Tag: Jesus
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The butcher repents
One of my repeating questions of Christianity was forgiving of sins. There is the story of Shirō Ishii the Japanese equivalent of Josef Mengele who got himself baptised on his death bed. He was baptised into the Roman Catholic Church and took the name Joseph. It seems to me that my father felt relieved somehow. – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirō_Ishii#Death I’ve…
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The beatitudes from the Greek
I don’t know if this will fully work, but I’m a fan of trying to get as close to the original version of the Bible. Certainly for the Sermon on the mount, I’d like to get the Assyrian version, but for now the Greek for Matthew 5:1-12 will have to do. Now we can neatly translate these…
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The Kingdom of Delusion is Within You
I’ve been reading Tolstoy’s The Kingdom of God is Within You alongside Dawkins’ The God Delusion. I agree with almost all that Dawkins has to say, yet in my eyes he says it without any of the grace or weight or feeling of Tolstoy. They’re both attacking the church, but Dawkins chooses to attack all…
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Jesus for atheists
I guess this is not much more than a review of Leo Tolstoy’s book ‘A Confession’ and his other books on religion. I’ve been an atheist as long as I felt that the words in the Lord’s Prayer were ridiculous. I believe the Bible is a work of fiction like any other book that talks…
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