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Home: Core Subjects: Facts and Misconceptions: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Facts and Misconceptions: LINKS_PAGEArticles:The facts of crucifixion - Robert GidleyThis article is disturbing there is nothing pleasant about crucifixion. However, having an understanding of crucifixion helps us understand what Jesus went through on the day of his death. This article is based on various articles written by medical doctors, including a study by the Mayo Clinic published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1989. Read more... The Galileo Affair - George Sim JohnstonSince the Galileo case is one of the historical bludgeons that are used to beat on the Church the other two being the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition it is important that Catholics understand exactly what happened between the Church and that very great scientist. A close look at the facts puts to rout almost every aspect of the reigning Galileo legend. Read more... The Galileo Affair - George Sim JohnstonThe Galileo affair is the one stock argument used to show that science and Catholic dogma are antagonistic. While Galileo's eventual condemnation was certainly unjust a close look at the facts puts to rout almost every aspect of the reigning Galileo legend. Read more... The Galileo Legend - Thomas LesslThe extent to which people are mislead by the Galileo legend first began to dawn on me several years ago when I was teaching a doctoral seminar in the history of rhetoric my own academic field. Read more... The Gift of Fear - Douglas McManamanTo sweeten the harder points of the Gospel might appear more positive and inviting, but such theology is dangerous and negligent. Read more... The Gospel of Judas - Rev. Thomas Williams, L.C.The National Geographic Society has announced its intentions to publish an English translation of an ancient text called The Gospel of Judas later this month. Read more... The Inquisition - FR. WILLIAM G. MOSTThis topic is a favorite for attacking the Church. We need to remember two things: 1) Actions are not the same as teachings. 2) The abuses were much less than most people think. Read more... The Judas Code - Fr. Raymond de SouzaIn the year 4006, an enterprising team from Global Geographic announces that experts in late second-millennium languages and data retrieval have pieced together an authentic copy of the longrumoured-to-exist Da Vinci Code. Read more... The Myth of Religious Tolerance - Father Thomas D. Williams, LCA respect for religious freedom stands head and shoulders above a supposed tolerance for religious belief with the relativism, indifference, and subtle disdain for religion it so often comprises. Read more... The Next Christianity - Philip JenkinsIn looking back over the enormous changes wrought by the twentieth century, Western observers may have missed the most dramatic revolution of all. While secular movements like communism, feminism, and environmentalism have gotten the lions share of our attention, the explosive southward expansion of Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America has barely registered on Western consciousness. Nor has the globalization of Christianity and the enormous religious, political, and social consequences it portends been properly understood. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 [>>] Pages Updated On: 05-Nov-2009 - 15:26:49
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