World Religions

Who are the Jews?

These days of tensions between Jew and Muslim highlight the age-long controversies surrounding the Jewish people.  Why has this ethnic group been the object of so much puzzlement and sometimes even animosity wherever they have settled? How have they survived hundreds...

Islam: A Religion of Rules

If you boil Islam down to its basics, it is a religion of rules.  By contrast, Christianity is based on God's immense grace.  Here is a bit of background on Islam:  Islam is the fastest growing of the major world religions. Right now, there are more than 1.2 billion...

What the Qur’an Says About Jihad

What does the Qur'an say about jihad?  Jihad, or holy war, has been a feature of Islam since its beginning in the 600s AD.  The following portions of the Qur'an discuss jihad: what it means, how it should be done, and under what circumstances it should be used to...

Various Types of Theism

Theism simply signifies a belief in a deity. It is usually used in a very non-specific manner, for instance, as opposed to atheism (God does not exist) or agnosticism (the truth about the existence of God cannot be known).  However, theism can be broken down into...

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