Religion

Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him over the whole realm.
-Daniel 6:3a (NKJV)


We live in a world that o...

Shiraz is known as the lyrical centre of Persia, for the reason that two of the greatest poets of the world, Hafez (1324-1391) and Sa'di (1209-1291), come from this town. Sa'di, the tourist, was born ...

No amount of thinking is going to lead you to ¡°that¡± which is the one - this ¡°you¡± of you - that is already flowing through the very eyes of this mindbody that you find yourself flowing th...

Through the last decades science has struggled to estimate the age of the human race. Obviously, evolution would insist this occurred a long time ago, as it would take an incredible span of time for t...

Since 1913, almost a hundred years now, this is the first time that we have had back-to-back elected presidents of opposing parties who have served two full terms.

Being able to compare th...

A perfecta is a bet at the racetrack in which you win if you correctly pick the first and second place finishers in the right order. A trifecta is when you get the first three in the right order. Gamb...

The word canon is derived from the Greek word kanon (¡°kanon¡±), a rod, ruler, staff, or measuring rod. The Biblical canon is the list of books recognized by the leaders of the church, based on ob...

Now if you're looking for the right or best Christian dating service, online or offline, there are few tips here that may help you choose the right one. UK, US, and Canadian Christian dating is rapidl...

If you are a pastor or other religious leader, you know that getting your church members into and reading the Bible on a daily basis is the key to spiritual growth, church growth and outreach. But di...

Eid, a religious festival


Eid, a religious festival

The end of the holy month of Ramadan is marked by Eid-ul-fitr, a religious festival whi...

Guilt, that nagging feeling on the inside, is something with which everyone is quite familiar. It doesn¡¯t discriminate on the basis of race, gender or culture. It starts working in us from a very y...

My last article about God's love/hate relationship with the world drew some mixed response from sincere people. Some of the questions that were asked and objections that were made were so good that I ...

Anyone who holds to any standard of righteousness in our "culture of tolerance" is in trouble. If you say, for example, that homosexuality is a perversion, abortion is murder, sex outside of marriage ...

Although the Law of Moses was given to the descendants of Israel probably sometime around 1440 B.C, God had already given the entire human race another Law that predated the Mosaic Law by at least 2,5...

Some years ago when I was a pastor, I walked into my church office after a Sunday morning service to find a sandwich bag on my desk containing three chocolate brownies. Some thoughtful and anonymous s...

Maimonides considered instead that God may just begin to be expressed through the negative characteristics. This is so for the reason that positive characteristics reproduce some knowledge of the subs...

New scientific high-technology recording devices are used to bring the Word of God to people who might not otherwise have any way of hearing God's Word. The result of this scientific technology on th...

President George Bush decided to surge, to send more troops to Iraq. His top two Generals told him that this would be a bad idea. President Bush proceeded to fire them and replace them with General Da...

The word canon is derived from the Greek word kanon (¡°kanon¡±), a rod, ruler, staff, or measuring rod. The Biblical canon is the list of books recognized by the leaders of the church, based on ob...

India is considered to be the land of festivals. And each festivals, has a reason or significance behind its celebration. Diwali the festival of light is also not an exception. It is celebrated across...

Students of metaphysical philosophy, theologians, and gurus all have rather strong opinions on the subject of giving. Many ask if it's a law needing to be observed, while others believe that it is a ...

Secularisms academicians are now saying the best way to null the message is to ignore both it and the messengers. Does anyone remember why we call them universities?

The key word in the lat...

This week while America was busy obsessing over Paris Hilton, Larry Craig and Britney Spears, Kim Jong-il agreed to dismantle North Korea¡¯s nuclear program, officially end the Korean War, and econo...

The audio Bible online is a wonderful new result of the application of digital audio technology to the Word of God. The King James audio Bible is just one of many versions of the Bible available in...

The Holy Bible records Jesus ascending into heaven, having entrusted the care of His Church into the hands of his disciples. This group of men and women would become the first church, filled with the ...

Did you know that most of the people in the world cannot read? We take free, public education in the United States for granted sometimes, but with it does come the opportunity for public literacy lea...

If the person agrees that Christians believe in the Bible, and people understand the miracles because of the Bible, then all Christians must trust in miracles. Hume does not agree with the statements...

Modern world is full of the evil. There are different types of evils. Many of them are caused by humans, because of their ignorance and unwillingness to think about the consequences. Swinburne in his ...

In the famous book by Cahn ¡°Cacodaemony¡± the author touches upon such problem as goodness. It is something like contradiction of Swinburne¡¯s book ¡°The Problem of Evil¡±. Cahn says that i...

The first cause explains the existence of everything. Aquinas considers God to be this first cause. The first cause does not prove that God exists; it is only supposed to be God. Speaking about Aquina...

It is necessary to point out some additional flaws in Anselm¡¯s theory. The first flow is the statement, that God is everything to everyone. It is rather disputable assertion, because each person ha...

Many scientists were trying to give the definition of God. One more theory is that of Anselm, who begins saying that God is the greatest being to think of. When Anselm says this, it means that there i...

A lot of people who believe in God think that atheism is something evil and bad. Though atheism is not necessary a harmful thing. It does not mean that atheists say that God does not exist or deny eve...

The only beliefs that will survive are those that give strong regal confirmation. The absence of such confirmation may lead to the skepticism or the atheism. Philosophy deals with many questions and o...

Anselm¡¯s theory of God deals with his existence in mind and in reality. He gives the definition of God as of the greatest being. Also he declares that every person who hears this definition of God ...

The second miracle that Hume discussed was the story of Moses and the burning bush. The story says about one event, when Moses was working in the fields and saw the angel of God who appeared before hi...

To believe or not in miracles is the personal thing. Hume says that people can not know for sure about the existence of miracle. He states that the transgressions of the natural laws are the closest t...

The theory of God by Anselm is used to show that God exists as something the greatest and even the idea of his non ¨C existence is impossible. The argument of the existence of God is closely connecte...

One aspect of meditation is to slow down your thoughts enough to "see" your thoughts. Being able to see your thoughts will give you the ability to change your life through the concept of the Law of At...

A lot of discussions were conducted as for the statements of the book ¡°Cacodaemony¡± by Cahn. It was approved and disapproved by the great number of philosophers. Reading this book, one can see h...

The problem of the belief is one of the most burning today. If you are a religious person there is no need for you to support your beliefs. If you are not religious, you are unlikely to be convinced t...

The problem of choice was always the most difficult to solve. It is very hard to make the necessary decision and not regret about it later. As many people as many points of view they have. Sometimes ...

Swinburne says that some evils that occur, for example suffering of people cause the humanity to be sympathetic, brave, self-oriented and kind. He also says these are goods that appeared as the result...

MySpace has fast become one of the most popular social networking sites on the Internet. With users from virtually all countries, cultures, religions and creed, the demand for MySpace layouts has lite...

A lot of vocabularies give the definition of the tolerance as an excellent attitude to the person who differs from others, that is has the other religion, color of the skin and nationality. To underst...

Hare thinks that there is a great difference between his theory and Flew¡¯s one. He says that the scientists in the Flew¡¯s story do not mind about the garden, just discussing it with admiration b...

One more very important characteristic of not being tolerant is age. The resent findings have shown that the way you speak with elderly people is important. So called ¡°Baby ¨Ctalk¡± is very ofte...

To examine the theory of God existence, the points of view of Kant can be taken. He says that existence is not the perfection because the perfection is some quality, and existence is not a feature, qu...

Krishna the pilot of Arjuna¡¯s chariot speak of eternal life while convincing the archer to leave fear for death on the battle field, he gives no good argument as to why the physical bodies of warri...

The majority of people find the Anselm¡¯s theory the most acceptable of all: they fully agree that God is the Supreme Being, having only best qualities. He exists in understanding and in reality. If...