian completed his first book They
Lied to Us in Sunday School and
also finished his second God Save
Us from Religion. His third book
is Tears in Heaven.
Ian Ross Vayro is available
for press and media interviews and can be contacted
through his publisher, Joshua Books via email
- click
here.
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