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Tag Archives: religion
The Canon of Scripture by Frederick Fyvie Bruce
Very, very long and detailed. Too scholastic for me. I think the book is very comprehensive in its scope and details on how the canon of the Bible came to be. I managed to get through till the end (well, … Continue reading
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Where We Got the Bible by Henry G. Graham
I was expecting a bit more scholastic reading. However, this turned about to be an essay trying to explain that the Roman Catholic Church is the only authority on the Bible. His logic seems to be that even before the … Continue reading
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The Gospel of Thomas: Unearthing the Lost Words of Jesus by John Dart, Ray Riegert and John Dominic Crossan
I bought this over 2 years ago out of curiosity. I’ve heard about “other” gospels. I knew that the current 66 books in the Bible was collected by the Roman Church. There must have been other books and I am … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Gnostic, John Dart, John Dominic Crossan, Nag Hammadi, Ray Riegert, religion, Reviews, The Gospel of Thomas
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Is USA a Protestant Nation?
Soon it may not be, according to a USA Today article (via Yahoo! News). The National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago’s 2002 survey noted Americans who say that they belong to one of Protestant denominations are only … Continue reading
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“Personalized Religion”
Got into a small argument about religion recently. It’s been a while because I try to avoid it as much as possible, but it seemed like she would never stop talking about it. After that incident, while thinking about it, … Continue reading
Idealists and Realists
From a recent conversation, I realized that quite a few smart people seems to take an either-or approach to the idealism-vs-realism issue. That is, there are a group of people who believe that an ideal human state (e.g., no war, … Continue reading