Explanations > Beliefs > Doublethink Description | Example | Discussion | So what? Description Doublethink was described by George Orwell as simultaneously holding two conflicting beliefs. Orwell describes it thus: “The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them….To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact […]
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How God Works (preview) – Marshall Brian
BY ELIMINATING THE TANGLES IN YOUR RELIGIOUS THINKING, YOU STOP BELIEVING IN GOD Are you a religious person? Do you believe in God or Allah or Jesus? If so, then I would like to show you something about yourself that may really surprise you. It comes from the breakthrough book How God Works. Here […]
The Destruction of Black Civilisation – Chancellor Williams – pdf
From Babylon to Timbuktu – Rudolph Windsor – pdf
The Influence of the Zoroastrian Religion on Judaism – Peter Myers
Write to me at contact.html. You are at http://mailstar.net/zoroaster-judaism.html. David Ben Gurion on the First Persian Empire: “1) This great empire of Cyrus was established within a very short period of time: in the 11 years which passed from the conquest of Achmetah, capital of Media, in the year 550 B.C., to the conquest […]
Who Wrote the Torah? Brandon Norgaard
Who wrote the Torah? Many people believe that the Bible is the word of God. The first five books are known to Jews as the Torah, and they are the most important books to Judaism. These books include Genesis, which begins by telling stories of how God created life on Earth and mankind and also […]
Traditional religion is flawed, but so is secularism – Brandon Norgaard
« Should we devote our lives to God? What is Knowledge? » Pre-Jewish Ancient Semitic Religion Categories: History of Religion Pre-Jewish Ancient Semitic Religion Living in today’s world, we can easily become familiar with some of the religious beliefs and customs other people practice, but it is more difficult to understand the origins of these […]
Biblical Monotheism and the Persian Influence – Lewis Loflin
The early Jews were not monotheists, but followed henotheism or even outright polytheists. They had one central god but believed in other gods. “Thou shalt have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3) indicates the belief there was other gods. This was the tribal god, often bloodthirsty and murderous who (they claimed) ordered the killing […]
Judaism Meets Zoroastrianism – Lewis Loflin
Judaism and Zoroastrianism are both revealed religions and share a great deal in common. God imparts his revelation and pronounces his commandments to Zoroaster on “the Mountain of the Two Holy Communing Ones”; in the other Yahweh holds a similar communion with Moses on Sinai. According to jewishencyclodedia.com the points of resemblance between Zoroastrianism and […]
The Mythology of Evil
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS mankind has been enthralled, frustrated and terrified by the presence, nature and origin of evil. Virtually every religio-political power structure over the past 6,000 years has developed a mythology for the emergence of evil. This human concern not only has survived until today; it has intensified. Following are some selected explanations […]