Our weekly guide to relevant info, news & events that underline Christianity in its habitus
Jesus’ Tomb
After Dan Brown expressed doubts about the tomb of St. Peter and used this subject to roll up an unbelievable story, Discovery Channel hits its viewers with another controversial subject. James Cameron and a team of experts have filmed a documentary aired by Discovery Channel in which they try to prove Jesus' resurrection has only a figurative meaning, in reality He was engraved along with His relatives in a tomb near Golgotha. The historical facts and the lack of knowledge in the traditions of the first Christian century make this documentary a total flaw (...)
Old News Is No News
Media all over the world stumbled upon another rock these days. James Cameron, a specialist
in producing controversial material, revealed in a documentary that in Jerusalem there is a tomb that might be the tomb of Jesus and his family. But the news is old, the discovery of the Christian place was made almost 20 years ago and scholars describe it in another colors. Probably the Discovery Channel wanted to counteract National Geographic great success with the Gospel of Judas (...)
Hope Beyond Reason
This is the new name for God, regardless if people what people call Him. Anthropologists agree that people, even if they are atheistic and do not manifest a religious character, still develop a kind of religious behavior, like crossing their fingers or expressing their awe with the help of religious expressions. The biological explanation is that the human brain evolved in such a way that it depends on the relation with the unseen, with the unbelievable. Probably this is due to the fact that it must anchor itself in hope, regardless its irrationality (...)
Church of England: Islam, The Dominant Religion In Europe
Gathered in Lahore for their conference, the bishops of the Church of England raised an alarm signal, describing the current situation of Christianity in grim colors. The Christian population that really attends Christian services has dropped in UK to 6.3 %, while Muslim population has steadily risen in all Europe. This is caused by the high rate of birth inside the Muslim communities and also to the immigration. This situation brings to front the interreligious dialogue as a necessity (...)
Global Warming As a Christian Issue
There's a lot to be said about the American Christian Conservatives, but politically, they are at the right side of the spectrum. Thus, they do not agree with the rest of the Christian communities, as they develop a strategy of speaking about the environment and the problems surrounding it. For them, global warming and environmental problems are only shifting the public's attention from the moral issues of our times. Also, they are not convinced that global warming is induced by humans. Thus, they asked the director of the National Association of Evangelicals, Richard Cizik to consider their side of the story (...)
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