By Laurence B. Brown, MD Description: How idolatry crept into Christianity. Part 5: Some thought-provoking questions. A powerful challenge to Trinitarian thought, initially attributed to Theophilus Lindsey (1723–1804 CE) and subsequently argued by Unitarian Christians worldwide, asks how those who…
By Laurence B. Brown, MD Description: How idolatry crept into Christianity. Part 4: How Christianity further drenched itself into creation-worship. The religious parallels are so obvious as to demand explanation. We can reasonably question how the cults of Isis and…
By Laurence B. Brown, MD Description: How idolatry crept into Christianity. Part 3: How an effort by the Emperor of Constantinople, Leo III to destroy images was dampened. Striking parallels between the teachings of Christianity and some ancient civilizations. …
By Laurence B. Brown, MD Description: How idolatry crept into Christianity. Part 2: Introduction of pictures and sculptures in the Church and the beginning of image-worship. It is worth noting that these Malabar Coast Christians were neither incorrect nor alone…
By Laurence B. Brown, MD Description: How idolatry crept into Christianity. Part 1: The meaning of ‘worship’. t is a strange irony that those who reverence stones live in glass ideologies. —L. Brown Idolatry—every monotheist abhors the thought, and yet…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2017 IslamReligion.com) Description: Islam and Christianity have very different things to say about original sin, salvation and the last days of Jesus. Muslims and Christians have very much in common; from their views on kindness and…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2017 IslamReligion.com) Description: Islam and Christianity are thought of as two monolithic religions. This is an explanation of what Islam and Christianity believe about the Scriptures, the Prophets and the Trinity. According to the Pew Research…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2018 IslamReligion.com) Description: How the celebration of Christmas came into being and changed over time. Dictionary.com defines Christmas as the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2014 IslamReligion.com) Description: The history of veiling and head covering in Judaism. Modern Jewish women who cover their hair ascribe various meanings to the act. For some it is a sign of marriage, for others it…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2013 IslamReligion.com) Description: The history of veiling and head covering in Christian church. The literal meaning of hijab is to veil, to cover or to screen. It encompasses more than just a dress code; it is…