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Greg Carey: What Does the Bible Actually Say About Marriage? When you attend a wedding at church, what passages of Scripture do you expect to hear?
Congregations occasionally invite me to speak on the current same-sex marriage debates, and I ask them this question. Their answers are remarkably consistent. Someone invariably mentions 1 Corinthians 13, the famous "Love Chapter. " Love is patient, love is kind, love never insists on its own way and so forth. Wonderful advice for marriage, but Paul was not talking about marriage. Others call out, "Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God" (Ruth 1:16; NRSV).
The second creation story in Genesis comes up: "Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh" (Genisis 2:24). One other passage frequently surfaces in weddings but rarely in mainline Protestant churches, the Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodists and United Church of Christ congregations that invite me to speak. Not a Lot to Say. Garden of Eden originally a Pygmy myth? In one of the most fascinating books I’ve ever read, Pygmy Kitabu, Belgian anthropologist Dr.
Jean-Pierre Hallet relates numerous detailed legends of the Pygmy people of the Ituri Forest in the Congo, including their origin and savior myths. Hallet, who spent some 30 years living off and on with the Pygmies, including one 18-month stint completely immersed with the Efé people, relies not only on his own copious firsthand experiences but also the works of other scientists, such as the Jesuit missionary and anthropologist Dr. Paul Schebesta, who likewise lived among and visited the Ituri Forest people for many years from the 1920s to through the 1950s. As have been others who studied the Pygmies, both scientists were stunned to discover what appeared to be the origins of much biblical and other religious traditions, and both were quite certain that these isolated people were completely uninfluenced by any outside agencies, including Christian missionaries.
Efé obeyed these instructions. Won't stop believin' : Local News. The Atheists Spreading the Word (Part 1 of 3) DOGMA FREE AMERICA. Ex-Christian Meetup Groups - Ex-Christian Meetups. A Podcast for Atheists, Skeptics and Secular Humanists. ClergyGoneWild. Religious conversion and personality change.pdf (application/pdf Object) Just who were the real authors of the Bible? Quotes of Bible Corruption from NIV Bible Commentary. Search and find articles and topics quickly and accurately!
See different advanced ways to search for articles on this site. Also Visit: Also visit: Answering Trinity section. What parts of the Bible and Hadiths do Muslims believe are closest to the Truth, and Why? [1] [2] Note to Muslims: As Muslims, we must be very careful when we comment on the previous Scriptures, because there is always a possibility that there might be Divine Revelations parts in the verses that we might be objecting to. Bart D. Ehrman: Who Wrote The Bible and Why It Matters.
Apart from the most rabid fundamentalists among us, nearly everyone admits that the Bible might contain errors -- a faulty creation story here, a historical mistake there, a contradiction or two in some other place.
But is it possible that the problem is worse than that -- that the Bible actually contains lies? Liars For Jesus - The Religious Right's Alternate Version of American History. Indian Mythology - Hindu Mythology Articles, Facts @ Indian Divinity.com. Indian Mythology dates back to as early as 7200 B.C. when the first hymns of the RIG VEDA was composed.
THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY, Exploring Mythology & the Greek Gods in Classical Literature & Art. Godchecker.com - Your Guide To The Gods. Mythology with a twist! Reasonable Doubts. Mythology, folklore, and religion. AgeOfReason. God is Man-Made - Here you will find brights, atheist, free thinkers, agnostic and rationalist websites.
Evil Bible Home Page. Official Home Page of Robert M. Price. Truth Be Known. Bradyns Blog. Apostates of Islam - We left Islam. Welcome to Enlightenment! Religion – the Tragedy of Mankind - Articles by Kenneth Humphreys. Debunking Christianity. Secular Web: Atheism, Agnosticism, Naturalism, Skepticism and Secularism. DotNet - encouraging ex-Christians (de-converting or former Christians)
Leaving Christianity. It is not finished moving yet and some links will send you back to the old Leaving Christianity site until the rest of the pages are moved.
Not to fear though as the content is the same wherever you end up! Note the nice site navigation on the upper left and the site activity lower left! This will gradually populate as I move the rest of the site here. All the site pages are also accessible via this home page as they always were at the old site location.
Preface Human beings are intelligent and psychologically rich animals. There are many reasons why people leave Christianity, but the most common reason for a very serious Christian to leave is through research. The deconversion experience is one of the most dramatic transforming experiences that can happen to a religious person for which there is no "exit counselling" from the church. So what is it like to leave? Any major change of world view can bring a "conversion experience" or trauma - but there is more to it than this.
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