DEBATE: Matt Dillahunty vs Mike Licona (Was Jesus Raised from the Dead? 2017)
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While Americans still believe in God, a growing number have dropped out of organized religion
Gallup: Fewer than half of Americans belong to a church or other house of worship While Americans still believe in God, a growing number have dropped out of organized religion […]
Breaking News: Jesus Always Prayed to God the Father, Never to Himself or the Holy Ghost
Epigraph: And when Allah will say, “O Jesus, son of Mary, didst thou say to men, ‘Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah?’”, he will answer, “Holy […]
Resurrection did not happen, say quarter of Christians
Source: BBC April 2017 A quarter of people who describe themselves as Christians in Great Britain do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus, a survey commissioned by the BBC […]
A book is predicting that US will not have one dominant religion in 30 years
Church membership in the U.S. has fallen below the majority for the first time in nearly a century Source: Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey The proportion of Americans who consider […]
How Islam has Influenced Christian understanding of God
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word common between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with Him, and that some of us take not others for Lords besides Allah.’ But if they turn away, then say, […]
A Muslim Celebrating Palm Sunday, Today
Epigraph: And We made the son of Mary and his mother a Sign, and gave them refuge on an elevated land of green valleys and springs of running water. (Al […]
New Zealand’s Catholic Church apologises to survivors of abuse
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Catholic Church formally apologised on Friday to the survivors of abuse within the church and said its systems and culture must change. Cardinal John Dew, who is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Wellington and Metropolitan of New Zealand, made the apology at the Royal Commission […]
Vaccine passports may save Europe’s summer, but only for the lucky ones
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page (CNN) — The door to summer is slowly creaking open in Europe, and for those who […]
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day and What is the Muslim Times Doing for You
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A very happy St. Patrick’s Day to all those who are celebrating today, from the whole of […]
Vatican says it will not bless same-sex unions, calling homosexuality a ‘sin’ and a ‘choice’
Rome (CNN) The Vatican said Monday that the Catholic Church would not bless same-sex unions, in a combative statement approved by Pope Francis that threatens to widen the chasm between the church and much of the LGBTQ community. Explaining their decision in a lengthy note on Monday, the Holy See […]
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This concept has been traced to the 12th century, attributed to Bernard of Chartres. Its most familiar expression […]
Pope Francis dismisses ‘heresy’ charges for his commitment to Christian-Muslim dialogue
Source: Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Aboard the papal flight back from Iraq, the first papal trip since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Pope Francis addressed criticism of those […]
Why I left the Catholic Church
By Lisa Bartelmus Why I left the Catholic Church In Cologne, the hotline responsible for church exits has collapsed due to congestion. And not because of technical problems, but because […]
Pope Francis delivers impassioned plea for peace as historic Iraq visit gets underway
Pontiff remembers Christians massacred in 2010 church attackHe hailed Iraq as a “cradle of civilization,” despite its many problems BY FRANCESCO BONGARRÀ for Arab NewsMarch 05, 2021 ROME/BAGHDAD: Pope Francis […]
Pope Plans Historic Visit To Iraq As Its Christian Populations Dwindle
Source: NPR BAGHDAD — On a recent Sunday in Baghdad, a congregation of Chaldean Catholics gather — masked and distanced — to attend Mass at the Church of the Holy […]
Palestinian President Abbas gives Christians outsize voice in new legislature
Palestinian Christians are ambivalent about the quota, which would allow at least seven Christians with the most votes to sit on the council. AMMAN (RNS) — President Mahmoud Abbas has […]
Conversion and race in colonial slavery
CROSSING AND CONVERSION by Katharine Gerbner June 26, 2018 On the evening of February 25, 1760, an enslaved man named Mathew requested baptism from the Moravian missionaries who had recently […]
Exploration and Conquest of the New World
Initial voyages to the New World by Columbus spurred an era of exploration and invasion by other European empires. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Examine the causes and consequences of European exploration and […]
Sri Lanka: Tackling unethical conversions
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 – EDITORIAL Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has taken up the cudgels against Christian fundamentalist groups who resort to unethical conversions via financial and other […]