Roman catholic bible? Catholics use the New American Bible. What are the 7 books in the Catholic Bible that are not in the Protestant Bible? A: There are seven books in the Catholic Bible — Baruch, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Sirach, Tobit and Wisdom — that are not includedRead More →
Death customs Most pagans believe in some form of reincarnation, viewing death as a transition within a continuing process of existence. Pagans accept death as a natural part of life and will wish to know when they are dying so that they may consciously prepare for it. What did theRead More →
Emerson’s biographers have connected his rejection of the Unitarian ‘fathers‘ and the patriarchal authority they represented with his rejection of his own father.” With the metaphor of the transparent eyeball Emerson affirmed God as immanent and reconfigured religion an inner ‘revelation to us’ (CW 1:7). What were Emerson’s beliefs onRead More →
Some people, particularly men, are attracted to Pentecostalism because they are struggling with substance abuse or other problems. Pentecostalism promotes healthy lifestyles and serves as the largest detox center for Latin American men. Men who join these churches often stop hard drinking … or gambling or womanizing. What is theRead More →
That is why Empiricism came as a reaction against rationalism and its theory of innate ideas in particular. The founder of empiricism John Locke vehemently opposed the Cartesian version of rationalism in his well known work Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690) and propounded the doctrine of Empiricism. What is wrongRead More →
Ivan believes that human concepts of morality are dependent on the idea that the soul is immortal, meaning that people only worry about “right” and “wrong” behavior because they want to experience pleasure rather than pain in the afterlife. What is it that Ivan rejects about Christianity? Ivan Rejects Heaven,Read More →
Brethren members can drink alcohol at home, but being visibly drunk is frowned on and smoking and gambling are forbidden. Can I become a Plymouth Brethren? Can anyone become a Plymouth Brethren? The majority of our members are born into our Church. However, anyone who is prepared to commit toRead More →
“Blood rained down, spattering the walls” The Flagellants were religious followers who would whip themselves, believing that by punishing themselves they would invite God to show mercy toward them. Why did the church not like the flagellants? Spontaneously Flagellant groups arose across Northern and Central Europe in 1349, including inRead More →
Some versions of pantheism believe in reincarnation, or vast cosmic minds and purposes, or magic. But the basic pantheism of John Toland, the Irish writer who coined the word ‘pantheist’ back in 1705, was a very rational affair. Toland revered the physical universe and believed that minds were an aspectRead More →
Besides resenting the Poles for their contempt of the Russian prisoners, Dostoevsky, a Russian Orthodox Christian, was wary of the Poles’ allegiance to the Jesuits, whose organizational structure was likened by Dostoevsky’s co-conspirators to communism. Is Dostoevsky an existentialist? Existentialism is a philosophy associated with those who share the beliefRead More →