This document discusses how Jesus' teachings and lifestyle are better embodied by Muslims than modern Christians. It provides examples of how Muslims adhere to practices like modest dress, greeting with "peace", prohibitions on usury and pork, prayer postures, fasting, and pilgrimage in a way that is more consistent with Jesus' example. The document argues that while early Christians followed Jesus' teachings closely, over time they deviated from his practices in a way that modern Muslims do not. It suggests Muslims could be considered the "Jesus freaks" of today for living according to God's laws and Jesus' teachings.
The bible ,the quran & sciencee :
The Holy Scriptures Examined In The Light Of Modern Knowledge.
Each of the three monotheistic religions possess its own collection of Scriptures. For
the faithful-be they Jews, Christians or Muslims-these documents constitute the
foundation of their belief. For them they are the material transcription of a divine
Revelation; directly, as in the case of Abraham and Moses, who received the
commandments from God Himself, or indirectly, as in the case of Jesus and
Muhammad, the first of whom stated that he was speaking in the name of the Father,
and the second of whom transmitted to men the Revelation imparted to him by
Archangel Gabriel.
If we take into consideration the objective facts of religious history, we must place the
Old Testament, the Gospels and the Qur'an on the same level as being collections of
written Revelation. Although this attitude is in principle held by Muslims, the faithful
in the West under the predominantly Judeo-Christian influence refuse to ascribe to the
Qur'an the character of a book of Revelation.
Such an attitude may be explained by the position each religious community adopts
towards the other two with regard to the Scriptures.
Judaism has as its holy book the Hebraic Bible. This differs from the Old Testament
of the Christians in that the latter have included several books which did not exist in
Hebrew. In practice, this divergence hardly makes any difference to the doctrine.
Judaism does not however admit any revelation subsequent to its own.
Christianity has taken the Hebraic Bible for itself and added a few supplements to it.
It has not however accepted all the published writings destined to make known to men
the Mission of Jesus. The Church has made incisive cuts in the profusion of books
relating the life and teachings of Jesus. It has only preserved a limited number of
writings in the New Testament, the most important of which are the four Canonic
Gospels. Christianity takes no account of any revelation subsequent to Jesus and his
Apostles. It therefore rules out the Qur'an.
The bible ,the quran & sciencee :
The Holy Scriptures Examined In The Light Of Modern Knowledge.
Each of the three monotheistic religions possess its own collection of Scriptures. For
the faithful-be they Jews, Christians or Muslims-these documents constitute the
foundation of their belief. For them they are the material transcription of a divine
Revelation; directly, as in the case of Abraham and Moses, who received the
commandments from God Himself, or indirectly, as in the case of Jesus and
Muhammad, the first of whom stated that he was speaking in the name of the Father,
and the second of whom transmitted to men the Revelation imparted to him by
Archangel Gabriel.
If we take into consideration the objective facts of religious history, we must place the
Old Testament, the Gospels and the Qur'an on the same level as being collections of
written Revelation. Although this attitude is in principle held by Muslims, the faithful
in the West under the predominantly Judeo-Christian influence refuse to ascribe to the
Qur'an the character of a book of Revelation.
Such an attitude may be explained by the position each religious community adopts
towards the other two with regard to the Scriptures.
Judaism has as its holy book the Hebraic Bible. This differs from the Old Testament
of the Christians in that the latter have included several books which did not exist in
Hebrew. In practice, this divergence hardly makes any difference to the doctrine.
Judaism does not however admit any revelation subsequent to its own.
Christianity has taken the Hebraic Bible for itself and added a few supplements to it.
It has not however accepted all the published writings destined to make known to men
the Mission of Jesus. The Church has made incisive cuts in the profusion of books
relating the life and teachings of Jesus. It has only preserved a limited number of
writings in the New Testament, the most important of which are the four Canonic
Gospels. Christianity takes no account of any revelation subsequent to Jesus and his
Apostles. It therefore rules out the Qur'an.
God save me! The North American Christian FundamentalismYury Fontão
The work was presented in a discipline in the course of
International Relations, aiming to demonstrate the main thinkers and theological currents that underlie Christian Fundamentalism in the United States of America.
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God save me! The North American Christian FundamentalismYury Fontão
The work was presented in a discipline in the course of
International Relations, aiming to demonstrate the main thinkers and theological currents that underlie Christian Fundamentalism in the United States of America.
I hope you like it, good reading everyone!
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Программа подготовки специалистов среднего звена
по специальности
31.02.02 Акушерское дело.
Уровень подготовки - базовый
Квалификация –акушерка (акушер)
ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫЙ ЗАКОН
О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об обязательном медицинском страховании в Российской Федерации" и отдельные законодательные акты Российской Федерации
Министерство здравоохранения РФ утвердило порядок приема на обучение по программам ординатуры. Документ зарегистрирован в Минюсте РФ 14 мая 2014 года, сообщает ИА «Гарант».
УЧЕБНЫЙ ПЛАН
Областного бюджетного образовательного учреждения среднего профессионального образования
«Курский базовый медицинский колледж»
наименование образовательного учреждения
по специальности среднего профессионального образования
31.02.05 Стоматология ортопедическая
"Сведения о материально-технической и информационной базе, финансово-экономической деятельности профессиональной образовательной организации, осуществляющей подготовку специалистов среднего звена"
08 Christianity A GENERAL FACTS Origins As with Bu.docxoswald1horne84988
08 Christianity A
GENERAL FACTS
Origins
As with Buddhism, Christianity can be traced back to the life of its founder. In this case
that is Jesus of Nazareth (c. 5BCE – 30CE). It may seem strange that historians estimate
that Jesus was born several years “before Christ” but that is the result of a small error
when the Roman system was converted to the new BC/AD Christian system in the 6th
Century. Jesus was born into a Jewish family and was thoroughly Jewish in background and
worldview. Thus, many consider Judaism as the mother religion of Christianity in the same
way that Hinduism is the mother religion of Buddhism. We know very little of his early
years except for stories about his conception and birth at the start of the gospels of
Matthew and Luke. Both writers agree that he was born in Bethlehem but grew up in
Nazareth; and that his biological mother was Mary but that he had no human father.
Otherwise they provide very different perspectives on the Christmas story. For example,
Luke focuses on Mary and mentions angelic appearances to her as well as the shepherds in
the fields. In contrast, Matthew focuses on her husband, Joseph, his dreams, as well as
the star, the wise men and King Herod’s attempts to kill the child.
Jesus was probably a tradesman like his ‘father’, Joseph, but something happened in his
early thirties that changed the direction of his life, much like the four sights that Gautama
experienced. All gospels agree that it occurred at the Jordan River where a prophet-like
character named John was inviting his fellow Jews to immerse themselves in the waters
and renew their Jewish faith. Jesus was among the crowds but, unlike the others, we are
told that he experienced an epiphany when he was baptised by John. The voice of God
declared him to be “my beloved Son” and a dovelike image hovered above him,
representing God’s Spirit. It is one of the rare occasions in the gospels that the three
‘persons’ of the Trinity are mentioned together (Father, Son and Spirit). As a result, Jesus
relinquished his trade and took up an itinerant lifestyle as a religious teacher and healer,
moving from town to town throughout Israel (and rarely beyond). He taught in synagogues
and in public places, attracting crowds, not only because of his message but also because
of his reputation as a miraculous healer. The gospels mention cures of all types of illnesses
as well as control over natural forces. In this respect he was not unique in Jewish history.
For instance, Moses was said to have worked miracles in Egypt and in the desert; and the
9th century BCE prophets Elijah and Elisha also had wondrous powers. Indeed, many of
Jesus’ miracles resemble those of Elijah and Elisha.
Scholars generally agree that the key theme linking his teaching and healings is the
‘Kingdom of God’, which is not so much a place or territory but a new relationship
between Jewish people and their God. According to Jesus, God is a graci.
08 Christianity AGENERAL FACTSOriginsAs with Buddhis.docxoswald1horne84988
08 Christianity A
GENERAL FACTS
Origins
As with Buddhism, Christianity can be traced back to the life of its founder. In this case that is Jesus of Nazareth (c. 5BCE – 30CE). It may seem strange that historians estimate that Jesus was born several years “before Christ” but that is the result of a small error when the Roman system was converted to the new BC/AD Christian system in the 6th Century. Jesus was born into a Jewish family and was thoroughly Jewish in background and worldview. Thus, many consider Judaism as the mother religion of Christianity in the same way that Hinduism is the mother religion of Buddhism. We know very little of his early years except for stories about his conception and birth at the start of the gospels of Matthew and Luke. Both writers agree that he was born in Bethlehem but grew up in Nazareth; and that his biological mother was Mary but that he had no human father. Otherwise they provide very different perspectives on the Christmas story. For example, Luke focuses on Mary and mentions angelic appearances to her as well as the shepherds in the fields. In contrast, Matthew focuses on her husband, Joseph, his dreams, as well as the star, the wise men and King Herod’s attempts to kill the child.
Jesus was probably a tradesman like his ‘father’, Joseph, but something happened in his early thirties that changed the direction of his life, much like the four sights that Gautama experienced. All gospels agree that it occurred at the Jordan River where a prophet-like character named John was inviting his fellow Jews to immerse themselves in the waters and renew their Jewish faith. Jesus was among the crowds but, unlike the others, we are told that he experienced an epiphany when he was baptised by John. The voice of God declared him to be “my beloved Son” and a dovelike image hovered above him, representing God’s Spirit. It is one of the rare occasions in the gospels that the three ‘persons’ of the Trinity are mentioned together (Father, Son and Spirit). As a result, Jesus relinquished his trade and took up an itinerant lifestyle as a religious teacher and healer, moving from town to town throughout Israel (and rarely beyond). He taught in synagogues and in public places, attracting crowds, not only because of his message but also because of his reputation as a miraculous healer. The gospels mention cures of all types of illnesses as well as control over natural forces. In this respect he was not unique in Jewish history. For instance, Moses was said to have worked miracles in Egypt and in the desert; and the 9th century BCE prophets Elijah and Elisha also had wondrous powers. Indeed, many of Jesus’ miracles resemble those of Elijah and Elisha.
Scholars generally agree that the key theme linking his teaching and healings is the ‘Kingdom of God’, which is not so much a place or territory but a new relationship between Jewish people and their God. According to Jesus, God is a gracious and loving father in whose King.
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In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
1. Jesus
(English)
التمثل بالمسيح
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Laurence B. Brown. MD
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When I was a child, growing up in the sixties and seventies just a few
blocks away from the notorious Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco,
I was surrounded by the hippie movement. It was a “turn on, tune in, drop
out” age of sexual freedom, cultural revolution and social recklessness.
Happily, I was never caught up in the hippie movement, but being so close
to it, I could not help but observe its development. One thing I clearly re-
member is how many hippies were labeled “Jesus freaks.”
As I surf my childhood memories, nearly four decades later, this euphe-
mism strikes me as having been decidedly peculiar.
2. These hippies were considered “Jesus freaks” because they dressed as
Jesus did, grew their hair as he did, renounced materialism as he did, and
propagated devotion to God, peace, charity and communal love.
Now, many whom embarked upon this path fell into hallucinogenic drug
use and wanton sexual proclivities—practices which are far from the ex-
ample of Jesus—but this is not why these hippies were called Jesus
freaks.
Rather, they were called Jesus freaks for their long hair, loose clothing,
asceticism, communal unity and passivism, all a result of their effort to
live like Jesus.
The House of Love and Prayer, located nearby in the avenues, was a col-
lecting point for many of these well-meaning souls, and the title of the
institution reflected their focus in life.
Looking back, what seems strange to me now is not that people would
wish to embody Jesus’ values, but that others would criticize them for it.
What seems even stranger is that few Christians, in the modern day, match
this profile.
Indeed, what seemed most strange to me, prior to my conversion to Islam,
is that Muslims seemed to embody Jesus’ values better than Christians.
Now, that assertion requires an explanation, and it goes like this: To begin
with, both Christianity and Islam consider Jesus to have been a prophet of
their religion.
However, whereas Jesus’ teachings have been lost from the creed and
practices of most Christians (see my article, Where is the “Christ” in
“Christianity?”), these same teachings are respected and evident in Islam.
Let us look at some examples.
Appearance
1. Jesus was bearded, as are most Muslims, but only the rare Christian.
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3. 2. Jesus dressed modestly. If we close our eyes and form a mental picture,
we see flowing robes, from wrists to ankles—much like the loose Ara-
bian thobes and the Indio-Pakistani shalwar kameez, typical of the
Muslims of those areas. What we don’t imagine is the revealing or se-
ductive clothing so ubiquitous in Christian cultures.
3. Jesus’ mother covered her hair, and this practice was maintained among
the Christian women of the Holy Land up to the middle of the twentieth
century. Again, this is a practice maintained among Muslims as well as
Orthodox Jews (of which Jesus was one), but not among modern day
Christians.
Manners
1. Jesus focused upon salvation and eschewed finery. How many “right-
eous” Christians fit this “It’s not just on Sundays” profile? Now how
many “five prayers a day, every day of the year” Muslims?
2. Jesus spoke with humility and kindness. He didn’t “showboat.” When
we think of his speeches, we don’t imagine theatrics. He was a simple
man known for quality and truth. How many preachers and how many
evangelists follow this example?
3. Jesus taught his disciples to offer the greeting of “Peace” (Luke 10:5),
and then set the example: “Peace be with you” (Luke 24:36, John
20:19, John 20:21, John 20:26). Who continues this practice to this
day, Christians or Muslims? “Peace be with you” is the meaning of the
Muslim greeting, “Assalam alaikum.” Interestingly enough, we find
this greeting in Judaism as well (Genesis 43:23, Numbers 6:26, Judges
6:23, I Samuel 1:17 and I Samuel 25:6).
Religious Practices
1. Jesus was circumcised (Luke 2:21). Paul taught it wasn’t necessary
(Rom 4:11 and Gal 5:2). Muslims believe it is.
2. Jesus didn’t eat pork, in keeping with Old Testament law (Leviticus
11:7 and Deuteronomy 14:8). Muslims also believe pork is forbidden.
Christians … well, you get the idea.
3. Jesus didn’t give or take usury, in compliance with the Old Testament
prohibition (Exodus 22:25). Usury is forbidden in the Old Testament
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4. and the Quran, as it was forbidden in the religion of Jesus. The econo-
mies of most Christian countries, however, are structured upon usury.
4. Jesus didn’t fornicate, and abstained from extramarital contact with
women. Now, this issue extends to the least physical contact with the
opposite sex. With the exception of performing religious rituals and
helping those in need, Jesus never even touched a woman other than his
mother. Strictly practicing Orthodox Jews maintain this practice to this
day in observance of Old Testament law. Likewise, practicing Muslims
don’t even shake hands between the sexes. Can Christian “hug your
neighbor” and “kiss the bride” congregations make the same claim?
Practices of Worship
1. Jesus purified himself with washing prior to prayer, as was the practice
of the pious prophets who preceded him (see Exodus 40:31-32 in refer-
ence to Moses and Aaron), and as is the practice of Muslims.
2. Jesus prayed in prostration (Matthew 26:39), like the other prophets (see
Nehemiah 8:6 with regard to Ezra and the people, Joshua 5:14 for Josh-
ua, Genesis 17:3 and 24:52 for Abraham, Exodus 34:8 and Numbers
20:6 for Moses and Aaron). Who prays like that, Christians or Mus-
lims?
3. Jesus fasted for more than a month at a time (Matthew 4:2 and Luke
4:2), as did the pious before him (Exodus 34:28, I Kings 19:8), and as
do Muslims in the annual fast of the month of Ramadan.
4. Jesus made pilgrimage for the purpose of worship, as all Orthodox Jews
aspire to do. The Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca is well known, and is al-
luded to in the Bible (see The First and Final Commandment).
Matters of Creed
1. Jesus taught the oneness of God (Mark 12:29-30, Matthew 22:37 and
Luke 10:27), as conveyed in the first commandment (Exodus 20:3).
Nowhere did he declare the Trinity.
2. Jesus declared himself a man and a prophet of God (see above), and
nowhere claimed divinity or divine sonship. Which creed are the above
points more consistent with—the Trinitarian formula or the absolute
monotheism of Islam?
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