Tag: religion
member name: Firoze H.
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September 14, 2006 07:13 AM EDT --
In a hard hitting speech to German university students last Tuesday, Pope Benedict XVI (he's German too) at long last told it like it is. He said that violence, embodied in the Muslim idea of jihad, . . .
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July 15, 2007 03:15 AM EDT --
Religion usually stirs up strong emotions. Religion is more often experienced with the heart, rather than the head – and why not? Faith is not governed by intellect, but by a perception that there . . .
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May 14, 2007 07:13 AM EDT --
Something momentous is happening in Turkey right now. Most Americans, preoccupied with Iraq, may not be aware of it – or even care. Well, they should.
First, a brief précis . . .
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April 17, 2008 11:51 AM EDT --
There are two fundamental tenets of Christianity which, in the eyes of Christians, justifies their assertion that sets Jesus Christ apart and above the heads of other world religions. The first . . .
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April 28, 2008 09:45 AM EDT --
We seem to have entered an era where certain individuals have suddenly become suffused with overwhelming religious zeal - and I am not talking about Taliban-like groups. These are rational . . .
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October 11, 2006 02:54 AM EDT --
A statement like the one above is usually received with a blank look almost everywhere outside India; in Europe and America. Zoroaster is the Anglicized name of the Prophet Zarathustra. Now a few more . . .
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October 11, 2006 03:47 AM EDT --
A few minutes ago, I posted an article on Zoroasrianism, an ancient religion not many have heard of - and one I happen to belong to. I received the following comment from a Travis B. which I am reproducing . . .
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February 04, 2008 11:36 PM EST --
Remember the Mel Gibson movie "The Passion of Christ"? Part of the reason for its immense popularity was the realism with which Christ's crucifixion was portrayed. Audiences were . . .
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December 07, 2006 01:35 AM EST --
Last month, Travis – who, despite being an outspoken, pot-smoking, non-believer (J) – is really a nice guy, did an interview with me on the topic of my religion, Zoroastrianism. I was . . .
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September 19, 2006 01:04 AM EDT --
OK! Now I am confused. In my earlier article titled "Is The West Too Civilized?", I had refered to Pope Benedict, in a speech to German university students, quoting a Byzantine emperor who said, . . .
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October 04, 2006 04:42 AM EDT --
Well, they have finally gone and done it. They have made God the fall guy.
In new guidelines for bishops and priests, the Church of England, including the top guy – the Archbishop of Canterbury . . .
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October 16, 2006 04:51 AM EDT --
A few days ago, a young Muslim teaching assistant in Britain was sacked for refusing to remove her veil in class. This decision was subsequently endorsed by Britain's race relations minister. Last . . .
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October 27, 2006 11:55 AM EDT --
One of Australia's senior most Islamic clerics, Sheik Taj Aldin al Hilali, has triggered outrage after giving an interview where he compared women who don't wear a headscarf to "uncovered . . .
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June 20, 2007 03:09 AM EDT --
It is a known fact that in many parts of the world – America’s Bible belt being a probable exception – church attendance is steadily declining. In the non-Catholic countries of Western . . .
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September 24, 2006 03:15 AM EDT --
Watching the television news reports of the different forms of appeals for divine intervention for the recovery of a political party leader in India - who had been shot by someone with a grudge . . .
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December 20, 2006 09:10 PM EST --
Hello Gatherites. Let me introduce you to one of our newest members, Hali Lewis. When I met first met Hali, she was a feisty teenager from Oklahoma, amazingly mature for her age. She is now an equally . . .
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September 03, 2007 09:35 AM EDT --
I know that airport security officers are a law unto themselves, but I did not realize they were prepared to take on the Almighty Himself.
The Vatican has recently started a low-cost, . . .
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