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isthatinthebible.wordpress.com
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| | | | | Speaking in tonguesis one of the strangest behaviours that is regularly practiced in modern Christianity. Is it the initial evidence of a believer's salvation? A futile charade? A demonic manifestation? A tool for missionary work? All these views and more can be found in the official and unofficial doctrines taught by various churches. For better... | |
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historyforatheists.com
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| | | | | If there is a story that forms the heart of New Atheist bad history, it's the tale of the Great Library of Alexandria and its destruction by a Christian mob. It's the central moral fable of the Draper-White Thesis, where wise and rational Greeks and Romans store up all the wisdom of the pre-Christian ancient world in a single library, treasuring science and reason and bringing western civilisation to the brink of a technological and industrial revolution. But then a... Read More Read More | |
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bibleinterp.arizona.edu
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| | | | | [AI summary] The text explores the diverse beliefs about death and the afterlife in ancient Near Eastern cultures, particularly focusing on Jewish and early Christian traditions during the Second Temple Period. It highlights how various communities addressed theodicy, the problem of evil, by proposing that the righteous would be rewarded and the wicked punished in the afterlife. The discussion includes different views on resurrection, immortality, and eternal life, with references to key texts like the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and the New Testament. The text also notes the influence of Greek philosophy on Jewish thought, as seen in figures like Philo of Alexandria, and how these ideas shaped early Christian doctrines, particularly the belief in Jesus' resu... | |
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jonathanturtle.wordpress.com
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| | | I ain't no music critic. That aside, here are my 10 favourite albums from 2011. 10.Metals, Feist. This chick is dope. 'Nuff said. 9.Bad As Me, Tom Waits. It's unimaginable to me how anyone can listen to a Tom Waits record all the way through without a stiff drink in hand (preferably whiskey, scotch, or... | ||