...But what did he have to say about Jesus Christ? First of all, Paine never contested that Jesus of Nazereth was a historical figure; he did, however, take issue with the miraculous happenings associated with Him. Appealing to his falaciously pre established pillars on revelation, the writer argues that no part of the virgin birth can naturally elicit reasonable belief, as the story is merely second hand "hearsay upon hearsay" (97). He goes further by saying that the virgin birth was accepted by the people of Jesus' day only because similar stories existed in mythology of gods divine impregnation of human women. Paine summarized by saying: "...the Christian church sprung out of the tail of the heathen mythology." (97) I call this preposterous. Though there is a mountain of evidence to show that the birth of Jesus was not in fact anything like to conceptions of ancient mythology, that is a different story for another day. I believe with all my heart that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, and that this was necesarry for Jesus to truly be born without sin. She was by no means sexually inseminated by God, but rather was divinely imparted, without intercourse, the fetal form of Jesus. She would not have been a virgin in the first place if she had...
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...Elements Of Traditional Religions Rell/133 October 30, 2012 Daniel Kunkle University Of Phoenix Elements of Traditional Religions Religion is an evolutionary development that has grown with humanity and plays an important role in our existence. The tradition of a religion is surrounded by the Central Myths of a specific belief. Central Myths are stories that express the beliefs of a group and are often renenacted and retold. For example, these stories are the major events in the life of the Hindu god Krishna, the ressurection of Jesus, the exodus of the Isrealites from the oppression in Egypt, as well as the enlightment experience of Buddha. These stories are not historically incorrect but are central to the religion. These ritual beliefs are enacted and brought to life through ceremonies. Ceremonies often include use of different language, clothing, and architecture. Religions also make use of physical objects such as statues, instruments, flowers, incense, paintings, and often musical compositions known as “Chants”. Religion also includes emotional experisnces such as gulit, dread, devotion, liberation, bliss, “rebirth”, and inner peace. Any form of religious teaching is a way to teach someone to live or suggest that they follow these rules and live by the words spoken to them. Forms of religious teachings could be through books, music, or even art. It is just a way to teach the people of that religion right from wrong. Within most religions...
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...DEALING WITH POWER OF THE GRAVE "Power of the grave must die" The grave is a terrible place. It is a place where glorious lives and destinies are buried on a perpetual note. A place where virtues and riches are forgotten. Many glorious children, born to manifest glory in life were slaughtered and buried before the day of their glory could come. I decree into your life, ANY POWER ASSIGNED TO SLAUGHTER YOUR DESTINY SHALL REPLACE YOU IN THE GRAVE IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. The grave is a pathetic place, you don't belong there neither does your destiny. When the power of the grave is in operation in your life, enemies no longer worry their head concerning you, they know that the real thing that should make you somebody has been buried. No matter how beautiful a lady may be, if her husband has been buried she can never get married, barrenness is inevitable if the womb of a woman has been buried, she can never conceive. Enemies don't care about the grade you got from the university, if your certificate is buried, a master degree holder can never get any good employment... If the fingernail of a man is buried in the grave, his hand can never prosper. If the hair is buried, his glory is gone. If they bury an image with your name written on it, then you're a walking dead, the real you is not here but beneath the ground level so you are restricted to attain greatness in life... God says in Ezekiel 37:12 " I will open up your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves...
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...Assignment notes Christianity vs. Judaism: The major differencesHere, in great brevity, is a summary of some of the major differences between Judaism and Christianity. | Principle | | Christianity | | Judaism | Nature of God | | Trinity | | Unity | Nature of Messiah | | Divine, Sin Sacrifice | | Only human, Righteous King | Atonement | | Blood Required | | Prayer and Repentance | Sin | | Everyone stained by Adam and Eve ("original sin") | | All begin with clean slate | Righteousness | | No one | | Within our power to choose | Satan | | Fallen angel | | Agent of God | Torah | | Written only | | Written and Oral | Commandments | | Not eternal or valuable | | Eternal and of ultimate value | Exclusivity | | Only Christians go to heaven | | All righteous have a place in the world to come. | Land of Israel | | Irrelevant | | Crucial | Jews | | Replaced by the church; or irrelevant | | God’s chosen people | Judaism is one of the world’s oldest religions, dating back up to 2000 years BC from the time when God first called Abraham to leave his home and follow Him. At that time, God made a covenant (or agreement) with Abraham in which He promised to make Abraham the father of a great nation and that one day his descendants would inherit the land of Canaan if Abraham followed him. God’s plan was gradually revealed through the Old Testament and built on with further promises to Moses, David and the prophets...
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...MASTERING O’LEVEL ISLAMIAT The only book you will ever need to excel MUHAMMAD BILAL ASLAM 1 All rights reserved No portion of this book may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means without written permission of the author. Book’s Name Author Printer : : : MASTERING O’LVEL ISLAMIAT MUHAMMAD B I LAL ASLAM MAKTABA-JADEED PRESS 14-Empress Road, Lahore. TARIQ NAJIB CORPORATION 16-Temple Road, Lahore. ANEES BOOK CORNER Main Market, Gulberg, Lahore Phone: 042-5751683, 042-5757971, 0300-4498313 1999 2001 2006 2008 Publisher : Stockist : First Edition Second Edition Third Edition Fourth Edition Price : : : : : Rs. 300/- 2 Preface This fourth edition of `Mastering O Level Islamiat’ has been updated in line with the requirements of 200ave tried to make this version as complete and well-rounded as possible by adding a number of new sections and chapters so that students have all the possible information they require under one cover. I have also included in this new version ten standard maps to enable the students to better comprehend a situation and to know where exactly the event took place at the given point of time. Judging by the feedback I have received since this book was first published in 1999, I have very high hopes that Insha Allah it will be as helpful to students as it was then. Amen! Muhammad Bilal Aslam 3 4 Table of Contents • Preface Passages from the Holy Quran History and Importance of the Holy Quran Arabia...
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