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- 2771: Enochian Scripture
- ... first translated in Damascus in 730 A.D. by Abdul Alhazred. The Necronomicon, is not, as popularly believed, a grimoire, or sorceror's spell-book; it was conceived as a history, and so "a book of things now dead and gone". An alternative derivation of the word Necronomicon gives as its meaning "the book of the customs of the dead", but again this is consistent with the book's original conception as a history, not as a work of necromancy. But the author shared with Madame Blavatsky, who has a magpie-like tendency to gather and stitch together fact, rumor, speculation, and complete balderdash ...
- 2772: Who Was Jesus?
- ... God that is pleased by followers that love not only God, but each other also. These seem like simple, logical rules to live by. But, they reflected a time in history where that kind of love for one another was hard to find because of the hardships inflicted upon the people. I find some conflict in Jesus' actions, however. Jesus never ... I can see how the power of the Catholic Church had progressed to where it was in the 1400's. I had always felt that many of Catholic acts in history were direct mis-translations of the teachings of Jesus. Now I see, things like The Crusades could be backed by all of the punishments I previously talked about; also, The ...
- 2773: What Went Wrong: An Examination of Separation of Church and State
- ... at the start of a school day.(Barton, America: To… ,p.14) Since 1962, lessons which were commonplace in school texts have vanished, because of their religious nature. For example, history textbooks for 150 years contained a story about George Washington that most adults today have never heard. It takes place during the French and Indian War, and a young colonel ... When the teacher does mention it, it is taught that Washington warned America about getting involved in foreign affairs, and the growth of political parties. This speech was commonplace in history texts prior to the 1960s. The problem with Washington's famous speech was that out of the twelve warnings he gave, four were overly religious, and therefore unsuitable for students ...
- 2774: Jesus: The First Anarchist
- ... swear to be truthful and honest and follow the teachings of the people's God. But are they following God's will? Have they ever been? JESUS: AN ANARCHIST? Throughout history Jesus Christ has been regarded as a revolutionary, but an anarchist? Yes, the answer. As time has passed and covered the once passionate spirit in commonality, however, Jesus' true meaning ... since 1950. 6,000 monasteries have been destroyed, 1 in 20 monks are allowed to practice. Wildlife has been depleted to extinction, famines have occured for the first time in history, natural resources are devasted. Peaceful demonstrations by nuns and monk and laypeople have led to deaths, and Tibetans are a minority in their own country. The U.S. congress heard ...
- 2775: Religion
- ... the supernatural."1 I challenge that definition. It is true that all religions do involve the worship of some supernatural force, however, it is also true that no religion in history has ever stopped at that. For a more complete definition of the word religion we also have to examine two other aspects. How has it affected man over the centuries ... control and manipulate people for the betterment of a select group of individuals. To better illustrate this point let's look at just three of the countless examples that human history has to offer. The Inquisition, "judicial institution, established by the papacy in the Middle Ages, charged with seeking out, trying, and sentencing people guilty of heresy."2 Heretics were considered ...
- 2776: The Existence of God
- The Existence of God For centuries, the idea of God has been a part of man's history. Past and present, there has always been a different integration consisting of the believers and the non-believers of God. The group of those who have "faith" in God tend ... prove whether God exists or not. What's really important, no matter whether such a being exists or not, is that the ideology of God has certainly existed throughout the history of man. Moreover, the power of this ideology of God has proven to be overwhelming among the believers who have faith in its religion. Even for the non-believers or ...
- 2777: Confucianism and Christianity
- ... and Chinese Religious. Doubleday, London; 1988. Clearly, Thomas. The Essential Confucius. Harper, San Fransico; 1992. Cochrane, Norris Charles. Christianity and Classical Culture. Oxford University Press, London; 1972. Conzlemann, Hans. The History of Primitive Christianity. Abingdon Press, New York; 1973. de Groot, J. J. L. The Religious System. 6 vols., Leiden; 1892. Do-Dinh, Pierre. Confucius and Chinese Humanism. Funk and Wagnalls ... Toynbee, Arnold. Christianity Among the Religions of the World. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York; 1957 Weber, Max. The Religion of China. The Free Press, New York; 1951. Wieger, L. History of Religious Belief and Philosophical Opinions in China. Catholic Mission, Hsein-sein, China; 1927. Yang, C. K. Religion in Chinese Society. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles; 1961 ...
- 2778: Genocide
- ... but it was the acts that were premeditated which were classified as evil and brutal. A. M. Rosenthal, the author of No News From Auschwitz, described a single moment in history where these kinds of acts were invoked. This appalling endeavor is known as genocide which is the deliberate destruction of a national, racial or a religious group (Winston Dictionary). Genocide ... only a few examples of the numerous situations of this sort of calamity. Indeed, it was evident genocide has no boundaries, and was not confined to a specific moment in history or one category of people. It is sad but true, the beliefs of one person could eliminate the existence of people with different denominations.
- 2779: A Comparison of Islam and Christianity
- ... prominent. Islam and Christianity. It is averaged that there are 750 million people practicing Islam, and another 1 billion practicing Christianity. The start of Islam is actually derived form Christianity, history books indicates that one night in the year 610, the first of many revelations came to Muhammad from God by way of the angel Gabriel (In Christianity this is the ... worshipped by the Arabs. These gods are denounced as powerless idols who will be unable to help unbelievers on the day of judgment. Other doctrines, common to Israel's later history and early Christianity, were incorporated into the Koran, as well. There is a strong assertion of belief in the resurrection from the dead, in angels and devils, and in heaven ...
- 2780: Judaism and Christianity
- ... he therefore had the power to redeem them from captivity if they repented. A truly monotheistic religion developed the God of Israel now being seen as the God ruling universal history and the destiny of all nations. I'm not going to delve any further into the history of Judaism. At this point in time I will simply state that there are many differences in between Christianity and Judaism The Jews believe in "anointed prophets," or someone who ...
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