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In 1999, when we began our work at the Biblical Heritage Center, our goal was not to just be an academic educational venture. It was to make the lives of people better and make the world a safer place for all people. We believe an important way to do this is by providing people with facts about their biblical heritages – from the writing of the books of the Bible to the religious institutions that base their authority on the Bible and the belief systems they have created.

The problem we face is that many of the facts that we discover do not agree with people’s religious beliefs.  We do not promise to save people, get them in heaven or save them from hell. We promise to give to provide the most accurate factual information we can find about their biblical heritages, which includes the religious and other authoritarian institutions that do promise to do those things. Our biblical heritages affect the quality of life, the way relate to each other, how we teach our children, and as we have recently seen, how millions of Americans vote. We believe that when people have access to factual information they will ultimately use it to test their beliefs and ultimately make the best decision for their own lives and the lives of those that depend on them.

This isn’t the most popular thing to do. People do not like to be informed that any of their religious beliefs aren’t what they believed they were. A major downside for BHC is that doing this doesn’t make raising the funding we need very easy. If you understand the importance of our work, especially if it has helped you, please help BHC now by making a generous year-end  tax-deductible contribution. It is urgently needed now. Please be as generous as possible -- $5,000, $2500, $ 1500, $1000, $750, $500, $250, $100 – if you have been blessed and can do more or if circumstances limit you to less – please do your best. It is important. Your help is greatly appreciated. Please take time to help now by clicking on http://www.biblicalheritage.org/BHC/donate.htm .

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