I'm confused. We all saw the 5 million person march by Europe for free speech and no intimidation from terrorism and among the marchers were European Muslim leaders and European Muslims saying how Islam has no problem with the free speech of others, rejects violence, is a religion of peace...
Does anyone else think that celibacy being forced on priests/ and others in the clergy is killing the Church? Personally I don't see how the Church will survive into the 22nd century if it does not do away forever with this rule. Celibacy could still exist it would just be made 'optional' , a...
More of a history/ origin type matter, but no one goes to the archeology page much...So, I thought to discuss here.
Abraham (Abram here on in ) and Jacob too, are usually depicted as having been Bedouin type....moving along the desert fringes of what is today Iraq, Arabia, and Syria, then down...
Did you guys ever read this story (Paradise Lost), it's a story by the English mid 1600's writer 'Milton'. He wanted to write as his biggest best seller an epic about a great British 'prince or king' (like King Aurthor) etc. but that had already been done a lot. Given his times, the height of...
Hey all,
It's 85AD..... the Jewish Temple of God was destroyed by the Romans 15 years before (70AD), in the '1st Jewish-Roman War' (66-72AD). The Jewish religious/ national council, the Sanhedrin had to meet at the town of Jamnia (Yavne) as temporary HQ.
History reports, that there, in 85AD they...
Did you guys hear about this? It seems every few years we have, what I could only label, false attacks on Christianity always around the Christian Easter. This years hoax seems to be the 'Jeselsohn stone', or 'Gabriel' or 'Messiah stone'. On Sunday April 1 I was watching Nat Geo channel which...
Hi all. Just thought I'd post some stuff in this section about Biblical Holy Land anthropology/ archeology I've researched that people might find interesting or for discussion.
I thought I'd start with Jesus tomb and the Holy Sepulchure Church in Jerusalem. After Roman emperor Hadrian destroyed...
Hi all,
Is my reading of the Quran correct....There is 'nothing' in there that requires 'believing' (Islamic) women to be veiled?
The only reference to 'veils' that I've found is where it says that since so many people come to Muhammad's house to seek his counsel, a 'veil' (curtain) shall be put...
Why is it that some Christians insist the ancient Jewish Temple must be rebuilt for Christ's 'second coming' to occur? I mean Jesus was the one who accurately predicted the Temples destruction 'not one stone upon another', Matthew Chp. 24, right? Where does He say...and I will not come again...
Hello,
I've been looking for a place to discuss religion. I'm really into religious history/study/ biblical archeology etc. (mostly Christianity and Judaism). It seems scientists and scholars have learned so much in these areas in recent times (really for all religions). I guess I'm one whose...
As I understand, it the Doctrine is a non biblical 'interpretation' of the Adam and Eve myth created way after Biblical times in the late 4th century by the Roman Manichaean writer, Augustine (of the city of Hippo). Augustine had been of the pagan Manichaean religion most of his life and at the...