Jews, Christians and Muslims all developed a way to reverse death through concepts of afterlife and rebirth. To this day, there is little violence that can't be justified with the right holy scriptures. Such faith, when combined with sufficient will, can prove an effective weapon for those ...
for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced thathe is able to guarduntil that Daywhat has been entrusted to me.Followthe pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us,guardthe...
Unlike Judaism and Christianity,Islamstrictly forbids alcohol consumption. While Muslims consider the Hebrew Bible and Gospels of Jesus to be relevant scriptures, the Quran supersedes previous scriptures. What is the oldest religion? The word Hindu is an exonym, and whileHinduismhas been called the o...
So according to Jesus, multitudes of people who believe they are Christians and believe they are going to heaven are going to be horrified when their spirits leave their body because they will immediately descend down into total darkness where they will be dragged through the gates of hell by ...
There seems to be some confusion abroad these days about diversity of religions. We can find in the writings of Fr. Henri de Lubac, SJ, as well as in St. Thomas Aquinas, principles helpful on this question. Does every human person need Christ’s Redemption? Even the Muslims in the Mosqu...
Furthermore, religion in its own right can serve as a repository and center of spirituality, such as Ignatian spirituality nurtured by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits n.d.), mysticism as practiced in Sufi Islam (Cook2015), or the exercise of Buddhist meditation techniques (Amihai and Kozhe...
Then in 2018, I learned that there was a documentary about this intriguing story. So, of course, I wrote about that:Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God: More from Wheaton College Now, it’s here!“Same God” is being shownthis month on some PBS stations. Watch the trailer ...
Muslims do not feel safe even going to the hospitals, because some Jewish doctors in one of the hospitals poisoned sick Muslim children, who then died.” Q: “The media has reported firing on mosques and harassment of Muslim women, and the situation has gotten so bad that Arabs are ...
Created by Hong Xuiguan in the 1840s, he believed he was the Younger Brother of Jesus and that his mission was to cleanse China of the Qing and others in order to return the Chinese people to the worship of the biblical God. In the 14 years of its existence, it ranged over 16 of...
Jesus came to instruct the mere mortal to “…cleanse the Holy Places of Jerusalem and restore the service of the saints” (Tyerman 33). For these Holy Places held the presence of another faith; the Jews, or as the Christians would refer to them, the murderers of he who was nailed ...