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Historical Blindness

Darkness Came: the Myths of Easter and Good Friday

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4839 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

From claims about the pagan origins of Easter traditions to biblical literalists asserting that the miraculous darkness at the crucifixion is historically provable, I explode all kinds of myths in this holiday special. Get 3 months of premium wireless service for $15 bucks a month at MintMobile.com/Blindness Check out the show merch, perfect for gifts!  Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com. Direct all advertising inquiries to [email protected]. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Some music on this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of this episode's publication. Tracks include "Cicle DR Valga," "Illa Vallardo," "Cicle Deserrat," and "Service Road 237." Additional music, including "Remedy for Melancholy," "Cold War Echo," "daemones," "daedalus," and "Daylight PON II," is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.

0:04.7

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0:23.9

Get two-for-one cinema tickets every Tuesday or Wednesday with compares the market.

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Simples.

0:28.7

When you take out a qualifying product to compare the market, one membership per year,

0:31.7

participating in cinemas, two standard tickets only cheap as free.

0:33.9

T's and Cs apply.

0:40.3

Every year around this time, those who frequent social media platforms may find themselves

0:46.1

bombarded with a certain form of anti-Christian misinformation.

0:51.1

Of course, it depends on the algorithms determining what content is filtered out and what is directed at the user and how they have come to characterize the potential interests of each user.

1:03.0

But the misinformation I speak about and which I've spoken about before is seasonal and holiday oriented and therefore has a greater chance of being spread this month

1:14.8

because it pertains to the Christian holiday of Easter.

1:19.3

Because of that, it is also more likely to be reposted or shared by users,

1:24.4

since topical posts that appear timely can seem like content worth spreading.

1:32.1

Nevertheless, this content, typically taking the form of a meme template with an image and brief

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