Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American The Jesus Parallels The Jesus Parallels (1st edition, 2007) by Roger Viklund Umeå, Sweden The present essay is principally a translation of one chapter out of 30 from my book written in Swedish, Den Jesus som aldrig funnits (in English: The Jesus That Never Was). My intention Modern scholarship tends to disregard the similarities between Jesus of the Gospels and other demigods. In this essay, I have compared the life of Jesus according to the Gospels with the lives of other sons of God. My intention is … 1) to point out all the relevant similarities. 2) to include the quotes from the original sources, as far as possible, for everyone to be able to form their own opinion. 3) to show that many conceptions actually antedate Christianity. My own belief is that there was no Jesus of Nazareth; that the Jesus who is portrayed in the Gospels never existed. In my treatment of the six divine characters, I have, needless to say, excluded many details from their lives that have no correspondence in the Gospel stories.
The Skeptic's Dictionary Fatwa: Necrophilia Is Now Halal in Morocco Views: 34338 New York / Morocco Board News--- Yes, we do have a freak show going on these days. But none of our Monstres Sacrés can match the latest Fatwa published by the (respected) Islamic Scholar and member of the religious establishment, Abdelbari Zemzami. He basically allows sexual intercourse with a corpse. I should perhaps be more specific in Zemzami’s Fatwa: he allows the widowed husband to have sexual intercourse with the corpse of his deceased wife. But the issue goes beyond our funny Zemzami – please follow the hashtags#FunnyZemzami and #ZemzamiFatwa, you will get a kicking out of the twittoma’s imagination and acerbic witticism- and strikes at the very heart of individual freedom and the rule of positive law; Zemzami is empowered to produce Islamic rulings that can easily be considered an obligation on the Muslim community in Morocco; As a Alem, an Islamic Scholar, his Fatwas are norms. Indeed, Zemzami’s ruling is funny. Oh, and one last thing.
Atheist Foundation of Australia Inc | Founded 1970 JESUS COMPLEX: Is Jesus God? Jesus Complex Have you ever met a man who is the center of attention wherever he goes? Some mysterious, indefinable characteristic sets him apart from all other men. Jesus’ only credentials were himself. Yet Jesus’ greatness was obvious to all those who saw and heard him. It was primarily Jesus’ unique claims that caused him to be viewed as a threat by both the Roman authorities and the Jewish hierarchy. What was it about Jesus Christ that made the difference? These questions get to the heart of who Jesus really was. After carefully examining Jesus’ life and words, former Cambridge professor and skeptic, C. Click here to continue reading about “Is Jesus God?” ERS Charles Darwin and other early evolutionists were fascinated by religious phenomena and how they might be explained from an evolutionary perspective. Nevertheless, evolutionary theory became restricted to the biological sciences and excluded from the study of many human-related subjects for most of the 20th century. Only now is the theory being used to explain all aspects of humanity in addition to the rest of life. The new field of evolutionary religious studies is part of this larger trend. This website provides an introduction to the study of religion from an evolutionary perspective. It includes the following features: Please visit the EvoS web site for a more general introduction to evolution in relation to human affairs. This website is funded by a TARP (Templeton Advanced Research Program) grant from the John Templeton Foundation, which is administred by the Metanexus Institute. For questions and comments, contact the program director, David Sloan Wilson.
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Portland State Sociology of Islam & Muslim Societies | Home The Sociology of Islam and Muslim Societies Newsletter: Winter 2011 Newsletter No. 7 - ISSN:1942-7948 Contents Social and Political Transformations in the Middle East - Umit Kurt and Oguz Alyanak The Political Economy of Turkey’s Response to the Arab Spring - Altay Atli Footsteps of Revolution in the Land of Queen Sheba - Bezen Balamir Coskun Two Sides of the Same Coin; Conflicting Views of Islamism in Pakistan - Jeanette Bailey Egypt and the "Arab Spring": Notes on Facts and Challenges - Moises Garduño García The Arab Spring and the Turkish Model - Alper Y. Dede Will Geopolitics Split Along Sectarian Lines in the Middle East? Witnessing the Rise of a Sectarian Speech Amidst War of Perceptions - Camille Germanos Turkey as a Model Democracy? International Conference: Globalization and its impact on Indigenous Cultures November 17-18th, 2011 (Thursday & Friday) First Day: November 17, 20119:00-11:00 AMRecitation from the Holy QuranOpening Remarks by Dr. 5. Session II: 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.1.
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