I agree with Xenon. Jesus Christ is so commonly used that the average person probably does not know his full real earthly name. In my studies his name would have been Yeshua (or some variance as posted earlier) Barabbas. The same name as the seditioner in who he was incarcerated with. Can...
I'm curious why many of us seem to transpose the corpreal world into the Afterlife (Heaven, Paradise etc...)? It would seem to me that the necessity for the invidual genders to have passed in this life. In ALL my readings of the different religions and such, there is absolutely no mention of...
I'm surprised at all the "visual" conceptions of sexiness being attributed to an individual who's most basic teachings were in opposition to exactly that.
Physical beauty is just a part (albeit, generally the first noticed) of being sexy. The intangibles are what really complete the picture for...
Why are you guys arguing over the same side of the coin?
Are we born with the RESULT of original sin? Yes, we have knowledge of good/evil right/wrong etc.
Are we born noble aka "sinless"? Yes, at the time of birth we have committed no personal sin.
Do we have the ability to choose between...
Interestingly enough, I just read this in a Islamic book by Maulana Ashiq Ilahi titled "What Happens After Death".
The following is a word for word quote icluding typos:
Chapter Title " Who will face the last day"
Hadrat Abdullah bin Umar (Allah be pleased with him) reports that the...
I am curious as to what others think about the concept of the manger and it's use and meaning in Scripture.
A manger is defined as a trough or a stone/wooden box used to hold food for animals, Manger is the French verb for "to eat" as defined on Wikipedia.
In the N.T. Luke 2:7 "and she...
According to information in The Two Babylons by Hislop. One of the possible origins of cannabalism comes from the sin-offerings to Moloch or Baal. As noted in the O.T. the ritual of "passing through fire" is supposedly a ritual of human sacrifice as a sin-offering to cleanse the people of their...