The world press continually ignores or does not see the elephant in the room. In every war and every violent conflict in the Middle East, resides a prime reason as to why these brutal conflicts occur. The media mainly reports about issues of politics, land, honor, and terrorism, and although these constitute surface […]
Archives for July 2017
Zoroaster – forgotten prophet of the one God – John Palmer
The Abrahamic religions were preceded, and decisively influenced by, followers of an earlier prophet37 The tiny world wide communities of Zoroastrians are no doubt pleased to get any mention in Cif belief – even if it is only to provide alphabetical balance to a list starting with the Bahá’ís. Even those who take a close […]
Why We Refuse to Believe Certain Abominations in Jewish Law – Yossi Gurvitz*
Why people have a hard time believing the abominations of religious edicts – and why Qarim retracted his My post dealing with Rabbi Colonel Eyal Qarim and his implied justification of rape during wartime received a large number of shocked and enraged comments, and for a simple reason. Most Jews living today – in Israel and in […]
Western Philosophy – Bertrand Russell (Link to Webpage)
https://archive.org/details/westernphilosoph035502mbp
Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition – David Nirenberg (Books to Read)
Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition Book:Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition David Nirenberg New York, NY, W. W. Norton, 2013, ISBN: 9780393058246; 624pp.; Price: £20.00 Reviewer:Christopher Smith King’s College London Citation:Christopher Smith, review of Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition, (review no. 1558) http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/1558 Date accessed: 27 July, 2017 David Nirenberg’s Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition is an impressive scholarly accomplishment that matches a dauntingly […]
The Philosophy of Horror – Edited by Thomas Fahy
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology
THE DEVIL: UNDERSTANDING THE ROOT OF EVIL – Patrick J. Kiger
For thousands of years, different religions have worshipped deities and seen them as benevolent creators and protectors. But many also have believed that divine goodness has a dark counterpart. They see evil as being personified by evil supernatural beings who aim to lead humanity astray.” These malevolent creatures have different names in various cultures, but […]
The Song of Hiawatha – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
On the Mountains of the Prairie, On the great Red Pipe-stone Quarry, Gitche Manito, the mighty, He the Master of Life, descending, On the red crags of the quarry Stood erect, and called the nations, Called the tribes of men together. From his footprints flowed a river, Leaped into the light of morning, O’er the precipice plunging […]