Divorce – To Have Faith and to Judge – Hypocrisy in Religion

June 6, 2010

People of faith that judge. Hypocrisy in religion. Judging those that are divorced.

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The Upanishads and Speculative Religion in India

June 5, 2010

The earlier philosophical speculations of the Brahmans are chiefly found in the treatises called Upanishads. The teaching contained in these works is habitually presented as something secret or esoteric and does not, like Buddhism or Jainism, profess to be a gospel for all. Also the teaching is not systematized and has never been unified by a personality like the Buddha.

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Find it Quick – Handbook on Cults & New Religions by Ron Rhodes

June 5, 2010

Excellent quick reference on cult belief systems Find It Quick is a book that should be in every Christian apologist’s arsenal. It is a quick reference that lists 40 different cults / religions and their beliefs. Whether you are just beginning to learn what other religions believe or you need to brush up on the specifics of any one religion this book aims to provide a quick, concise definition of each.

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Five Similarities Between Religion and Spirituality

June 5, 2010

Religion and spirituality are similar in certain respects. Here are their five similarities. But they are also very different from each other.

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Hinduism – The Religion of Free Thought

June 4, 2010

Restless, subtle and argumentative as Hindu thought is, it is less prone than European theology to the vice of distorting transcendental ideas by too stringent definition. It adumbrates the indescribable by metaphors and figures. It is not afraid of inconsistencies which may illustrate different aspects of the infinite, but it rarely tries to cramp the divine within the limits of a logical phrase. Attempts to explain how the divine and human nature were combined in Christ convulsed the Byzantine Empire and have fettered succeeding generations with their stiff formulae. It would be rash to say that the ocean of Hindu theological literature contains no speculations about the incarnations of Vishnu similar to the views of the Nestorians, Monophysites and Catholics, but if such exist they have never attracted much interest or been embodied in well-known phrases.

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Buddhism Compared to Other Religions

June 4, 2010

When you come to Buddhism you have to be prepared for some significant surprises. What are the aspects that are similar to other religions? And what is that makes it unique?

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