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• The idea that each individual has intrinsic, God-given value and is of infinite worth quite apart from any social contribution - an…
• Rediscovering the controversies that occupied early Christianity sharpens our awareness of the major issue in the whole debate, then and now: What…
• Although the gospels of the New Testament-- like those discovered at Nag Hammadi-- are attributed to Jesus' followers, no one knows who…
• He's an intimate betrayer. That's what's so troubling. Judas turned in his own teacher.
• The story of the betrayal of Jesus by Judas gave a moral and religious rationale to anti-Jewish sentiment, and that's what made…
• Jesus Christ rose from the grave.' With this proclamation, the Christian church began. This may be the fundamental element of Christian faith;…
• What survived as orthodox Christianity did so by suppressing and forcibly eliminating a lot of other material.
• These ancient stories in religion speak to our desire. But they move us toward hope.
• I had been taught that the separation between religion and politics happened in the Enlightenment. But there were people who tried to…
• The Book of Revelation is all about the conflict, the contest between the forces of Good and Evil.
• I realize that I cannot live without a spiritual dimension in my life.
• The sense of a spiritual dimension in life is absolutely important, and the religious communities are also important. The question of believing…

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