The largest pro-Israel organization in the United States is not composed of Jews, but of Christian evangelicals, with a total membership of 7 million, more than 2 million more members than the entirety of the American Jewish community. Members of this organization, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), met in Washington on Monday, attracting thousands of attendees and […]
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Al-Aqsa CENTURIES IN THE CROSS-HAIRS In Israel the Push to Destroy Jerusalem’s Iconic Al-Aqsa Mosque Goes Mainstream This ancient site that dates back to the year 705 C.E. is being targeted for destruction by extremist groups that seek to erase Jerusalem’s Muslim heritage in pursuit of colonial ambitions and the fulfillment of end-times prophecy. 5*+
By Whitney Webb The iconic golden dome of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosque, located on the Temple Mount or Haram el-Sharif, is the third holiest site in Islam and is recognized throughout the world as a symbol of the city of Jerusalem. Yet, this ancient site that dates back to the […]
Hammurabi vs. Covenant Code – Chawna Crawford 5* pdf
Noah’s ark and the flood – Points of similarity between the Babylonian and Noachian flood stories 5*
Religious Tolerance Noah’s ark and the flood Points of similarity between the Babylonian and Noachian flood stories horizontal rule Comparing the stories The Chaldean Flood Tablets from the city of Ur in what is now Southern Iraq contain a story that describes how the Bablylonian god Enlil had been bothered by the incessant noise generated […]
The Bible is Fiction: A Collection of Evidence By Daniel Miessler 5*
Similarities To Other Stories The similarities between the stories and characters in the Bible and those from previous mythologies are both undeniable and well-documented. It is only due to the extreme religious bias that pervades our world today that people rarely get exposed to this information. In this short piece I’ll attempt to show blatant […]
Other flood myths with many similarities to the Sumerian story…
Legacy Other flood myths with many similarities to the Sumerian story are the story of the Dravida king Manu in the Matsya Purana, the Utnapishtim episode in the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Genesis flood narrative found in the Bible. The ancient Greeks have two similar myths from a later date: The Deucalion and Zeus’ […]
The Persistence of Myth – Noah Kennedy 5*
American Indian story-telling, an interesting parallel to the myths about the London Jews’ Society Recounting the story of a battle with American soldiers. While working on a chapter on Jerusalem during the British Mandate (1917-1948) I ran into one of the private micro-dramas I assume most writers run into and that I learned long ago […]