While billions of people believeJesus of Nazarethwas one of the most important figures in world history, many others reject the idea that he even existed at all. A2015 surveyconducted by the Church of England, for instance, found that 22 percent of adults in England did not believe Jesus wa...
To the Jews this was the epitome of blasphemy, for they knew that in doing so Jesus was clearly claiming to be God. On yet another occasion, Jesus explicitly told the Jews: "'I and the Father are one.' Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to th...
doi:10.3390/laws13030036Brackens, Jonathan DawayneLaws (2075-471X)
The idea of light chasing away the darkness is central to understanding Jesus and Christianity. One of the first Jews to recognize baby Jesus as the promised Messiah called him "a light of revelation" (Luke 2:32). This metaphor of light only makes sense against a background of darkness...
But it remained in use liturgically in Jewish communities (who only ever read the Scriptures in their original languages) until it was intentionally revived by European Jews in the late 19thto early 20thcenturies. Aramaic: The Language of Jesus ...
(Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity among Men and Women, Simon and Schuster, 1978), published by the Kinsey Institute, and often called the most ambitious study of homosexuality ever attempted, gathered its data before the AIDS crisis had begun. This study showed that 28 percent of ...
Mosaic law. Comprised of the Torah, as well as the teachings of the Jewish prophets and the Writings, the Tanakh contains all of the Jewish scriptures. For Christians, the Tanakh is referred to as the Old Testament, or the time before the writings dedicated to the teachings of Jesus Christ...
And my YouTube channel, my audience is like 80 something percent men. I mean it’s pretty much younger males under 40 males almost exclusively. And Trent, I imagine that your demographic is probably somewhat similar to that. So that’s both in my audience and then the people that I’m...
whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worship...
Approximately 84 percent of the world populations go to churches, synagogues, temples, monasteries, mosques and other places to seek divine guidance and the truth. The truth is elusive and there is a realization that all religions have some truth, but no religion has all the truth....