Bible Scholar: Dead Sea Scrolls, Ancient Drugs & Jesus Christ | Dan McClellan

Dan McClellan is a biblical scholar & an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. McClellan was the winner of the Society of Biblical Literature's 2023 Richards Award for Public Scholarship.

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OUTLINE
00:00 - Dan's academic background
06:02 - Septuagint predates the Torah?
22:30 - Fake Dead Sea Scrolls
26:03 - Greek found in Synagogues
32:35 - Inaccuracies with translation
39:57 - Bible scholar paradox
42:36 - Dan's personal bias
46:43 - Torah origins
50:01 - Moses never existed?
56:33 - Was the Christ a drug?
01:09:09 - Did the Bible misinterpret words?
01:15:58 - Jesus in the public park
01:20:22 - Was Jesus Christ a trafficker?
01:26:22 - The False Prophet
01:28:39 - Eyewitness vs authored accounts
01:33:24 - Why Jesus died so fast?
01:34:36 - Dan's take on Anunnaki
01:43:21 - Pagan influences in the Bible
01:56:48 - Misconceptions about Christianity

[dannyjones]

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[ChiefGhoul]

So… who wants to hear Ammon and Dan do a nice old fashioned debate? 🍿

[Mikey-hvlw]

If Ammon speaks and reads the Greek then you gotta find someone else who can also read and speak it then let them go at it.

[blackwaterfrog]

There are 2 types of people, those who seek truth, and those who seek evidence to support what they already believe.

[sbkarajan]

Frankly, I didn’t really buy what Hillman was saying until I watched this guy fumbling around trying to discredit him only with the words “laughable”, “non sensical”, and so on.
Man, explain why Hillman is wrong. You Have nothing to add except running away from the argument pretending to laugh.

[natebenne]

This guy made no convincing arguments, he just called things laughable and nonsensical without providing any evidence. Honestly not really worth watching

[eso]

A minor in greek, can't speak greek. Doesn't present any solid arguments, shilling what wikipedia says, What a waste.

[livefreeordie]

Morman? Kinda hard to believe someone that believes that shit

[MrBohning]

“I’m very good at separating my own spirituality from academics….but yeah I’m a Mormon”

[stickman]

The words "Mormon" and "Scholar" don't belong in the same sentence. Anyone who admits to believing Mormonism has no business in this arena.

[experienceanimation]

"it could be read like that, sure".

Saved you 2 hours

[dustinmylesdiou]

so this is the infamous ‘Dan’ i’ve heard so much about? *Ammon sends a spanking

[catherinegreen]

there are a lot of holes in his arguments - sorry Dan but you didn't say anything to convince me because you provide no substance - he states he tries to call out the bullshit in religion - and at the same time he is mormon???? wth??

[TheEccentricSquare]

Danny was on Lady Babylon a few days ago where they talk about this interview. Be sure to watch that after this.

[cray]

Bible Scholar, adult man wears a Disney Tshirt, still living in a fairy tale land. Living the dream!

[oneactual]

Says he has no bias but is a Mormon who believes their founder found a book under a tree and that Book of Mormon and the Bible are their source of faith. How in the entire existence can this guy not have a bias?

Who actually wrote the Book of Mormon?
Book of Mormon - Wikipedia
Author - Joseph Smith
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi.

So this guy believes a book created in 1830 is more of a source than the original Greek Bible what a clown.

[broosevain]

Off the rip I find it hard to imagine that a Mormon is going to objectively evaluate Hillman's claims. On the basis of Faith alone, such a concession would be heretical. Basically, McClellan's opinion is firmly compromised by an external obligation

[tylersierra]

Look at his face of confusion when you brought up the main arguement for the greek word for child trafficker… its like he either forgot to watch over the main point of the OG hillman video or he blatantly pretended hes never heard of it cause he knew all he could say was basically “ its up to interpretation” …. Again notice his expressions when asked

[Cpl_Clegg]

Ammon ruffled a lot of feathers. I love it so much. You can tell who goes into the research trying to learn, and who goes into it trying to prove a point. Ammon is a role model for all scholars and he's setting the bar way higher than any apologist can reach

[stevenkenney]

Anyone else cringing trying to watch this and eventually had to just tune out?