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Durand D Boshoff
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I author a SubStack, Deconstructing Faith & Scripture, https://durandboshoff.com
I'm a skeptic, humanist, and knowledge seeker. I delf into some history, science, biology, the bible, and philosophy.
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Claims that God is “written into the body” rely on pattern-hunting, not evidence. This piece dismantles anatomical and numerical apologetics and explains why they feel convincing without being true.
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#Deconstruction #CriticalThinking #Skepticism
God in Your Bones?
When Pattern-Hunting Masquerades as Proof
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February 7, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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The Third Commandment isn’t about respect. It turns language into law and silence into virtue, protecting authority by making speech itself a moral risk.
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#Deconstruction #CriticalThinking #TenCommandments #Religion
The Third Commandment: Sacred Silence
How Reverence Became Control
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January 24, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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When life tightens, belief resurfaces—not because it’s true, but because it’s familiar. This piece examines why returning to faith under pressure isn’t the same as honest reconsideration.

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#Deconstruction #CriticalThinking #FaithAndDoubt #PsychologyOfBelief
January 10, 2026 at 6:18 AM
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The Second Commandment banned more than idols. It taught fear of images and obedience to the unseen. From iconoclasm to offence culture, this is control disguised as holiness.

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#Deconstruction #Religion #Authority
The Second Commandment: When Faith Turned Against Art
How a warning against idolatry evolved into centuries of iconoclasm, fear, and cultural destruction.
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December 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Christianity reaches children before they can question, presenting belief as reality. This piece examines early indoctrination and why critical thinking matters.

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#Deconstruction #ReligiousIndoctrination #CriticalThinking
Why Children Don’t Stand a Chance
How Christianity Shapes Minds Before They Can Think
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December 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Exorcisms aren’t holy battles — they’re misdiagnosed suffering.
This piece traces the history, the fear, and the exploitation behind possession claims, from the Bible to modern “deliverance”.
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#Exorcism #Scepticism #CriticalThinking #ReligionAndPsychology
How Religion Turned Illness into "Evil"
Exorcism Is Not Ancient Wisdom — It Is Ancient Error
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December 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Is the Ten Commandments a guide to faith — or a tool of control?
My latest article explores how the first commandment morphed from devotion into dominance.
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#FirstCommandment #Religion #CriticalThinking #DeconstructingFaith #BibleCritique #TenCommandments
The First Commandment: A Declaration of Divine Monopoly
How the First Commandment Turned Devotion into Domination
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November 29, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Christianity didn’t start where you think. Its origins are messy, fractured, and far less divine than advertised.
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#Christianity #History #Religion #BiblicalStudies #EarlyChurch #Scepticism #CriticalThinking
Where Did Christianity Really Begin?
Unravelling the tangled origins of a religion built from many worlds
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November 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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When faith becomes a political tool, truth disappears. This piece looks at how religion shapes power — from MAGA to theocracies — and how nations fracture when leaders claim divine authority.
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#ReligionAndPolitics #FaithAndPower #Secularism #GlobalPolitics
How Religion Shapes Nations and Divides Societies
Faith, Power, and Politics
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November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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A Facebook debate on the Pentateuch turned into a lesson in how misunderstood biblical scholarship remains.
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#DocumentaryHypothesis #DeconstructingFaith #BiblicalCriticism #Atheism #CriticalThinking
When Faith Debates Facts: The Documentary Hypothesis and the Fear of Doubt
How one online exchange revealed the real divide between belief and understanding.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Genesis doesn’t tell one creation story — it tells two. Two orders, two tones, two gods. What do these contradictions reveal about the Bible’s human origins?

#Genesis #BibleContradictions #BiblicalCriticism #FaithAndReason #Yahweh #Elohim

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Two Creations, Two Gods?
Why the Contradictions Between Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 Matter More Than You Think
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November 1, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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The “chariot wheels” in the Red Sea and “Noah’s Ark” have resurfaced—again. I break down why these claims never die, and why believers keep taking the bait.

#DeconstructingFaith #BiblicalArchaeology #Scepticism #FaithVsEvidence #ReligionAndMyth
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Why “Red Sea Chariot Wheels” and “Noah’s Ark Rediscovered” Claims Refuse to Die
Unearthing the Unfound: Chariot Wheel and Noah's Ark
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October 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Was John the Baptist’s legacy rewritten to make room for Jesus?
The Prophet Without a Legacy asks how one prophet’s story was reshaped — and forgotten.

#DeconstructingFaith #BiblicalCriticism #JohnTheBaptist #ChristianOrigins
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The Prophet Without a Legacy
John the Baptist, the forgotten messiah or prophet?
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October 18, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Many still live under laws written in God’s name. From blasphemy fines to life for “sacrilege”, religion still rules the courtroom. Freedom remains conditional — and reason must kneel or die.

#Religion #Law #Freedom #Blasphemy #Secularism #DeconstructingFaith
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The Holy Legal Hangover
How Religious Laws Still Haunt Secular Nations
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October 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Is the Rapture biblical truth or a modern myth? I dig into the contradictions behind this sensational doctrine — with a MythVision video worth watching.

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#Rapture #EndTimes #BibleCriticism #MythVision #DeconstructingFaith
The Rapture Redux
Prophecies, Predictions, and Perpetual Disappointments
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October 4, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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The Trinity isn’t in the Bible—it was hammered out in councils & politics. A doctrine of confusion, not revelation. Here’s why it doesn’t make sense:

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#Trinity #BibleContradictions #Deconstruction #Christianity
The Trinity Hoax
Origins, Invention, and the Illusion of Divine Unity
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September 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Heaven, hell, rebirth, nirvana — religions promise answers about death but often create more fear than comfort. I take a critical look at afterlife beliefs and their impact on the living.

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#Afterlife #Religion #FaithAndFear #DeathAnxiety
Death and the Afterlife
Beliefs about Death and the Afterlife in Major Religions
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September 20, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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"A 3-year famine. 7 innocent men executed. God appeased.
2 Samuel 21 exposes the Bible’s obsession with blood, inherited guilt, and sacrifice. If this is justice, what does it say about God?"

#BibleCriticism #OldTestament #Deconstruction #ProblemOfEvil

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When Innocents Must Die
The Disturbing Story of Saul’s Sons and God’s Justice
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September 13, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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From Rome - Britain - America, the Bible has been a weapon of empire. My latest article exposes how Scripture was edited & preached to justify slavery, colonisation & exploitation

#BibleAndEmpire #ReligionAndPower #DeconstructingFaith #SlaveBible #CriticalThinking

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The Bible is a Weapon
A Tool for an Empire
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September 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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The Bible wasn’t divine delivery — it was political editing. Lost gospels like Thomas and Mary tell a very different story.
#LostGospels #BibleHistory #FaithDeconstructed

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The Holy Cover-Up
What They Cut from Scripture
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August 30, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Were the apostles martyred heroes or church-made legends? Strip away the Sunday-school gloss and face the evidence. #Apostles #BiblicalHistory #Scepticism #DeconstructingFaith"
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Were All the Apostles Martyred?
Unravelling a Pious Tradition
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August 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Words from King David Kalākaua. "Hula is the language of the heart, therefore, the heartbeat of the Hawai'ian people."
King of Hawaii David Kalākaua. Holding white glove in his right hand.
October 26, 2024 at 1:11 PM
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When religion erased culture—from the silencing of Hawaiian Hula to the burning of Maya books—centuries of history, memory, and identity were lost. #CulturalErasure #IndigenousHistory #Missionaries #SuppressedTraditions #DeconstructFaith

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When God Erased the Dance
How Religion Silenced the Hula and Other Indigenous Histories
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August 16, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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What if the Gospel writers were the original fan fiction authors? Not frauds — but passionate followers who reshaped Jesus’ story for their communities. #DeconstructingFaith #BibleAsFanFic #GospelWriters #FaithReconstruction #JesusStory #BiblicalCriticism
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Gospel Writers as Ancient Fan Fiction Authors
Rewriting the Story of Jesus
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August 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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This article re-examines one of Jesus’s most quoted parables, revealing how it’s been used to justify wealth, reward conformity, and punish moral resistance.
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#BibleCriticism #ReligiousTrauma #DeconstructingChristianity #FaithAndFear #Theology #QuestioningGod
The Parable of the Talents: A Critical Examination of Wealth, Fear, and Exploitation
“For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.” — Matthew 25:29 KJV
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August 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM