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In our increasingly secular world, holy texts are at best seen as irrelevant, and at worst as an excuse to incite violence, hatred and division. So what value, if any, can Scripture hold for us today? And if our world no longer seems compatible with Scripture, is it perhaps because its original purpose has become lost? Today we see the Quran being used by some to justify war and terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception.

This audiobook will change your view of symbols, their meaning, and how they affect our world. Kuhn is an exquisite genius in showing how our alphabet was formed and how language dictates reality. The spiritual life depends on self-recollection and detachment from the rush of life; it depends on facing frankly the thought of death; it is signalized, especially, by the identification of self with others, even of the guiltless with the guilty.

Mining information from mythology, folklore, religious texts, and fairy tales from around the world, a foremost expert on symbols explains word origins and their meanings. The ultimate symbols are the letters and words in language as Bayley moves beyond mere pictures to understand the vital messages that have been ignored or lost across the centuries.

Of all the gods, gurus, and good people out there, why Jesus? Why follow some ancient carpenter-turned-philosopher from a Podunk town in the Middle East? A man whose own people didn't believe in him for the most part. It just doesn't make any sense.

This book takes listeners on Dr. Mark Christian’s journey as he tries to prove to himself that Islam is the true religion. It shows the horror he feels as he faces the truth, and it leads to his greatest discovery: Jesus is love, and Jesus is the God he was searching for his entire life. Having now lived and ministered in America for years, he also has a message for America about the dangers we are headed toward based on his intimate knowledge of life in a dictatorial country (Egypt) and what he sees here.

In the courtroom, lawyers depend on rules of evidence to make their arguments. A case is made by establishing certain facts from which proof can be determined. But what happens when the truth seems to be a matter of faith? Can the legal mind discern the validity of one's belief or unbelief? Nationally recognized trial lawyer Mark Lanier turns his analytical mind to the arguments for atheism and agnosticism.

ترقى الإنسان في العقائد كما ترقى في العلوم والصناعات... فكانت عقائده الأولى مساوية لحياته الأولى، وكذلك كانت علومه وصناعاته. فليست أوائل العلم والصناعة بأرقى من أوائل الأديان والعبادات، وليست عناصر الحقيقة في واحدة منها بأوفر من عناصر الحقيقة في الأخرى.

Henry Mulford Tichenor (1858 - 1922) was a writer and journalist, who was a very active free thinker in the early Twentieth Century. A special target of Tichenor was organized religion, which he viewed as an absurdly contrived cultural artefact. In The Olympian Gods he applies a critical scalpel to the religion of the ancient Greeks, which he regarded as an obvious precursor to Christianity.

Religion has fascinated people for centuries. But with so many faiths practiced by so many followers, it can be difficult to understand why one religion believes one thing while another believes something entirely different. This guide gives you everything you need to know to sort through the...

Explore the Feminine Aspects of Enlightenment and Transformation The Tibetan Buddhist tradition carries exotic tales about fearless female “sky dancers” or wisdom dakinis who dance in limitless space and act as messengers, guides, and protectors. These five Buddhist archetypes manifest the...

La vida cotidiana del misterio a través de los cultos que dan sentido a la vida de millones de personas en el mundo. Las religiones y espiritualidades contemporáneas siguen encendiendo la imaginación humana en todos los rincones del planeta. La Santa Muerte en México, los rituales del vudú...

Religion has fascinated people for centuries. But with so many faiths practiced by so many followers, it can be difficult to understand why one religion believes one thing while another believes something entirely different. This guide gives you everything you need to know to sort through the...

Valiéndose de la palabra poética, Javier Melloni expresa la consciencia religiosa creciente en nuestro tiempo y que forma parte del sentir de la mística universal: la inseparabilidad entre Dios, nosotros y el mundo que nos rodea. En esta obra íntima y reveladora, el autor nos descubre la condición teofánica de todo lo que existe, porque la realidad misma es manifestación de Dios. No es que todo nos hable de la Fuente, sino que la Fuente brota en todas las cosas. Él se desvela a medida que vamos descubriendo lo que somos: el Agua en la que Él se vierte.

Nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr. for a Nobel Peace Prize, Thich Nhat Hanh is one of today’s leading sources of wisdom, peace, compassion and comfort. The 20th anniversary edition of the classic text, updated, revised, and featuring a Mindful Living Journal. Buddha and Christ, perhaps the...

Drawing from his unique perspective as a former Christian leader who embraced Islam, the author offers profound insights into the transformative power of true repentance (Tawbah) and monotheism (Tawheed).

What is a soul? This question has fascinated humanity for as long as we've been able to contemplate our existence. Across cultures, religions, and philosophies, countless ideas have emerged, each attempting to define this intangible essence that seems to set us apart – not just as individuals, but as beings who are part of something far greater than ourselves.

This book will help distinguish between Scientology, the Illuminati, modern-day cults, and true Christianity!

Opening our eyes to the darkness.

Lo que saben los rabinos, y que nunca aprendí en la iglesia es un examen revelador de lo que los cristianos pueden aprender sobre Dios de aquellos que lo llaman Adonai. El autor Chaim Bentorah ha pasado cuarenta años hablando con rabinos, aprendiendo de ellos y estudiando con ellos para que los cristianos puedan experimentar el evangelio a través de una nueva lente.

Rays of the One Light, based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, contains parallel passages from the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita to reveal a single unified teaching as two scriptures become one Truth.