
Explore who is God through a heart-led, multi-level inquiry that compares names across religions, highlights differences and similarities, discusses inner voice and God consciousness, and invites personal understanding.
Explore why we seek God amid loneliness and suffering, define God through personal inquiry, and recognize we bear a piece of the divine to reunite with the whole.
Explore the still small voice as an inner consciousness you witness within through prayer and channeling, reconciling beliefs with Nag Hammadi and Aeon of Aeons for personal mastery.
This lecture examines false prophets, their wolf in sheep's clothing, how fruits of the spirit indicate true ministry, and practical caution about humility, money-driven deception, and asking questions.
Explore the figure of Lucifer and the evolution of Satan and the devil within biblical context, examining Isaiah 14:12 and the wartime framing of scripture, hell, and critical thinking.
Explore the good versus evil framework in the Bible through Lucifer, Satan, and hell, emphasizing goodness, love, and light. Encourage critical, contextual study beyond belief systems.
Explore the complex figure of Judas, examine beliefs about early Christianity, and learn how the Gospel of Judas was discovered, restored, and analyzed through scholarly resources.
Explore the origin and discovery of the Gospel of Judas: a cave find in Cairo yields a leather bound codex, stolen in a market heist by a cunning thief.
Explore the gospel of Judas through its stolen-and-recovered journey, the auction dynamics with antiquities dealers, and the start of its analysis at Yale.
Frieda buys a fragile Coptic codex for 300,000, feeling a divine connection and a calling to rehabilitate Judas as experts reconstruct the gospel from brittle fragments and carbon date it.
Explore the carbon-dated gospel of Judas, dated around 235 AD, and examine three validation factors: similarity to other validated ancient documents, a Coptic title, and text alignment with Irenaeus. Delve into Irenaeus's role in selecting gospels for the Bible and discuss the deeper story behind the gospel of Judas.
Explore the gospel of Judas through a National Geographic documentary, reframing Judas as a pivotal apostle who helps release the divine spark and challenges canonical portrayals.
Explore the Shroud of Turin as a debated relic, weighing historical context, carbon dating, and scientific findings against belief and interpretation. Watch the History Channel documentary and decide for yourself.
Explore the tetragrammaton, the four-letter name of God in Hebrew scripture, including its forms like YHWH/YHVH, theonyms, vowels, and why names are substituted.
Explore who the village scribes were, how literate and illiterate copyists shaped the written and oral word, and how scriptio continuo influenced biblical translation.
Explore the Septuagint, the three-century BC project commissioned by Ptolemy II Philadelphus to translate the Hebrew five books into Greek. Discover how canonization and 70–72 translators shaped the bible's history.
Explore the journey of the Bible from established collections to canonized scripture, revealing 66 books across Hebrew scriptures and Christian Greek scriptures and the role of the council of carthage.
Explore how "God is love" meets world suffering, emphasizing personal responsibility to love thy neighbor, follow scripture, and cultivate an inner compass toward the divine within.
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This Course comes with a Place of Bliss Academy Certificate Upon Completion and Request
If you are new to this course, welcome! If you are a returning POBA student, welcome back!
This course is for all human beings seeking a deeper meaning to life, with curiosity about creation and life's mysteries. Showing the ways in which people worship around the world, from the more common religions like Christianity, to the more secretive Santeria. Whether you are a believer or an atheist, this is a fun, interesting historical look at our attempt to know who and what God is, traveling the journey of belief throughout history, and what it means to us! This course is a deep dive into belief, fact and fiction, wisdom and life philosophy, inviting all to bolster their critical thinking. This class is not a directive on what to believe, rather, to learn and decide for yourself, supporting personal choice.
What you'll learn
The Broad View of "God"
A Comprehensive Look At Religions Around the World (Non-Exhaustive)
False Prophets and How You Will Know Them
Scribes & Schools: Who Were the People Who Wrote the Bible?
The Bible's Journey to It's Canonization
The Gospel of Judas Explained
Who Is Lucifer/Satan and What's Hell All About?
The Septuagint: The Pre-Bible
The Mystery of the Shroud of Turin: Is it Real or Fake?
The Tetragrammaton: What Is It?
Gods Name(s) - Is There More Than One?
How to Not Be A Judgmental Christian
Modern Day Apostles
Our Search For God Explained
What Is The "Still Small Voice"?
Love & Reconciliation
Humility, A Godly Expectation?
Ways To Shine Your Light
Scripture Resources & Downloads
Intro to How to Use a Bible For Scriptures
POBA (Place of Bliss Academy) has over 30,000 students and over 50,000 enrollments. Students earn certificates but also have the potential to earn Advanced Diplomas and Mastership Diplomas at POBA (details in course itself).
You may like this course also if you were interested in these subjects: Religious studies, religious history, religion, religion and spirituality, world religion, comparative religion, philosophy of western religion, spirituality, religion and science, race, culture and religion, biblical metaphysics, and metaphysics, spirituality and magic.
Disclaimer: For those who are institutional learners, I do not teach through graphs, charts and pies, but rather through storytelling, reason and critical thought. I teach in the shamans' way which is through storytelling and weave the education into practical thoughts and living. Learning at POBA is fun and easy. Please take this into consideration if you need the other, as this will not be that.
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