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Exploring Qumran: The Dead Sea Scrolls Community

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Announcing New Series

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The Origins of Hebrew

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I'm in Jerusalem! [2018 Channel Update]

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Saint Patrick: First Missionary to Ireland or Not?

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Göbekli Tepe: Prehistoric Evidence for Animism?

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Vesak: The Most Important Buddhist Holiday?

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Was Jesus a Magician?

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Maya Religion Explained

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What is the Western Wall?

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Ceremonial Deism: The Religion of the Supreme Court

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How to Elect a Pope | Papal Conclave Explained

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Why Baseball Players Are So Superstitious

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The Ancient Egyptians Believed in Invisibility Spells

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What is Ritual?

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Doom-Bringing Solar Eclipses in the World's Religions

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6000 subscribers! (and channel update)

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The Ancient Greeks Who Converted to Buddhism

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Santa Muerte: The Folk Saint of Death

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What is Atheism?

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Animism: The First Religion?

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What is Shinto?

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What Are Frankincense and Myrrh?

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Nimrod: The Bible’s Most Mysterious King

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Religion for Breakfast Patreon Trailer

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Exorcism: Ancient Medical Practice?

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Jerusalem Syndrome: Real or Not?

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Why Are Congregations So Divided?

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Computer Modeling Religious Violence

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Was the Oracle of Delphi High on Fumes?

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3 Things Everyone Should Know About Religion

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Did Christmas Copy the Sun God's Birthday?

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Why the Amish Are Basically Immune to Allergies

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Can Shinto Become a Global Religion?

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Artemis of Ephesus: The "Mother" Goddess Everyone Gets Wrong

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Intro to Confucianism

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What is Satanism?

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War Makes Us More Religious

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The Gospel of Philip Explained (and why Jesus kisses Mary Magdalene)

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RFB: 2016 in Review!

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The Didache | Another Book That Almost Made It Into the Bible?

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Korean Shamanism Explained

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Do Dreams Explain the Origin of Religion?

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The Very Recent Origins of the Christmas Tree

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The Prophet Idrīs: The Islamic Enoch?

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What is the Tibetan Book of the Dead?

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The Pre-Christian Origins of Baptism

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Coptic Christianity Explained

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The Origins of Infant Baptism

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Saturnalia Explained

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The Druids: What Do We Really Know?

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What is Day of the Dead?

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Why AI Feels Spiritually Dangerous | ft. Jared Henderson

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Is Miyazaki Inspired By Shinto?

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The Gnostic Gospels: Were They Illegal?

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Intro to Indigenous Religions

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Why Religions Survive When Prophecies Fail

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Did a Pagan Goddess Inspire Easter?

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The Pre-Biblical Origins of Noah's Flood

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This Is Not The Buddha (yet)

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UFO Religions Explained

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What is Daoism?

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The Gods of Pre-Islamic Arabia

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Grimoires Explained: Manuals of Magic

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Are Animals Religious?

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Was Thomas Jefferson Religious?

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Americans Exaggerate How Often They Go to Church

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Interviewing Bart Ehrman about Hell, Souls, and Jesus

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Why did the Romans Persecute Christians?

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Melchizedek: The Most Mysterious Man in the Bible

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Star Wars Fan Fiction Explains Early Christian Apocrypha

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What is the Hagia Sophia?

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Who Were the Last Pagans of Europe?

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How Japanese Religion Influenced Pokémon

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Buddhism Has a Lot of Hells

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John Green on Religion

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The History of Demons

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How I Became a Religious Studies Researcher

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The Reason Why They Gave Jesus a Beard

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The Rise of Atheist Churches?

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When Shinto Became a “Religion"

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What is Diwali?

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Intro to Hanukkah

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What The Mandalorian Gets Right About Real-World Religions

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Is the U.S. Capitol a Religious Building?

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QandA #1: Theology, Teaching Religion, and the Demiurge

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The Cold War Origins of "In God We Trust"

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Holi Explained | The Hindu Festival of Colors

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Biblically-Accurate Angels Explained

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Who are the Druze?

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Colbert On Religion

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"Qi" Explained: Ancient, Mystic Superpower?

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The Most Famous Extrabiblical Reference to Jesus: Authentic or Not? (Interview w/ Dr. Tom Schmidt)

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Would Jesus Vote Republican or Democrat?

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Who Was Asherah? (and was she God's wife?)

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Why is Christmas on December 25th?

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Can Your Religion Predict Your Politics?

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How Star Wars Explains the New Testament Canon

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Who Is Satan in Islam? | Iblis Explained

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Thomas: The Secret Twin of Jesus?