Tag: Dualism

• Rethinking Jesus (05) Apocalypse Now

  If we’re to understand Jesus the Jew, in the context of first century Palestine, we have to give attention to the appearance of Apocalypses, from around 200 BCE to 200 CE. During that time, there were Jewish apocalypses, supposedly written by Enoch, Zephaniah, Ezra and Baruch etc. Apocalyptic writings were also included in the Dead…

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  1st Feb 2022

  Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, Mythology, New Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Angelic Hosts, Apocalypse, Dualism, Evil Powers, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Messiah, Son of Man

• Rethinking ‘God’ (5) ‘Conclusion for Now’

  In my previous post I outlined, (with a brief indication of why), some sources other than the Bible, which seem to me to have a useful contribution to make to the concept of ‘God’. That being so, what are my thoughts at this point in time? I don’t go in for labels that carry baggage…

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  28th Oct 2021

  Consciousness, Literature, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Science

  Design, Dualism, God, Ground of all Being, Intelligence, Spirit, Tao, Universe

• Rethinking ‘God’ (2) ‘The Dark Side of the Force’

  It seems to me that the advance of science, with its thoroughly empirical basis, experimentally verifiable research, and massively impressive results, is one factor that’s led, in western Europe, to a steady decline in the relevance to most people of institutional religion. The latter has not assisted its cause, when it has mounted fruitless and…

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  20th Oct 2021

  Literature, Mythology, New Testament, Old Testament, Philosophy, Religion, Science

  Death, Devil, Dualism, God, Life, Science, Suffering