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Bearing False Witness
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Author : Rodney Stark
language : en
Publisher: SPCK
Release Date : 2017-03-16
Bearing False Witness written by Rodney Stark and has been published by SPCK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-16 with Religion categories.
The following historical statements all appear in well-established textbooks, and have become part of our common culture. Which of them would you say are true? * The Catholic Church incited and actively colluded in nearly two millennia of anti-Semitic violence, and Pope Pius XII is still rightfully known as ‘Hitler’s Pope’. * Only recently have we become aware of ancient and remarkably enlightened Christian gospels, which narrow-minded Catholic authorities tried to suppress. * Once in power as the official Church of Rome, Christians quickly and brutally persecuted paganism out of existence. * The fall of Rome and the ascendancy of the Church precipitated Europe’s decline into a millennium of ignorance and backwardness, which lasted until the Renaissance. * Initiated by the pope, the Crusades were but the first bloody chapter in the history of unprovoked and brutal Christian colonialism. * The Spanish Inquisition tortured and murdered huge numbers of innocent people for ‘imaginary’ crimes, such as witchcraft and blasphemy. * The Catholic Church persecuted and tried to suppress scientists such as Galileo, and the Scientific ‘Revolution’ therefore occurred mainly in more tolerant Protestant societies. * Being entirely comfortable with slavery, the Catholic Church did nothing to oppose its introduction in the New World, or to make it more humane. * Until very recently, Catholicism’s hierarchical view of the ideal state has resulted in its bitter resistance to all efforts to establish more liberal governments and its eager support for right-wing dictators. * It was the Protestant Reformation that broke the repressive Catholic grip on progress and ushered in capitalism, religious freedom and the modern world. In this powerful and persuasive book Rodney Stark subjects these and other widely-held beliefs to a rigorous historical assessment. He gives a compelling account of how each of them became accepted as the conventional wisdom, how egotism and ideology often worked together to create false or highly distorted pictures of people and events, and how we need to work hard to recover the truth if we’re to undo the cultural damage that centuries of anti-Catholic history has done. Contents: 1. Sins of Anti- Semitism 2. The Suppressed Gospels 3. Persecuting the Tolerant Pagans 4. Imposing the Dark Ages 5. Crusading for Land, Loot, and Converts 6. Monsters of the Inquisition 7. Scientific Heresies 8. Blessed Be Slavery 9. Holy Authoritarianism 10. Protestant Modernity
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness The Truth About The Vatican And The Birth Of Islam
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Author : Gary Dale Cearley
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2006-08-01
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness The Truth About The Vatican And The Birth Of Islam written by Gary Dale Cearley and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-01 with Religion categories.
Gary Dale Cearley's ground breaking book straightens out the myths concerning one of the biggest religious hoaxes of all time. Gary Dale's arguments are grounded on the only thing that matter. The facts. Just when you thought you knew your history... A must read.
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness
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Author : Claudius Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-12-18
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness written by Claudius Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-18 with Religion categories.
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness" is one of the Ten Commandments, a foundational set of moral and ethical principles in Judeo-Christian traditions. This commandment, rooted in the biblical Book of Exodus, specifically admonishes against the act of giving false testimony or spreading lies about others. The commandment underscores the importance of truthfulness, honesty, and integrity in human interactions. At its core, "Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness" speaks to the profound impact that falsehoods can have on individuals, communities, and society at large. The prohibition against bearing false witness goes beyond a simple directive to refrain from lying; it delves into the broader implications of deception and the erosion of trust within interpersonal relationships and societal structures. The commandment is not confined to legal settings or formal testimonies; rather, it extends to all aspects of human communication. Whether in personal relationships, business transactions, or public discourse, adhering to the principle of truthfulness is considered paramount. The commandment serves as a moral compass, guiding individuals to navigate the complexities of ethical decision-making in their daily lives.
The Qualifications Of Evidences And The Pernicious Effects Of Bearing False Witness Briefly Considered
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Author : Thomas Pigg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1736
The Qualifications Of Evidences And The Pernicious Effects Of Bearing False Witness Briefly Considered written by Thomas Pigg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1736 with Bible categories.
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbour
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Author : Julius Charles Hare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1849
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbour written by Julius Charles Hare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1849 with Christian union categories.
Hare defends himself against accusations, made in the English review, that his writings participate in the "subversion of the faith".
Bearing False Witness
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Author : Douglas E. Cowan
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 2003-05-30
Bearing False Witness written by Douglas E. Cowan and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05-30 with Religion categories.
From Hare Krishna to the Latter-Day Saints, and from Jehovah's Witnesses to the New Age, religious pluralism in North American presents evangelical Protestantism with significant challenges. Declaring newer religious groups cults, aberrant sects, and heretical religions, the Christian countercult movement has warned that these groups represent a threat to society. In ^IBearing False Witness?^R Cowan considers the Christian countercult as a whole, locating it in sociological perspective as an entity distinct from the secular anti-cult. Through his analysis, the author argues that the primary purpose of the countercult movement is to reinforce and repair the Christian worldview when it appears threatened by the advent of alternative religious traditions. This unique analysis of the Christian countercult helps explain why conservative Christian responses to competing religious movements have taken the form that they have in addition to how those responses are carried out. Unlike the anti-cult movement, which is concerned with removing individuals from cults and returning them to their families, the Christian countercult movement, according to the author, attempts not only to remove cultists from the negative influences of the cults to which they belong, but also to insure that they will join the particular version of Christianity adhered to by the countercultists themselves. Beginning with the countercult's early history, the author provides an historical account of the movement and its present activities. Since the rise of new religious movements, the growing interest in religions imported from outside North America, and the broadening of the religious marketplace continues to grow, understanding the Christian countercult and its presence as a countervailing pressure to these increasingly socioreligious dynamics becomes ever more important.
You Shall Not Bear False Witness
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Author : Daniel D'Aria
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995-09-01
You Shall Not Bear False Witness written by Daniel D'Aria and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-09-01 with Ten Commandments categories.
Four Views On Creation Evolution And Intelligent Design
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Author : Zondervan,
language : en
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Release Date : 2017-11-21
Four Views On Creation Evolution And Intelligent Design written by Zondervan, and has been published by Zondervan Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-21 with Religion categories.
Evolution--or the broader topic of origins--has enormous relevance to how we understand the Christian faith and how we interpret Scripture. Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design presents the current "state of the conversation" about origins among evangelicals representing four key positions: Young Earth Creationism - Ken Ham (Answers in Genesis) Old Earth (Progressive) Creationism - Hugh Ross (Reasons to Believe) Evolutionary Creation - Deborah B. Haarsma (BioLogos) Intelligent Design - Stephen C. Meyer (The Discovery Institute) The contributors offer their best defense of their position addressing questions such as: What is your position on origins - understood broadly to include the physical universe, life, and human beings in particular? What do you take to be the most persuasive arguments in defense of your position? How do you demarcate and correlate evidence about origins from current science and from divine revelation? What hinges on answering these questions correctly? This book allows each contributor to not only present the case for his or her view, but also to critique and respond to the critiques of the other contributors, allowing you to compare their beliefs in an open forum setting to see where they overlap and where they differ.
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbour
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Author : Julius Charles Hare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-06-21
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbour written by Julius Charles Hare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-21 with Religion categories.
Excerpt from Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbour: A Letter to the Editor of the English Review On one point, where a grave censure is deduced from a misapprehension of the facts, I must st0p to correct that misapprehension. The Reviewer says (p. That it appears from the narrative that Archdeacon Hare had - urged Sterling to take holy orders at a period when he must have been conscious that the tendency of his early education was negative. When a person holding Arch deacon Hare's situation tells us that he has strongly urged a man of sceptical and unsound views to take holy orders, - a man with whose Opinions he was fully acquainted, we must say that an encouragement is at once held out to any amount of indifference, however criminal, in the choice and recommendation of candidates for holy orders. What condition can be more essential to the due exercise of the Christian Ministry, than a firm belief in the doctrines of Christianity? Such was not a qualification at any time possest by Mr Sterling. In this passage there are two false statements, which at all events betoken a deter mination to make out as heinous a case as possible. It is utterly false that Sterling at no time possest a firm belief in the doctrines of Christianity. The Memoir of his life Shews that for a long time he did receive those doctrines fully. So did be for a long time receive the Scriptures as inspired, although his view of the mode of inspiration differed from the common one. Again, it is not true that I was acquainted with Sterling's sceptical and unsound views, and with the negative tendency of his early education, at the time when I recommended him to take orders. Of course, in the narrative of his life, I. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Boy The Window
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Author : Donald Earl Collins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-11
Boy The Window written by Donald Earl Collins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11 with African Americans categories.
As a preteen Black male growing up in Mount Vernon, New York, there were a series of moments, incidents and wounds that caused me to retreat inward in despair and escape into a world of imagination. For five years I protected my family secrets from authority figures, affluent Whites and middle class Blacks while attending an unforgiving gifted-track magnet school program that itself was embroiled in suburban drama. It was my imagination that shielded me from the slights of others, that enabled my survival and academic success. It took everything I had to get myself into college and out to Pittsburgh, but more was in store before I could finally begin to break from my past. "Boy @ The Window" is a coming-of-age story about the universal search for understanding on how any one of us becomes the person they are despite-or because of-the odds. It's a memoir intertwined with my own search for redemption, trust, love, success-for a life worth living. "Boy @ The Window" is about one of the most important lessons of all: what it takes to overcome inhumanity in order to become whole and human again.