Religious Mysteries 101 – The Crucifixion, Part 2
But, hey, Christians tell us Jesus had to die for our sins. A typical conversation might go something like this: Monotheist: Oh. So you believe God died? Trinitarian: No, no, perish the...
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Religious Mysteries 101 – The Crucifixion, Part 1
Of all the Christian mysteries, none rank as highly as the concept of Christ’s crucifixion and atoning sacrifice. In fact, Christians base their salvation on this one tenet of faith. And if it...
Pauline Theology
In the midst of the growing 19th and 20th century awareness of the differences between Trinitarian doctrine and the period of origins, a person might be surprised to find one group who claim to...
Original Sin
The concept of original sin is completely foreign to Judaism and Eastern Christianity, having achieved acceptance in only the Western Church. Furthermore, Christian and Islamic concepts of sin are virtual opposites with respect...
Jesus Freak
(Recollections of a convert to Islam) When I was a child, growing up in the sixties and seventies just a few blocks away from the notorious Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, I...
Idolatry
Idolatry It is a strange irony that those who reverence stones live in glass ideologies. —L. Brown Idolatry—every monotheist abhors the thought, and yet many commit the crime themselves. Few today fully grasp...
The Qur’an and Tolerance of Christianity and Judaism
The Qur’an is quite clear in how Muslims must regard Christians and Jews. The Qur’an states that Muslims, Christians, and Jews believe in the same God. That Christians and Jews can achieve salvation and...
What does Islam think of Jesus and Christianity?
Jesus And Christianity in Islam There’s no word in Arabic “Jesus”. There’s no word in Hebrew “Jesus”, there’s no word in Aramaic “Jesus”, there’s no word “Jesus” in Koine Greek. Those were...
