The History of the Demiurge - An Ancient Alternate God? @TheEsotericaChannel

Get all sides of every story and be better informed at https://ground.news/AlexOC - subscribe for 40% off unlimited access. For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: https://www.alexoconnor.com To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic VIDEO NOTES Justin Sledge is currently a part-time professor of philosophy and religion at several institutions in the Metro-Detroit area and a popular local educator. His YouTube channel is ‪@TheEsotericaChannel‬. LINKS Buy "The Evil Creator" by M. David Litwa (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/47p65NP TIMESTAMPS 0:00 When Gods have a history 4:53 What is the Demiurge? 7:52 Plato’s Demiurge 17:26 The early development of creator gods 24:31 How YHWH became an evil Egyptian God 37:00 The development of the donkey-headed God 42:06 The earliest depiction of Jesus is a donkey-headed God 48:10 The early development of Christianity 50:58 Marcion and the first Christian Bible 1:08:18 The popularity of early Christian gnosticism 1:13:12 The connection between the Demiurge and the Jews 1:20:12 The evil Demiurge in Christianity 1:28:07 The theology of the Demiurge 1:35:44 How Christianity merged with other mythologies 1:42:56 The context in which Christianity evolved 1:48:35 Ending CONNECT My Website: https://www.alexoconnor.com SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter:   / cosmicskeptic   Facebook:   / cosmicskeptic   Instagram:   / cosmicskeptic   TikTok: @CosmicSkeptic The Within Reason Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... CONTACT Business email: [email protected] ------------------------------------------