{"id":5148,"date":"2014-02-22T15:07:29","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T21:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=5148"},"modified":"2014-02-26T13:32:56","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T19:32:56","slug":"a-simple-guide-to-starting-your-own-heresy-or-dan-browns-template","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=5148","title":{"rendered":"A simple guide to starting your own heresy: or, \u201cDan Brown\u2019s template\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. Obtain an ancient document (preferably one that people are familiar with and have some connection to)<br \/>\n<a style=\"font-style: normal; text-align: center;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/book.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1976 aligncenter\" alt=\"book\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/book-300x224.png?resize=180%2C134\" width=\"180\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/book.png?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/book.png?resize=100%2C75&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/book.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>2. Find an obscure passage in above document<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Devimahatmya_Sanskrit_MS_Nepal_11c.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5149 aligncenter\" alt=\"Devimahatmya_Sanskrit_MS_Nepal_11c\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Devimahatmya_Sanskrit_MS_Nepal_11c-300x101.jpg?resize=180%2C61\" width=\"180\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Devimahatmya_Sanskrit_MS_Nepal_11c.jpg?resize=300%2C101&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Devimahatmya_Sanskrit_MS_Nepal_11c.jpg?resize=500%2C169&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Devimahatmya_Sanskrit_MS_Nepal_11c.jpg?w=920&amp;ssl=1 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n3. Find a ridiculous and previously disproven interpretation of above passage<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you don\u2019t have time to do this, don\u2019t worry. Most just invent the interpretation and claim that the original documentation was burned, lost, covered up, or hidden under some highly guarded monument. That is acceptable.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4. Explain how everyone prior to you has been too ignorant\/ racist\/ chauvinistic\/ embarrassed\/ prejudice\/ power-hungry to embrace and propagate your interpretation<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0Repeat this process quickly enough that by the time your heresy has been sufficiently refuted, you are selling books on another one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/info.medisked.com\/Portals\/178803\/images\/newspaper1.jpg?resize=216%2C190\" width=\"216\" height=\"190\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Note: Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westernseminary.edu\/transformedblog\/2014\/02\/24\/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-camels-and-biblical-accuracy\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;5 Things You Need to Know About Camels and Biblical Accuracy&#8221;<\/a> by\u00a0Jan Verbruggen to see how one ought to go about dealing with all the &#8220;Breaking News&#8221; that is regularly published.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Obtain an ancient document (preferably one that people are familiar with and have some connection to) 2. Find an obscure passage in above document 3. 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