The Plain Truth about God 101Allan W. Janssen has published: "The Plain truth About God-101 (what the church doesn't want you to know)." God-101 presents a fascinating insight into how the original "cult" teachings of Jesus were altered by Greek philosophy, Pagan beliefs and Pauline thought to become the sayings of "The Christ" and the basis of our modern Bible. God-101 gives an analysis of how the "priesthood" has corrupted Christianity and the other major religions. It shows how "Dogma" has led to the polarization of different sects within the same religion, (Catholic/Protestant - Shiite/Sunni) and how religious strife affects society as a whole, including the upcoming world - wide clash between Christianity and Islam! The book can be reviewed at http://www.God-101.com or http://groups.msn.com/God-101 |
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... stories, look for meanings, quest for transformations, imagine our futures, and hope for apocalyptic solutions to our problems. If the Bible is that important to our culture, is it not strange that we have not questioned the reasons why ...
... stories, look for meanings, quest for transformations, imagine our futures, and hope for apocalyptic solutions to our problems. If the Bible is that important to our culture, is it not strange that we have not questioned the reasons why ...
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... story of Jesus and Muhammad , the rise of Christianity and Islam , and the forces that have shaped our religions ( Both East and West ) over the centuries . First , I would like to say that this book is not in any way against God , or ...
... story of Jesus and Muhammad , the rise of Christianity and Islam , and the forces that have shaped our religions ( Both East and West ) over the centuries . First , I would like to say that this book is not in any way against God , or ...
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... Story The rise of the first religions . Hinduism / Zoroastrianism / Judaism . Chapter 7 - Have I Got A Deal for You -The impact of culture . Chapter 8 - Let my people go Worldviews of Sumerians and Babylonians . Rise of Jewish culture ...
... Story The rise of the first religions . Hinduism / Zoroastrianism / Judaism . Chapter 7 - Have I Got A Deal for You -The impact of culture . Chapter 8 - Let my people go Worldviews of Sumerians and Babylonians . Rise of Jewish culture ...
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... story is told in broad sweeps . We , in our humble way , were once part of the endless procession of herds and flocks that waited their turn at the watering hole in times of thirst . We came to drink , and occasionally , bolted in panic ...
... story is told in broad sweeps . We , in our humble way , were once part of the endless procession of herds and flocks that waited their turn at the watering hole in times of thirst . We came to drink , and occasionally , bolted in panic ...
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... story of how they came to be a group . The Australian Aborigines found their meaning for life in the stories and songs of their particular tribe . The answers to questions such as " who am I ? " and " where do I belong ? " and " what ...
... story of how they came to be a group . The Australian Aborigines found their meaning for life in the stories and songs of their particular tribe . The answers to questions such as " who am I ? " and " where do I belong ? " and " what ...
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Page 172 - Religious distress is at the same time the expression of real distress and the protest against real distress. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people.
Page 172 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Page 65 - Is it so bad then to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.
Page 24 - Humanity has in the course of time had to endure from the hands of science two great outrages upon its naive self-love. The first was when it realized that our earth was not the center of the universe, but only a tiny speck in...
Page 173 - I hope it will not be irreverent for me to say that if it is probable that God would reveal his will to others on a point so connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me...
Page 2 - So many gods, so many creeds; so many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.
Page 114 - Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, he answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed; 21 nor will they say, 'Lo, here it is!
Page 114 - We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not weep.
Page 114 - But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Page 172 - I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment, to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure— that is all that agnosticism means.