In 2007, the professor Bart Ehrman, from the University of North Caroline, focused on the textual inconsistencies of the New Testament in a speech at the University of Stanford. In the current year, he has released the work Jesus, Interrupted , in which he tries to show the contradictions within the Bible, subject that is the central theme of this week’s editorial, entitled The supposedly Christian religions  and their contradictions.

Gustavo Leopoldo Rodrigues Daré, spiritist since his infancy and doctor rooted in the city of Ribeirão Preto, speaks in the interview conceded to the editor Orson Peter Carrara about the origin and objectives of the event entitled Paths to Spiritism, which has obtained a great success, specially in the countryside of the São Paulo state. The interview is one of the headlines in this edition.

Another headline in this number is the special Reflections about the impact of the thoughts in the therapy of cancer, by the confrere Jorge Hessen, who shows that faith, although does not modify the Laws of Nature, can help the work of a good medical team, making a big difference in the treatment.

In the interview conceded to the magazine Época, Bart Ehrman criticizes the Bible and explains why he understands that such a book was not inspired by God, as it is presented in the special report by Thiago Bernardes, which also constitutes one of the headlines this week. 

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With this edition, we start the study of the Revue Spirite from 1864, which will be presented based on the translation by Júlio Abreu Filho published by EDICEL.