Category Archives: Comparitive Religion
Why A “European Islam” Is Not Possible
From French commenter W. I edited it a bit for style, as English is his second language: You said that “there is a fundamental incompatibility between liberal democracy and sharia-obedient Islam”. Of course I agree with your statement. But I … Continue reading
Filed under Christianity, Comparitive Religion, Culture, Europe, Islam, Regional, Religion, Social Problems, Sociology
Has Catholic Theology Always Believed Life Begins at Conception?
The answer to that question is apparently not! Most people don’t know this, but for many centuries, official Catholic doctrine held that abortion was allowable up until “quickening.” That’s when mother senses the fetus kicking in her stomach. Quickening occurs … Continue reading
Filed under Catholicism, Christian, Christianity, Comparitive Religion, History
Many Books, One Author
Buddhism: “Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.” Udana-Varga, 5:18; Christianity: “All things whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you even so to them.” In Matthew 7:12; Confucianism: “Do not unto others … Continue reading
Filed under Buddhism, Christianity, Comparitive Religion, Confusionism, Daoism, Deism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Religion, Satanism, Zoroastrianism
Do the Yezidis Worship the Devil?
Repost from the old site. This is a very, very long piece, so be warned. But the subject, the Yezidi religious group, is extraordinarily complex, as I found out as I delved deeper and deeper into them. They are still … Continue reading
Filed under Alawi, Arabs, Asia, Assyrians, Babylonians, Christian, Christianity, Comparitive Religion, Deism, Druze, Ebionites, Gnosticism, Hinduism, History, Iran, Iranians, Iraq, Iraqis, Islam, Islamic, Judaism, Kabbalism, Kharijites, Kurds, Lebanon, Middle East, Middle Eastern, Near Easterners, Nestorian, Orthodox, Paganism, Palestine, Philistines, Phoenicians, Race/Ethnicity, Radical Islam, Regional, Religion, Reposts From The Old Site, Sabeans, Samaritans, Satanism, Saudi Arabia, Shiism, South Asia, Sufism, Sunnism, Yezidism, Zoroastrianism
The Yezidis – A Mysterious Kurdish Religious Sect
About two years after the publication of this post, I wrote an update to this article, Do the Yezidis Worship the Devil? which goes into much more detail about the religion. Since hardly anyone has any idea about who or … Continue reading
Filed under Alawi, Arab Nationalism, Arab Racism, Arabs, Assyrians, Baha'i, Christianity, Comparitive Religion, Druze, Ethnic Nationalism, Europe, Germany, History, Iraq, Iraqis, Islam, Judaism, Kakaism, Kurds, Middle East, Middle Eastern, Nationalism, Orthodox, Political Science, Race/Ethnicity, Racism, Regional, Religion, Reposts From The Old Site, Sabeans, Satanism, Shiism, Sunnism, Ultranationalism, Yezidism, Zoroastrianism
