Islam: A Search for One God and the Last Prophet
Today, the religion of Islam has come on the world’s center stage. For many non-Muslims, this religion has become synonymous with terrorism. Yet to its believers, it is a religion of peace, a religion of the one and only God, and its founder, Muhammad, was the last prophet of God. How could a religion that enjoyed 500 years of a golden age after it was founded be stuck in the dark ages today? Many non-Muslims are quick to blame the current abysmal conditions of Muslims today on the violence mentioned in the Koran, the holy book of the Muslims. Yet, …
The History of the Bible
The Bible is the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion. It is comprised of the Old and New Testaments.
The Old Testament is recognized by Jews and as well as Christians. The New Testament consists of books recognized by the Christian Church from the 4th century. The Roman Catholic Bible also includes the Apocrypha.
The first English Translation of the Bible was by Miles Coverdale ( a priest) in 1535. The Authorised or King James Version followed in 1611.
The Authorised Bible was revised in 1959 by The British and Foreign Bible Society. This was named The Revised Standard version and …
Prayer
Prayer is a common need of man. Archaeologists used to look for 2 things when they were digging to find ancient settlements. These two things were tools and places of worship. In recent times zoologists have realised that certain of the monkeys make and use primitive tools so now the archaeologists have to look for a place of worship to confirm if this is a human or animal settlement.
Prayer is common to all religion. It does not matter if it is the Buddhist with their prayer flags places at strategic places on their regular trails and their prayer wheels where …